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Amidst Covid-19 fire, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is Bengal s biggest poll factor Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election. advertisement UPDATED: April 27, 2021 06:56 IST Even amidst the pandemic, Hindu-Muslim polarisation is, by far, the biggest factor in the ongoing Bengal Assembly election. (India Today) In Asansol, 18-year-old Rakesh Prasad will be voting for the first time this election. “Corona ke cases bohot badh gaye hai (corona cases have increased a lot),” he says. But will the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic determine his vote? Not really. “We have to unite the Hindus - and that is why I will vote for the BJP,” says the young student. ....
An estimated 75 per cent votes were cast in the seventh and penultimate phase of the West Bengal assembly election 2021, which was by and large peaceful on Monday. ....
Phase 7 of Bengal Election Ends With Over 75% Turnout, Sporadic Incidents of Violence Voting in the penultimate phase took place for election to 34 constituencies in the assembly. Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. Photo: PTI Politics19 hours ago New Delhi: A total of 75.06% voter turnout was registered until 5 pm on Monday in phase seven of the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Election Commission said. Voting took place for election to 34 constituencies in the assembly, across Paschim Bardhaman, Dakshin Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Malda and south Kolkata. ....
KOLKATA: Stray incidents of violence were reported Monday from some areas where voting is underway for the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, though the overall polling process has been peaceful with 37.02 per cent turnout till 11 am, officials said. Long queues were seen outside most polling booths where voting is underway, adhering to Covid protocols, they said. Voting is being held at 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six each in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and four in Kolkata, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s home turf Bhabanipur. Till 11 am, 37.72 per cent voter turnout was recorded. The polling has been peaceful so far, an Election Commission official said. ....
The distance between the lush green campus of JNU in Delhi and the dusty roads of Jamuria, a small town in West Burdwan district, is more than 1,500km but the battle she had fought at the university and the one at hand in the Bengal elections are the same for Aishe Ghosh. “There are a lot of differences between JNU and the Jamuria Assembly area. But for someone like me, the fight is the same,” says Aishe, the firebrand SFI leader and JNU students’ union chief who is making her first appearance in politics beyond the campus. Aishe, 26, has been fielded as the CPM candidate of Jamuria, which votes on Monday (April 26). “Earlier, I had fought for students’ rights, now it is for the rights of all.” ....