AGARTALA, April 11 (TIWN): At least hundred people were attacked, many injured in poll-violence openly by BJP under Biplab Deb’s instruction to help criminal, murderer BJP MP candidate Pratima Bhowmik to win the election. Election Commission has betrayed the common men by snatching their voting rights, failed to provide security, allowed gathering of Chowkidars. From old people to 18 years old voters were attacked after they tried to went to booths for casting their votes. Since yesterday the violence started across towns and villages today in front of presiding officers the booths were captured, polling agents were beaten before CCTV camera. Infact, BJP supporters alleged that they were asked to press on the No-1 button which is lotus. Before the election, Pratima Bhowmik already said, “My BJP supporters will become booth’s Chowkidars and Jamanat-Jabd of the opposition will be made sure”. Chief Minister Biplab Deb also in open public gathering declared that he will teach a lesson to the opposition in this election. Even after telling the Election Commission again and again, CEO Sriram Taranikanti has failed to control the law and order and allowed the so called “Chowkidars” to capture booths.

Netizens have slammed BJP for such massive poll rigging and raping democracy. This is not Election, this can not be called Election. Tripura has demanded Re-Polling.

Voting began on Thursday across 91 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 20 states and Union Territories as the first phase of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise kicked off.

Voting for electing Assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha (first phase) also started along with polling for Lok Sabha constituencies. In these states, voters will cast two votes each.

In 10 states and two Union Territories -- Andhra Pradesh (25), Telangana (17), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Uttarakhand (5), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Sikkim (1), Lakshadweep (1), and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), voting is happening in all parliamentary constituencies.

Polling also started in eight out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Saharanpur, Kairana, Ghaziabad, Baghpat and Gautam Buddha Nagar, four - Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Jamui - out of 40 seats in Bihar and two - Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - out of 42 seats in West Bengal.

Of Maharashtra's 48 constituencies, voting in the first phase is happening in seven constituencies of Vidharbha, with the focus on Nagpur -- the headquarters of the RSS -- and Chandrapur, the hometown of its chief Mohan Bhagwat.

In Telangana, key constituencies where voting started include Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Khammam and Hyderabad.

Voting also began in five constituencies in Assam, four in Odisha, two in Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu and Baramulla) and one each of Chhattisgarh (Bastar), Manipur (Outer Manipur), and Tripura (Tripura West).