Focus on Kolkata, BJP trying to regain legacy of its ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee ANI | Updated: Apr 15, 2021 19:24 IST
By Pragya Kaushika
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Seven decades after the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Shyama Prasad Mookerjee represented the Calcutta South East Lok Sabha constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaged in a vigorous battle to preserve his ideological legacy by seeking to win the assembly constituencies that were part of the seat the party ideologue represented.
The BJP appears determined to contest assembly seats in Kolkata and its surroundings with renewed vigour and regain the glory that came with Jan Sangh winning the seat in the country s first Lok Sabha election.
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West Bengal polls: 15.85 per cent voter turnout till 9.45 am in phase 4 ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 10:11 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 15.85 per cent till 9.45 am across 44 constituencies in five districts during the fourth phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
The Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 24.00 per cent till 9.45 am, while the Behala Paschim constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage with a voter turnout of just seven per cent.
This phase of the elections will witness an intense battle between 373 candidates in 44 constituencies of the state across five districts - Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly.