NEW DELHI ,23 April 2026 : A clash between Trinamool workers and its former party leader, allegations of voter intimidation in Murshidabad district and Election Commission stepping in – all of this happened within the first few hours as voting opened for Round 1 of Bengal polls on Thursday.
Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AUJP) founder Humayun Kabir, who cast his vote during the early hours of polling, was met with protests from Trinamool Congress supporters who raised “go back” slogans when the leader visited a polling booth in Shibnagar village in Murshidabad’s Naoda assembly constituency.
The protesters, led by local Trinamool leaders, surrounded Kabir’s vehicle and raised slogans while branding him a “BJP agent”. The demonstration sparked tension in the area around the polling station.
Kabir, an MLA from Murshidabad’s Bharatpur, who has now formed his own party and is seeking re-election, was suspended from the Trinamool in December last year after he proposed the construction of a Babri-like mosque.
Crude bombs were allegedly thrown near Shivnagar Primary School on Wednesday night in Murshidabad’s Naoda, injuring a woman.
Trinamool MP Abu Taher Khan alleged Humayun Kabir’s party was behind the attack.
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