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While the EC received 218 complaints from Cooch Behar constituency alone, over 100 complaints were lodged in Jalpaiguri and 150 in Alipurduar.

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EC directs TMC minister to stay ‘within his booth area’ after getting BJP complaint

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 TMCs Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. Both BJP and TMC are campaigning vigorously. The Election Commission has made security arrangements due to past incidents of violence.

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

The police administration on Thursday went on high alert as an uneasy lull descended in parts of Cooch Behar district of North Bengal which will go to first phase of elections along with neighbouring Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar on Friday. Union Home Minister for State Nisith Pramanik of the BJP is

Jalpaiguri goes to Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the first phase on April 19. The TMC has fielded Nirmal Chandra Ray against the BJP's sitting MP Dr Jayanta Roy.

Ground inputs suggest that BJP's Jayanta Roy may have an edge in Jalpaiguri. However, the TMC and its candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy are mounting a spirited fight which has led many to call the contest neck and neck

Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress national general secretary, asserted that the people of West Bengal are benefiting from various schemes initiated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He posed the question to voters about whose guarantee they prefer, that of "Didi or Modi," highlighting the states schemes such as Lakshmir Bhandar and Khadya Sathi.

Mr Adhikari also ensured, paying no heed to model code of conduct that a permanent tea plantation worker will get Rs 350 a day when the BJP comes to power in Bengal.