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BJP vs TMc:

The battle for Bengal gets tense &

ugly as state votes for assembly

Nandigram, from where Mamata Banerjee is contesting, witnesses 87% polling in

second phase; Results to be declared on May 2

Our Bureau

New Delhi
N andigram witnessed a

“Khela”
high-voltage
(game of power) on
Thursday in the second phase
of West Bengal Assembly polls.
West Bengal recorded a final
voter turnout of over 80 per
cent in the second phase of
the state Assembly polls, while
Nandigram recorded above 87
per cent turnout.
West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee called Bhara-
tiya Janata Party (BJP) peo-
ple “goons” and said she was
advised by doctors to take rest
following her leg injury but she
is campaigning as she does not
want to give any chance to the
BJP to play in the political field
alone.
“Do you know why I went
to a booth in Nandigram yes- Union Home Minister Amit Shah waves as he arrives to attend a public meeting at Baruipur
terday and sat there? All goons in South 24 Pargana on Friday. (ANI)
who had come from outside
gathered there with guns. They she added. dictions are always wrong. while holding a roadshow in
were all speaking in some oth- Addressing a press con- Hooghly, said Chief Minister
er language. BJP’s people are Polling for the third phase ference, TMC leader Saugata Mamata Banerjee will lose in
goons,” Banerjee said. “We do of eight-phased west Ben- Roy said Shah’s prediction was Nandigram constituency and
not want BJP. Always remem- wrong for Maharashtra, Chhat- BJP will form the government
ber I am your ‘paharadar’ (secu- gal will take place on april tisgarh and Rajasthan, where with more than 200 seats.
rity guard)... My doctor advised 6. The counting of votes the BJP could not form the gov- After the polling for the first
me to take a rest. But I came out ernment. “Amit Shah’s election phase in West Bengal, Shah
because I do not want to give will take place on May 2. prediction is always wrong. His had said BJP will win 26 of the
any chance to BJP to play in the prediction for Delhi was wrong 30 seats, which went to polls in
political field alone,” she said. Trinamool Congress (TMC) twice. His prediction was also the first phase.
“BJP Home Minister is try- on Friday took a jibe at Union wrong for Maharashtra, Ch- Saugata Roy also alleged
ing to scare you. BJP is distrib- Home Minister Amit Shah’s hattisgarh and Rajasthan. He is the central forces are unable to
uting huge money, hired more prediction of Bharatiya Janata never right in his predictions,” control violent incidents in the
than 1,000 hotels and coming Party (BJP) winning 200 seats he said. poll-bound West Bengal.
with gundas from other states,” in West Bengal and said his pre- Earlier in the day, Shah, Continued on next page... >>

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