Speaking at public rallies at Ausgram in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district and Chapra in Nadia district, the senior BJP leader alleged that infiltrators serve as the votebank of the TMC.
The fifth phase of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections is currently underway. voting for the 45 seats has started and reports of violence have started pouring in from the state. watch ground report from kalyani.
A day after a purported audio tape in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims- surfaced, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that her phone is being tapped and said she will order a CID probe into it.
The Election Commission would announce a fresh poll schedule for the seat in the coming days, officials said.
Four persons died near a booth in the Sitalkuchi constituency of Cooch Behar district as central forces opened fire allegedly after coming under attack from locals, who "attempted to snatch their rifles, amid the voting exercise for the fourth phase of elections on April 10.
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The BJP polling agent on Saturday got allegedly beaten-up by TM workers in Bardhaman. Polling for the fifth phase of election in West Bengal in underway.
TMC leader Madan Mitra visited Dakshineshwar Kali Temple on Saturday ahead of casting vote at a polling booth in Kamarhati. Voting for the fifth phase of West Bengal Elections is underway today.
The complainant attached a statement made by the Chief Minister where she said: "The people and women of the area, be ready to pounce upon the paramilitary forces will your brooms, ladles, sticks and spuds. One team should surround the forces, another team should vote."
Total of 45 constituencies are going to vote for the fifth phase of elections in Bengal, with 319 candidates in fray.
The polling for the fifth phase of West Bengal assembly elections across 45 assembly segments concluded on Saturday amid tight security.
The BJP has released a new audio clip in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can be heard telling the Trinamool Congress nominee of Sitalkuchi to hold rallies with bodies of the four persons killed in CISF firing during polling on April 10.
Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 342 candidates today (April 17), when 45 assembly constituencies go to polls in the fifth phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
A controversy erupted on Friday after the BJP released a purported audio clip in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard telling the Trinamool Congress nominee of Sitalkuchi to hold rallies with bodies of the four persons killed in CISF firing during polling on April 10.
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The TMC described the audio clip as "bogus" claiming such a conversation never took place.
In view of the pandemic, the Election Commission (EC) has curtailed the timing of the campaign up to 7 PM. It also said there shall not be any campaign between 7 PM and 10 AM on campaign day. The silence period extended from 48 hours to 72 hours in each of the remaining three phases in West Bengal.
Worried over the COVID-19 surge, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission to think about conducting polls for the remaining assembly seats at one go, while also stressing that her party had opposed the prolonged eight-phase poll schedule.
With West Bengal witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, like other states, the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has called an all-party meeting today to reiterate instructions on campaigning amid the pandemic and encourage more virtual rallies for the remaining phases of the Assembly elections.
The Election Commission has called an all-party meeting on April 16 to ensure adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines in the remaining phases of West Bengal polls.
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