BJP leader Roopa Ganguly was seen slapping a woman supporter of Mamata Banerjee's party in visuals that were cited by the Trinamool Congress in a complaint to the police as West Bengal voted in the fourth round of assembly polls on Monday.

The incident allegedly took place at Howrah near Kolkata, where the actor-politician is contesting the election against Trinamool's Laxmi Ratan Shukla, a former cricketer.

"Roopa Ganguly attacked our party worker at a polling booth and we are registering a complaint with the election commission," Laxmi Ratan Shukla said.


Ganguly, who is famous for playing Draupadi in the TV version of Mahabharata, denied the charge and insisted it was she who was pushed when she tried to investigate complaints about polling.

"Trinamool goons pushed me when I went to check on complaints from voters at various booths. They are goons and they are levelling false allegations against me," she said.


As journalists followed the BJP candidate on her tour across the constituency, she hopped on to the bike of a party supporter and rode pillion for a while.

Last week, another Trinamool candidate, Rezzak Mollah, apologised to Ganguly for his misogynistic remarks targeting her on local television.

"I am really sorry for making personal remarks against Roopa Ganguly, I apologise," said Mr Mollah, who joined the Trinamool Congress in February this year.

His remarks sparked national outrage from politicians and women leaders of his own party including parliamentarian Moon Moon Sen.

Elections are being held under unprecedented security in 49 constituencies across Howrah and North 24 Parganas today. Large gatherings have been banned, shops are closed and central forces are patrolling areas that are voting.