India, April 29 -- Polling was underway for 142 of 294 seats across eight districts in the second and last phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on Wednesday, with no reports of any major untoward incident, even as chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused police officers from other states posted as observers of targeting Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders and workers.

Banerjee hoped for peaceful polling. "We want the voting to be held peacefully so that the people can exercise their rights." She accused observers from other states of resorting to atrocities on Tuesday night. "I had to stay awake the whole night. They are mounting pressure on the local police stations to arrest TMC workers."

She said central forces arrived at the resid...