11:09 (IST)

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates

Bengal only poll-bound state to report violence: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said that of the four states and one union territory where Assembly elections were held, incidents of violence were reported only from West Bengal and the BJP and the TMC are responsible for it.

Chowdhury, the West Bengal Congress president, however, told reporters that such incidents were fewer in West Bengal this time in the concluded three phases, thanks to the efforts of the Election Commission (EC).

"Apart from West Bengal, three other states and one Union Territory are going through the polling process but one can hear incidents like attempt to capture booths, bloodshed and attacks only from our state," he said.

11:06 (IST)

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates

JP Nadda to hold three roadshows

BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday will be holding three road shows in West Bengal. He will be holding two rallies in Alipurduar at 12.15 pm and 1.30 pm and is scheduled to address another in Mekliaganj at 3.15 pm.

Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: According to an itinerary released by the saffron party earlier on Thursday, the BJP president's roadshows will take place in Alipurduar at 12.15 pm, Dinhata at 1.30 pm and Mekliganj at 3.15 pm.

BJP chief JP Nadda on Thursday will be holding three road shows in West Bengal.

Several officials, including three district magistrates, were transferred by the Election Commission on Wednesday, as per an order.

Dakshin Dinajpur DM Nikhil Nirmal was replaced by C Murugan, as per the order issued by the EC.

Enaur Rahman, the DM of Purba Bardhaman, was replaced by Shilpa Gaurisaria. Anurag Shrivastva replaced Purnendu Kumar Maji as the DM of Paschim Bardhaman, it added.

District magistrates are also the district election officers.

The officers in charge of Regent Park and Basdroni police stations, both in the Tollygunge Assembly constituency, were also transferred.

Regent Park OC Mrinalkanti Mukherjee was sent to the Special Branch, while Basdroni OC Pratap Biswas was moved to the Kolkata Police's Detective Department, an official order said.

Ram Thapa was made the new OC of Regent Park. Malay Basu was named the new OC of Basdroni, it added.

Polling will be held in Tollygunge in the fourth phase on 10 April.

As a part of the arrangement for the fourth phase, in which elections will be held in 44 Assembly constituencies across five districts, the Election Commission has decided to deploy over 750 companies of the central forces.

Polling will be held in this phase in urban Howrah, parts of South 24 Parganas that are adjacent to Kolkata, urban parts of Hooghly, besides Alipurduar and Coochbehar.

Special general observer Ajay Nayak is likely to visit Purba Bardhaman on Thursday to supervise the poll arrangements, EC sources said.



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