Bengal Elections HIGHLIGHTS | Polling for phase five concludes with reports of violence in few districts
At many places, voters were seen without masks despite COVID-19 cases increasing across the state and the country.
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People stand in a queue to cast their vote at a polling station during the 5th phase of State Assembly elections at Santipur, in Nadia, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (Photo | PTI) By Online Desk
In the fifth phase, 45 seats spread across North 24 Parganas, Purba Bardhaman, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and Kalimpong went to polls.
Barring a few districts, peacefull elections were conducted in other parts of the state despited the worry of COVID-19 surge.
Bengal elections: Narendra Modi urges voters to turn up in large numbers
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Last Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 10:04 AM IST
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Synopsis Urging all those voting in today s fifth phase of the West Bengal elections to vote in large numbers. First time voters in particular should exercise their franchise, Modi added.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged voters in the fifth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections to vote in large numbers. In tweets, he also noted that bypolls to many assembly and Lok Sabha seats were taking place on Saturday, and asked people to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy.
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 Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that her phone is being tapped and said she will order a CID probe into it.
West Bengal Election 2021: Bengal votes in the fifth phase today (Representational)
New Delhi:
West Bengal is voting today in the fifth phase of the assembly elections held amid an alarming surge of coronavirus cases across the country.
45 seats are going to polls in the biggest of the state s eight-phased elections. Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling and a part of Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Purba Bardhaman will vote today in which a total of 319 candidates, including 39 women are contesting.
Bengal has already voted for 135 seats and after today s voting, results for more than half of its 294 seats will be sealed. High-profile contestants include the Trinamool s Bratya Basu, Gautam Deb and Siddiqullah Chowdhury, and the BJP s Jagannath Sarkar - one of five MPs nominated by the party.