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The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of `Khela` as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.
In Phase-VI, polling will be held in 43 constituencies in four districts to decide the fate of a total of 306 candidates including 27 women.
Kolkata: The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of `Khela` as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.
In Phase-VI, polling will be held in 43 constituencies in four districts to decide the fate of a total of 306 candidates including 27 women.
Matuas, farmers issues, border districts in focus as 43 seats of Bengal to vote today
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Nine seats in Uttar Dinajpur and Nadia will go to polls on April 22 along with 17 constituencies in North 24 Parganas and eight in Purba Bardhaman. Seats in Uttar Dinajpur like Chopra, Islampur, Goalpokhar and Chakulia that share a border with Bangladesh on one side and Bihar on another are strategically important for the BJP and TMC.
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Polling officials carry EVMs and other material for sixth phase in West Bengal.
The Matua factor centred around the promise of citizenship, closure of jute mills, rising unemployment and agrarian distress are some of the crucial factors likely to impact the sixth phase of polling in Bengal on Thursday that will see voters in 43 assembly constituencies in Uttar Dinajpur, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Purba Bardhaman cast their vote.
West Bengal gears up for Phase-VI Assembly polls tomorrow ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 12:55 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of Khela as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.
In Phase-VI, polling will be held in 43 constituencies in four districts to decide the fate of a total of 306 candidates including 27 women.
Among the 43 constituencies, nine are in Uttar Dinajpur, eight in Purba Bardhaman, nine in Nadia and 17 are in the North 24 Parganas district.
Over 1.03 crore voters including 50.65 lakh women and 256 of the third gender are there in this phase of the election. As many as 14,480 polling stations have been designated in the sixth phase.
Matua voters are expected to play the pivotal role in today s sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls for both India ruler Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The 43 Assembly seats spread across four districts North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Purba Bardhaman and North Dinajpur – are home to most of the 1.5 crore Matua voters. Around 3.5 crore Matua people live across the WB.
Matua, a sect of folk Hinduists, who are Namasudras a scheduled caste group, left the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) after the 1947 partition and migrated to West Bengal and was scattered mainly across three bordering districts with Bangladesh, with the exception of Purba Bardhaman.
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South Dinajpur: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah during a roadshow in support of party candidates for the West Bengal Assembly Polls at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 19, 2021. (PTI Photo)(PTI04 19 2021 000181B)
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