New Delhi: West Bengal to vote for its seventh phase of Assembly elections on Monday (April 26, 2021) which can determine the destiny of 284 candidates in the fray contesting for 34 meeting constituencies, together with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence turf Bhabanipur. More than 86 lakh voters will seemingly forged their vote.
(*284*) will happen throughout 12,068 polling stations unfold over 9 constituencies every in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six every in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and 4 in Kolkata. All eyes might be on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s present constituency Bhabanipur.
Veteran TMC politician and state energy minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay will contest from Bhabanipur and is pitted in opposition to a seasoned actor however a greenhorn in electoral politics, Rudranil Ghosh, who left the ruling celebration just a few months in the past to hitch the BJP.
State minister Firhad Hakim can also be looking for re- election for a 3rd consecutive time period from the Kolkata Port constituency, whereas the BJP fielded Lt General (Retired) Subrata Saha from the Rashbehari seat in the metropolis.
Due to a surge in coronavirus instances, the EC has banned roadshows and automobile rallies noting that COVID security norms have been being flouted in West Bengal throughout campaigning.
The Election Commission has curtailed each day marketing campaign hours and prolonged the “silence period” from 48 hours to 72 in every of the remaining three phases of the meeting polls.
An Election Commission official stated that the safety measures in the state have been heightened to forestall violence just like the Cooch Behar incident the place 5 folks have been killed in the fourth spherical of polling on April 10. At least 796 corporations of central forces have been in the seventh phase to make sure free and truthful voting.
Also, measures to make sure strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols through the voting course of willbe put in place, the official stated.
The end result might be declared on May 2.
