Tension broke out in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Thursday, April 23, 2026, shortly after the start of the first phase of voting. The incident occurred in Shibnagar village under the Naoda assembly constituency, where supporters of the Trinamool Congress clashed with Humayun Kabir, a former party leader and founder of the Amjanata Unnayan Party (AUJP).

As Humayun Kabir arrived at a polling station, Trinamool supporters reportedly chanted slogans telling him to leave and surrounded his car, accusing him of being an agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The confrontation created severe tension around the polling area, disrupting the atmosphere of the election process.

Humayun Kabir, currently a legislator from Bharatpur, was expelled from the Trinamool Congress in December of the previous year after proposing the construction of a mosque modeled after the Babri Masjid. Following his expulsion, he formed his own political party and is contesting again in the ongoing election.