Highest pre-poll deployment of central forces in Bengal | Kolkata News
Howrah locals shower flowers on central force personnel during route march KOLKATA: Around 650 companies of central forces were likely to arrive in Bengal before March 25, sources said on Tuesday. These will be in addition to the 125 companies that have already reached Bengal and another 169 scheduled to arrive this week. The total number of companies of central forces (944) that will be in Bengal ahead of the assembly polls, scheduled to begin on March 27, is much higher than that in 2016 assembly polls and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. This, sources said, would be the highest pre-election deployme...