As the polling for the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections has started on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people to cast their votes in record number. The fourth phase of polling has started in West Bengal. I urge today s voters for the record number of polling. I also request young and women voters to cast their votes in large numbers, Prime Minister tweeted in Bengali. Voting for 44 constituencies in West Bengal s fourth phase Assembly elections began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security. 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.
April 10, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign in Krishnanagar on Saturday - -×
76.16 per cent turnout in fourth phase On a day when at least four people were killed in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, after central forces opened fire in “self-defence” against “miscreants” during polling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, for unnecessarily “instigating” her workers against security personnel.
Across two public rallies held on Saturday, one each in Siliguri and another in Krishnanagar, the Prime Minister attacked Banerjee for repeated insinuations and trying to “foment violence” on poll days by “attacking central forces”. The idea, he alleged, was to create an atmosphere of fear and violence like previous years so that people do not come out to vote in large numbers.
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4 persons were killed as CISF jawans opened fire after coming under attack in Cooch Behar
The incident took place in the Sitalkuchi area when voting was underway, a senior police officer said.
Sitalkuchi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Saturday clarified that its troops were not involved in the firing incident in West Bengal s Cooch Behar in which four civilians were killed. Regarding recent incident being reported in media about the killing of 4 civilians outside booth 126, Jorpatki in Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency, Cooch Behar, it s clarified that CRPF component was neither deployed at the said booth nor involved in the incident in any way, the CRPF said.
Visuals from Cooch Behar where four people were killed, four injured in incidents of firing (Photo/ANI) West Bengal polls: 52.89 per cent voter turnout till 1:30 pm in phase 4 ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 13:48 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 52.89 per cent till 1:30 pm across 44 constituencies in five districts during the fourth phase of the state Assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
The Mathabhanga constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 61.30 per cent till 1.30 pm, while the Maheshtala constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 42.35 per cent.
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