Bengal polls: Shadow of COVID looms over last leg of campaigning in Purbasthali Uttar
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Updated: Apr 19, 2021 19:32 IST
By Pragya Kaushika
Purba Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The spike in the COVID-19 cases has changed the way of campaign in Purbasthali Uttar constituency in Purba Bardhaman which will go the polls in the sixth phase of Bengal polls on April 22. The crowd is thin, shrill speeches have been replaced by the party songs played on e-rickshwas and those campaigning are donning masks, some on face, some on chins.
While Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamool Congress have had rallies in the constituency in one of the most aggressively fought state elections, Sanyukt morcha candidate Pradip Kumar Saha, who belongs to CPI(M), has to make do with 'potho sabhas'.