Countdown begins: Bengal gears up for Phase-III polls ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 12:27 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): The countdown for the next innings of the Khela (game) of power in West Bengal has begun as the third phase of the Assembly polls will be held on Tuesday.
A total of 31 Assembly constituencies in districts including eight in Hooghly, seven in Howrah and 16 in South 24 Parganas will go to polls in phase-III. There are 205 candidates in the fray in this round of polling. However, when it comes to women representation, there are only 13 women candidates contesting in this phase, merely six per cent.
BJP candidate Dipak Halder hospitalised, supporters allege attack by TMC
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Halder, along with his party workers, had gone to Haridebpur to campaign, where he was allegedly attacked with bamboo sticks, rods and other firearms by TMC miscreants, BJP Bengal unit claimed.
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Dipak Halder in the hospital
BJP candidate in the Diamond Harbour constituency, Dipak Kumar Halder, was on Friday admitted to hospital after he was attacked with sticks and rods allegedly by TMC supporters.
Halder, who was the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA from this constituency till he switched parties a few months ago, was admitted to a government-run superspeciality hospital along with ten of his workers.
West Bengal Assembly elections | Singur to Nandigram, CPI(M) puts faith on youth leaders
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Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria
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Left Front Chairman Biman Bose with CPI(M) State Secretary Surya Kanta Mishra, Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharjee, Abdul Mannan and ISF Leder Simul Soren during announcement of their party candidates list for upcoming State Assembly elections, in Kolkata, Friday, March 5, 2021. File
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Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria
From president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union Aishe Ghosh to State president of Democratic Youth Federation of India Meenakshi Mukherjee, the CPI (M)-led Left Front on Wednesday put faith on several youth leaders by giving them ticket for the Assembly polls. While Ms. Ghosh will contest from Jamuria in Bardhaman Paschim, Ms. Mukherjee will contest from Nandigram.
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