Murshidabad, April 23 -- A clash broke out in Murshidabad during the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections as Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers raised slogans and entered into an altercation with police upon the arrival of Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AUJP) founder Humayun Kabir in the area.

Security personnel were deployed to control the situation as tensions escalated between party workers and police during the polling process. The police were forced to use mild lathicharge to dispel some of the crowd, but denied that the situation was out of hand.

ASP Majid Khan said, "The situation is peaceful. Nothing has happened anywhere..."

AUJP Chief Humayun Kabir said that he had appealed to his party cadre to remain calm.

"I told all my people...