West Bengal Assembly Polls Phase 2 voting today - documents required, COVID guidelines to follow
There are a total of 294 assembly seats that will be going to polls, of which 68 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 16 for the Scheduled Tribes. (Image Source: Twitter/@CEOWestBengal)
Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 07:18 AM IST
The second of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 voting is scheduled for today. Nandigram, where CM Mamata Banerjee is locking horns with Suvendu Adhikari, will also vote today. A total of 30 constituencies will go for voting in this phase.
Districts going to polls in the second phase are 24 Parganas Part-1, Bankura Part-2, Paschim Midnapore Part-2, and East Midnapore. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will face Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. The voting is likely to start at 8 am and end at 6 pm.
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Earlier this week, Mamata Banerjee announced that she would be BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari | Photo Credit: ANI
Kolkata/ Paschim Midnapore: BJP s Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday, launched a personal attack against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and made an indirect reference to her kin Abhishek Banerjee as Tolabaaj Bhaipo , meaning extortionist nephew . I have said Tolabaaj Bhaipo and TMC got angry saying why didn t you say the name. Now I m saying the name. Lodge a case against me, Adhikari said at a rally in Pashchim Midnapore.
Adhikari, who has already vowed to defeat Banerjee from Nandigram, added that he would defeat the TMC in Kharagpur, where he has been called by state party unit chief Dilip Ghosh. Dilip da has called me to Kharagpur. Last time I had helped them(TMC) win from that turf. This time I will defeat them, the former TMC leader who has defected to the BJP ahead of elections, said.