Amidst Covid-19 fire, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is Bengal s biggest poll factor
Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election.
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UPDATED: April 27, 2021 06:56 IST
Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election. (India Today)
In Asansol, 18-year-old Rakesh Prasad will be voting for the first time this election. “Corona ke cases bohot badh gaye hai (corona cases have increased a lot),” he says. But will the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic determine his vote? Not really. “We have to unite the Hindus - and that is why I will vote for the BJP,” says the young student.
People interested in COVID ki baat , and not Mann ki baat , says Mamata
Modi, during his monthly radio broadcast Mann ki baat earlier in the day, said that the COVID-19 storm has shaken the country, and urged people to get vaccinated.
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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during a virtual meeting in support of party candidates for the last two phases of election campaigning at Berhampore Rabindra Sadan in Murshidabad district. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
BAHRAMPUR: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that people are no longer interested in Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Maan ki baat programme, they, instead, want to hear COVID ki baat (COVID- related talks) as the pandemic has left lakhs gasping for breath, amid shortage of vaccines and oxygen cylinders.
Centre s vaccine policy appears hollow, without substance: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
Mamata reminded the PM that she had in a letter dated Feb 24, requested his intervention to allow Bengal purchase vaccines directly with state resources and give free vaccines to people in the state.
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NEW DELHI:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hitting out at the Centre s new vaccine policy and terming it hollow, without substance and a regrettable show of evasion of responsibility.
The central government on Monday announced that everyone above 18 years of age will be eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 from May 1, liberalising the vaccination drive to allow states, private hospitals and industrial establishments to procure the doses directly from manufacturers.
Don t panic, no lockdown in Bengal now : Mamata says taking all Covid control measures
The government is increasing the number of safe homes for Covid patients with mild symptoms and hospital beds for serious patients, Banerjee announced.
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KOLKATA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday ruled out any possibility of lockdown in the state in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19.
The state government is taking all necessary actions to combat the pandemic and there is no need to be panicky, she said. The government is increasing the number of safe homes for Covid patients with mild symptoms and hospital beds for serious patients, Banerjee announced.
West Bengal Election 2021: Voting Underway for 45 of 294 Constituencies; Polling Agent Dies in Kamarhati
The Election Commission has sought a report over the sudden demise of a BJP polling agent at booth number 107 in the Kamarhati constituency.
| 17 April 2021 6:25 AM GMT
KOLKATA: Amid the surging COVID-19 cases across the country, the voting for the 45 of 294 constituencies in the fifth phase of assembly elections began at 7 AM today.
According to reports, with tight security in place, long queues were seen outside polling booths where voting is underway adhering to coronavirus guidelines.
Districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Jalpaiguri in north Bengal and the districts of Nadia, Purba Bardhaman, and North 24 Parganas in south Bengal are polling in this phase.