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Bengal: Home Minister Amit Shah Holds 3 Rallies A Day After State Logs Over 10,000 Covid Cases
In the past two weeks, two candidates have died after testing positive for Covid-19, while more than a dozen candidates have tested positive for the coronavirus infection. PTI Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-04-22T18:07:28+05:30 Bengal: Home Minister Amit Shah Holds 3 Rallies A Day After State Logs Over 10,000 Covid Cases outlookindia.com 2021-04-22T18:12:15+05:30
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A series of political rallies saw thousands of people gathering in some parts of the state on Thursday, while at some other, people stood in long queues to cast their votes in the sixth phase of the state elections, a day after West Bengal recorded 10,784 new cases of Covid-19 infection and 58 deaths.
After West Bengal Registers 10K Covid Cases in 1 Day, Amit Shah Holds 3 Election Rallies
West Bengal recorded 10,784 new instances of Covid-19 contamination and 58 passings, after 3 rallies hold in a day by Home Minister Amit Shah .
| 22 April 2021 5:00 PM GMT
KOLKATA: A progression of political assemblies saw a great many individuals gathering in certain pieces of the state on Thursday, while at some other, individuals remained in long lines to project their votes in the 6th period of the state decisions, a day after West Bengal recorded 10,784 new instances of Covid-19 contamination and 58 passings.
This caused an exceptional situation for the express that remained as opposed to the remainder of India. While the nation was stressed over the chance of another lockdown and government officials and overseers were seen asking individuals to keep up friendly removing, in West Bengal ideological groups were encouraging individuals to assemble in huge numbers and show their help
WB Polls: Last villages at Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia demand pending ST cards ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 14:40 IST
Nadia (West Bengal) [India], April 20: The last village at the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal s Nadia district - New Shikarpur, along with two other neighbouring villages - Raninagar and Dohokola, is demanding the long-pending Schedule Tribe card this election season.
The residents of the village told ANI that several appeals had been made and letters sent to the local administration but they did not bear any result. Instead, the people were told that they needed to prove their Mahato identity by birth.
Updated Apr 16, 2021 | 18:12 IST
Amidst the elections rallies in the second wave of coronavirus, a Congress candidate lost his life to corona while three other candidates were tested positive. Congress candidate Rezaul Haque from Shamsherganj dies due to corona while campaigning for elections. | Photo Credit: IANS
Kolkata: Amidst the elections rallies in the second wave of coronavirus, a Congress candidate lost his life to corona while three other candidates were tested positive.
In the past two weeks of April, Bengal has seen a huge surge in the number of infected people majorly because of the public gatherings due to election rallies. Rezaul Haque, Congress candidate contesting from Shamsherganj in Murshidabad was tested positive on Wednesday. He subsequently fell ill while campaigning and showed some symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
KOLKATA/ MURSHIDABAD: A Congress candidate from Murshidabad succumbed to Covid infection in Kolkata on Thursday, while three other candidates in the poll fray from across the political spectrum have been infected as the state has continued to record spike in cases since late-March, coinciding with the commencement of the eight-phase polls.
Rezaul Haque alias Mantu Biswas, 46, who was contesting from Shamsherganj in Murshidabad, tested positive on Wednesday after he fell ill while campaigning. Haque was tested for Covid infection after he felt breathless and was admitted to a nursing home in Jangipur. He was shifted to a hospital in Kolkata late on Wednesday, where he died on Thursday.