West Bengal Assembly Elections: Keeping in view of the very best ever surge in Coronavirus instances for the reason that outbreak of the pandemic, TMC Leader Derek O’Brien introduced that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is not going to maintain any public rallies in Kolkata for the remaining three phases of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
 On April 26, Banerjee will solely maintain a “symbolic” assembly on the final day of campaigning within the state capital, he knowledgeable.
Additionally, all election rallies carried out by Banerjee in all districts of the state is not going to be longer than 30 minutes, he mentioned.
Earlier, CM Banerjee had appealed to the Election Commission to conduct the remaining three phases of the Bengal election in a single go to “protect people from further exposure to Covid-19”.
However, the Bharatiya Janata Party opposed the suggestion in a letter to the Election Commission. The BJP mentioned the election must be held as per the unique schedule to make sure a level-playing discipline for all candidates.
The first 5 phases of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly elections have already been accomplished. The sixth section is scheduled for April 22, the seventh and the eighth phases can be held on April 26 and April 29. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
The COVID-19 caseload of West Bengal, the place an eight-phase meeting election is underway, soared to six,59,927 because the state registered its highest single-day spike of 8,419 contemporary infections on Sunday, a well being bulletin mentioned.
Twenty-eight contemporary fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus loss of life toll to 10,568, it mentioned.
Kolkata reported the very best variety of new instances at 2,197, adopted by 1,860 in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district.
North 24 Parganas registered six contemporary fatalities, adopted by 5 in Kolkata.
