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Covid-19 Protocol at the counting centres on May 2: ⚫ No candidate or agent or counting officials will be allowed inside the counting centres without producing negative reports for RT-PCR/Rapid Antigen Test or certificate of two doses of vaccination against Covid-19 ⚫ No one, including political party cadres, will be allowed within the 100-metre periphery of the counting centres. The 100-metre no-entry zone will be demarcated ⚫ Public gathering will not be allowed even outside the 100 metres of the counting centres ⚫ No one having fever or Covid-19-like symptoms will be allowed inside the counting centre. ⚫ Not more than two persons will be allowed to accompany the winning candidates to receive the certificate from the returning officer ....
Calcuttans who are 80 years or older have the option to cast their vote at home with polling officials coming over for the exercise. Thousands of voters have availed themselves of the service during the fourth phase, while many more have applied for the same in the remaining four phases. Here is how the process of voting from home, introduced this year in Bengal, works. Advertisement Eligibility Anyone who is 80 or above and has his or her name on the electoral list is eligible to vote from home. Booth-level polling officers have to provide such persons with “Form 12D”, where they have to state that they want to vote from home.The officers have to take back the filled-in form within five days of the notification of election in that constituency. ....
Updated: Security forces fire as crowd attacks north Bengal booth. Share Article AAA A group of residents attempts to stop BJP MP Locket Chatterjee’s vehicle in Hooghly district on April 10, 2021 during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces fire as crowd attacks north Bengal booth. Five people were killed in two separate incidents of firing during elections at Sitalkuchi Assembly in north Bengal on Saturday sending shockwaves across the State where voting for four more phases is yet to be held. Four persons were killed when central forces opened fire at polling booth number 126 at Amtali Madhyamik Siksha Kendra under Jor Patki gram panchayat at Sitalkuchi Assembly segment. ....
BJP fields Union Ministers, MPs and actors in Bengal polls By IANS | Published on Sun, Mar 14 2021 17:06 IST | 14 Views BJP fields Union Ministers, MPs and actors in Bengal polls. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, March 14 : The BJP on Sunday named several Union Ministers, MPs and actors as its candidates in the West Bengal Assembly polls. For the high octane polls, the party has fielded Union Minister Supriyo Babul from Tollygunge, actor-turned-politician and Lok Sabha member Locket Chatterjee from Churchura, journalist and MP Swapan Dasgupta from Tarakeshwar, and noted economist Ashok Lahiri from Alipurduar. Releasing the list of candidates at a press conference here, BJP national General Secretary Arun Singh said that the names were finalised in the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, chaired by party chief J.P. Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others, held on Saturday. ....
West Bengal Assembly elections | Singur to Nandigram, CPI(M) puts faith on youth leaders Updated: Updated: Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria Share Article AAA Left Front Chairman Biman Bose with CPI(M) State Secretary Surya Kanta Mishra, Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharjee, Abdul Mannan and ISF Leder Simul Soren during announcement of their party candidates list for upcoming State Assembly elections, in Kolkata, Friday, March 5, 2021. File | Photo Credit: PTI Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria From president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union Aishe Ghosh to State president of Democratic Youth Federation of India Meenakshi Mukherjee, the CPI (M)-led Left Front on Wednesday put faith on several youth leaders by giving them ticket for the Assembly polls. While Ms. Ghosh will contest from Jamuria in Bardhaman Paschim, Ms. Mukherjee will cont ....