New Delhi: With polling getting underway for the second phase of assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam on Thursday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the voters of both states to exercise their franchise in record numbers.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said: “Second phase of the Assam polls takes place today. Requesting all eligible voters of this phase to strengthen the festival of democracy by exercising their franchise.”
“Urging the people of West Bengal in whose seats there is polling taking place today to vote in record numbers,” he said in another tweet.
Voters were seen in large numbers, standing in queues at different polling stations in both the states.
In West Bengal, a total of 30 assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur are heading in to vote. Out of the 171 candidates in the fray, 152 are men and the remaining are women.
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Assam: Former MoS Railways & BJP leader Rajen Gohain casts his vote at a polling booth in Nagaon. He says, “BJP will get over 35 seats out of the total 47 in the 1st phase. In the 2nd phase too, we’ll get many seats. BJP will undoubtedly form the govt with more than 75 seats.” pic.twitter.com/h2FApfFW6l
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
West Bengal | The people here want development. We need a super speciality hospital and a women’s college here. A large number of people have come out to cast their vote today: Hiron Chatterjee, actor and BJP candidate from Kharagpur Sadar assembly constituency, pic.twitter.com/qg2Vc2fOkB
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
West Bengal: BJP candidate from Kharagpur Sadar assembly constituency, Hiron Chatterjee visits a polling station in the constituency pic.twitter.com/KYcpciKF31
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
Voters being screened with a temperature gun, given hand sanitiser & hand gloves as they arrive at polling booths for the second phase of #AssamAssemblyPolls. Visuals from a polling booth in Nagaon. pic.twitter.com/E0AgJzDHme
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
West Bengal | In Nowpara, booth no. 22, Anchal-1, my polling agent has been surrounded by 150 TMC goons. He hasn’t been allowed to enter the polling booth. In Barunia, voters being threatened and shown the TMC symbol: Bharti Ghosh, BJP candidate from Debra constituency pic.twitter.com/wi12zrgq3J
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
ITBP troops guard polling booths in East Midnapore district and help out senior citizens there, during the second phase of #WestBengalElections pic.twitter.com/TyDF9aQgz3
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
I appeal to people to come out in large numbers to cast their vote as the whole country is looking at Nandigram. People are waiting to see if development or politics of appeasement will win here: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nandigram candidate, Suvendu Adhikari #WestBengalElections pic.twitter.com/rc6paGKSln
— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2021
Among these candidates, two are undoubtedly the most prominent figures, that is, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former ministerial colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December last year. Nandigram is all set to witness the most high-profile contest with Mamata and Adhikari taking on each other.
In Assam, the fate of 345 candidates in 39 constituencies across 13 districts will be decided in this phase. The election in the second phase includes 15 assembly seats in the Barak Valley.
The campaigning for the second phase saw the debate over Citizenship Amendment Act. While the BJP leaders said that they will implement the CAA, Congress has promised to “nullify it”.
Voting in Assam will be held till 6 pm while in West Bengal, polling will take place till 6:30 pm.
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