Bhopal: During Friday’s single-phase Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, there were reports of violent incidents from various regions of the state; conflicts in the Chambal region remained in the news all day.
There have been reports of violent altercations between political party supporters in the Morna and Bhind districts of the region, including shooting and stone-throwing.
There was a violent altercation between two rival groups during which stones were thrown at one another. On social media, a video of stone-pelting also appeared. In a different incident, a brawl between the supporters of two political parties in the Morena district’s Dhimni Assembly constituency resulted in a person being shot.
As per reports, the violence occurred at polling booths 147-148 at Mirghan village in in Dhimni.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is contesting from Dhimni against sitting Congress MLA Arvind Tomar.
At Sumawali Assembly constituency in Morena district, the candidates of all three major parties — sitting Congress MLA Ajab Singh Kushwah, BJP’s Adal Singh Kasana and BSP’s Kuldeep Sikarwar — were brought to the Morena police lines as part of security measures.
Incidents of firing and stone pelting were also reported from adjoining Bhind district. The tensed situation there prompted the local administration to confine the candidates of all three major parties as part of security measures.
Senior Congress leader Govind Singh, who is contesting from Lahar in Bhind district, along with the candidates of BJP and BSP were confined at the circuit house for hours.
Meanwhile, BJP candidate Rakesh Shukla from Mehgaon in Bhind district was reportedly injured during a stone pelting incident.
“Stones were pelted outside a polling station in Manhad village. We are trying to find out what exactly happened,” ADM R.K. Khatri told mediapersons.
