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West Bengal elections 2026: Raj Chakraborty leaves Barrackpore voting count ground amid thief slogans, mud thrown at him

West Bengal elections 2026: Raj Chakraborty leaves Barrackpore voting count ground amid thief slogans, mud thrown at him

Bengali film director Raj Chakraborty contested from Barrackpore Assembly constituency again in this year’s West Bengal Assembly elections. On Monday, he visited the vote counting ground. Although he won last time, Raj was trailing by more than 9,500 votes in this election till 3:45 pm. Meanwhile, BJP candidate Kaustuv Bagchi is leading. Raj Chakraborty had to leave the premises amid loud slogans and boos. Mud thrown at Raj Chakraborty, slogans raised At the premises, Raj was forced to leave amid rising tensions. Several workers and people who had gathered there started shouting slogans on seeing him. People shouted ‘chor (thief)’ at him as he was taken aside from the premises. Videos emerged from the ground, where, at one instance, mud was thrown on him. Raj maintained his calm and did not respond to the slogans. What Raj said Earlier on Monday, Raj spoke to reporters and said that he has full faith that Didi, aka Mamata Banerjee, would win again. “In the next two hours, the BJP supporters will run away. Just wait and watch. …