West Bengal Elections: 34 assembly constituencies spread across 5 districts are voting. (File)
Kolkata:
Bengal is voting for the 7th time today in the longest ever assembly election any state has seen, that too in the middle of the second wave of a pandemic that many are calling a tsunami. More than three lakh infections on a single day have been reported in the country.
In Bengal, in the last 24 hours, 15,889 new cases have been reported - the highest spike in the state ever. 57 have died.
In normal times, this phase - with 36 seats - would have been one of the most exciting, with high-profile ministers, film stars, fashion designers, so-called Trinamool Congress to BJP turncoats, student leaders and even a General (retired) in the race.
Bhabanipur
West-bengal
India
Kolkata
Jamuria
Nandigram
Murshidabad
Bardhaman
Ballygunge
Mahila
Rajasthan
Asansol