Assembly polls: Phase 2 voting ends amid violence, Mamata s dharna in Bengal; high woman turnout in Assam
Voting was conducted for the second phase of assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam amid heavy security cover as well as Covid-19 restrictions. The exercise went peacefully in Assam but tensions flared in Bengal, which not only saw incidents of violence but also an enraged CM Mamata Banerjee accuse the Election Commission of favouring the BJP.
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The second phase of polling in Assam and Bengal summed up in three pictures.
More than 1 crore people voted to elect candidates across 30 seats in Bengal and 39 seats in Assam respectively as the second phase of voting in the 2021 Assembly elections took place on Thursday.
Begum Is Losing, Says Suvendu After Mamata Dials Governor On Poll Malpractice
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Nandigram remained highly tense on Thursday as it went to polls along with 29 other constituencies in the second phase of polling
Mamata Banerjee (L), Suvendu Adhikari (R) Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-04-01T16:35:23+05:30 Begum Is Losing, Says Suvendu After Mamata Dials Governor On Poll Malpractice outlookindia.com 2021-04-01T17:05:48+05:30
Also read Begum is losing, said a laughing Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP’s Nandigram candidate, referring to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who called up governor Jagdeep Dhankhar from a polling booth and alleged poll malpractices.
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The Governor said he called Banerjee to enquire about her health following the incident and also sought an update from the security in-charge of the chief minister
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Bengal Police CID Detains Bangladeshi National In Trinamool Minister Bomb Attack Case
The West Bengal CID on Wednesday detained a Bangladeshi national in connection with the blast in Murshidabad in which a TMC minister & over 20 were injured
The West Bengal CID on Wednesday detained a Bangladeshi national in connection with the blast in Murshidabad s Nimtita Railway Station in which state minister Jakir Hossain and over 20 others were injured.
Hossain, Trinamool Congress MLA and the minister of state for labour, was waiting at platform number 2 to catch a train to Kolkata around 10 pm on February 17 when the blast occurred, seriously injuring him and the others. We have detained one person and investigation is underway, news agency PTI quoted a senior CID official as saying. Hossain and the other injured persons are undergoing treatment at a state-run hospital in the city.