In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and Alipurduars constituencies will go to polls. Union Minister Nisith Pramanik faces TMC s Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. Both BJP and TMC are campaigning vigorously. The Election Commission has made security arrangements due to past incidents of violence.
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In Coochbehar, Pramanik is taking on TMC's Basunia, but the real battle seems to be between Pramanik and Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha, who are engaged in a war of words for quite some time
There are around 2,537 voting booths in the Cooch Behar constituency this time and more than 300 of these have been identified as 'sensitive'. The area has witnessed violence in past panchayat, assembly, and Lok Sabha polls. Therefore, observers say, the tension here is palpable and booth workers of various parties and election officials too are a bit anxious
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