Assembly Election 2021 News Live Update: Bengal Second Phase Voting, TMC, BJP Workers 'Killed'

Assembly Election 2021 News LIVE Updates: Polling began at seven am, beside the high-profile Nandigram seat, inside the second section of the province assembly elections amid tight security. However, incidents of violence were reportable  in some areas as house of a TMC booth agent was allegedly empty, another was ‘forced to come back back home’, a Trinamool worked was reportedly hacked to death in West Midnapore and polling agents were heckled in booth selection fourteen of Nandigram. vote is afoot with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols in nine seats each in Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts, eight in Bankura and four in South twenty four Parganas.

Long queues were seen outside polling stations, where vote will continue till vi.30 pm. quite seventy 5 integer voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates in thirty constituencies, as eyes ar assault Nandigram where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against her former lieutenant and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.

The commission has declared all the 10,620 polling booths as sensitive and deployed around 651 corporations of central forces, with the exception of the state police, to provide security. an entire of 210 corporations of central armed police forces area unit deployed in Paschim Medinipur, 199 in Purba Medinipur, 100 seventy in South twenty four Parganas and seventy 2 in Bankura, the officers aforesaid.

TMC and BJP ar contesting all thirty seats, whereas the CPI(M) is inside the fray in fifteen constituencies and its alliance partners Congress and ISF ar fighting in 13 and a pair of seats, severally, they said. The elections for the 294 assembly seats in province ar being management in eight phases. The votes area unit aiming to be counted on may 2.

In the high stake poll battle now a end is also a ought to for Banerjee, global organization agency is running for the third serial term as chief minister, thus she's going to lead the govt.  . and keep on her party, that's faced with exodus. For Adhikari it is a battle for political survival as a defeat would be a devastating blow and should to boot  place a matter mark on his political graph in his new party the BJP. A end would not entirely establish him united of the tallest leaders in geographical area but would together push him few miles before others inside the chief ministerial race simply just in case the BJP is voted to power.

For the Congress-Left-ISF alliance candidate Minakshi Mukherjee, the challenge is to regain her party’s lost ground. The Election Commision has declared as sensitive all the 10,620 polling booths in thirty constituencies bit four districts where polls area unit aiming to be continued  Thursday.

It has deployed around 651 corporations of central force to provide security, besides state police personnel at strategic locations throughout the polling, that is in a position to start at seven am, sources inside the poll body aforesaid. quite seventy 5 integer voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates inside the thirty seats unfold across four districts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur, South twenty four Parganas and Bankura.

A total 199 corporations of Central Armed force area unit aiming to be deployed in Purba Medinipur, 210 corporations in Paschim Medinipur, 100 seventy in South twenty four Parganas and seventy 2 in Bankura, the sources aforesaid. TMC and BJP ar contesting altogether the thirty seats, whereas CPI(M) is inside the fray in fifteen and its alliance partners inside the Sanjukta Morcha the Congress and ISF ar competitive  in 13 and a pair of seats severally.