Parts of Calcutta will vote in the fourth phase of the Assembly elections on Saturday. A ready reckoner of things one needs to know before stepping out of home on the polling day.
⚫ Some of the constituencies going to the polls: Kasba, Jadavpur, Tollygunge, Behala East, Behala West and Metiabruz
⚫ Voting starts at: 7am
⚫ Voting ends at: Officially 6.30pm. Voters who queue up outside their polling booth before 6.30pm will be allowed to cast their vote, however long it takes to complete the process.
⚫ Will there be any restrictions in areas going to the polls?
Yes. Usually, Section 144 of the CrPC is imposed on the area that falls within 100 metres of a polling booth. In case of a sensitive booth, the radius is extended to 200 metres. Police are supposed to prevent assemblies in areas close to polling booths.
From heavyweight leaders to celebrities, stakes are high in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections that will be held on Saturday. In Phase-IV, 44 constituencies from the districts of Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Howrah, Hooghly and South 24 Parganas are going to polls. A total of 1,15,81,022 electorates will decide the fate of 373 candidates in this phase. Among the most high-profile contests, one is the Tollygunge constituency, where BJP has fielded Union Minister Babul Supriyo against sitting TMC MLA Aroop Biswas. Biswas, also a minister in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal cabinet has been representing the Tollygunge Assembly constituency for the last three terms. Worth mentioning, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan campaigned for TMC candidate Aroop Biswas. CPI(M) has fielded Debdut Ghosh from the seat.
The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area of the city on Thursday, following which a group of party activists held a demonstration in front of a police station.
The agitation was led by actor-turned-politician Srabanti Chatterjee, who is contesting from the Behala Paschim Assembly constituency on a BJP ticket, party sources said. The Kolkata Police did not allow our leader Mithun Chakraborty to campaign for me in the constituency without citing any reason. The Trinamool Congress cannot avert its imminent loss by such an undemocratic act of preventing us from campaigning.
Bengal polls: BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty denied roadshow in Kolkata s Behala, workers hold protest
BJP leader and Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, however, led a roadshow in Tollygunj constituency for Union minister Babul Supriyo.
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BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty during a roadshow in support of party candidate Babul Supriyo, ahead of the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Kolkata, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
KOLKATA: The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area of the city on Thursday, following which a group of party activists held a demonstration in front of a police station.
The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the saffron camp, in Behala area of the city on Thursday, following which a group of party activists held a demonstration in front of a police station. The agitation was led by actor-turned-politician Srabanti Chatterjee, who is contesting from the Behala Paschim assembly constituency on a BJP ticket, party sources said. The Kolkata Police did not allow our leader Mithun Chakraborty to campaign for me in the constituency without citing any reason. The Trinamool Congress cannot avert its imminent loss by such an undemocratic act of preventing us from campaigning. Is the state government scared of losing power?, the popular Bengali actor said.