ECI bans political leaders from visiting Cooch Behar for 72 hours; orders repoll in one polling station
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April 10, 2021 22:46 IST
EC also extended silence period for phase five of the polls from 48 hours before polling to 72 hours.
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Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday put in place certain restrictions, including extending the “silence period” from 48 hours to 72 hours, for the fifth phase of polling West Bengal after violence in Cooch Behar district. File
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EC also extended silence period for phase five of the polls from 48 hours before polling to 72 hours.
The EC said in its order that an incident of firing was reported at polling station number 126, Amtali Madhyamik Siksha Kendraat 05-Sitalkuchi (SC) Assembly Constituency, in Cooch Behar district around 11.50 a.m.
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Security personnel keep vigil at a polling station after Election Commission ordered of stopping the voting exercise at polling station number 126 in Sitalkuchi, where clashes erupted between locals and central forces, at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday gave a clean chit to the CISF for opening fire in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district during the fourth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal that left four persons dead, saying that opening fire
became necessary to save the lives of the voters and it was made in
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