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Action To Be Taken Against Those Who Assaulted Bengal Candidates: Official

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Kolkata

Action will be taken against those who were involved in assault on candidates in some constituencies during the third phase of assembly elections in West Bengal on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab said.

Central Forces Assaulting People, Asking To Vote For BJP: Mamata Banerjee

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that central forces "assaulted" voters in several constituencies where polling was underway, "instructing" them to vote for the BJP.

Sporadic Violence In Bengal, BJP Predicts Victory In Assam: 10 Points

Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 06, 2021, New Delhi

Bengal saw sporadic instances of disruption and other complaints as polling for the third phase was held today. The process in other states -- Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala -- and the Union Territory of Puducherry remained smooth.

Mamata Banerjee Claims "Security Forces Told Not To Resist Booth Capturing"

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 06, 2021, Kalchini, West Bengal

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed BJP activists were forcibly occupying polling booths and attacking Trinamool members, including party candidates, and asserted that she would not get bogged down by such "intimidating tactics".

Muslim Vote Bank Slipping From Mamata Banerjee's Grasp: PM Modi

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 06, 2021, Kolkata

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to Bengal's Muslims not to divide their votes indicates that she has lost their support, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. While on the subject, he also pointed out that a similar appeal to Hindus

Trinamool Candidate Chased Out Of Poll Booth, Hit On Head, Alleges Party

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday April 06, 2021, Kolkata

A candidate from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress was chased out of a polling booth in Bengal today as voting was on in the third phase of the assembly election in the state.

Assembly Election 2021: How To Download Election Booth Slip Online

Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Tuesday April 06, 2021

Assembly Election 2021: More than 20 crore voters from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are exercising their franchise today. Now you can download Voter ID and Booth Slip Online. Check out here.

Bengal Poll Officer Sleeps Over At Trinamool Leader's Home With EVM, Suspended

Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday April 06, 2021, New Delhi

A Bengal election officer who claims he slept overnight with an electronic voting machine (EVM) at the home of his relative, a Trinamool Congress leader, has been suspended by the Election Commission. The EVM and VVPAT will not be used in the polls.

Pics: Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, E Sreedharan Vote Early In Today's Polls

Edited by Nonika Sharma | Tuesday April 06, 2021, New Delhi

Voting began at 7 am for the final phase of polling in Assam and third phase in West Bengal. Voting also begins for the single-phase polling in Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

PM's Appeal In Four Languages As 4 States, 1 Union Territory Vote Today

Edited by Swati Bhasin | Tuesday April 06, 2021, New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese and English as he made a strong appeal to voters in four states and Puducherry, a union territory, to step out and use their democratic right.

Third Phase Polls In Bengal A Test For Mamata Banerjee's Nephew

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 06, 2021, Kolkata

The third phase of the mammoth eight-phase assembly election in Bengal will be held today -- a new round after the dramatic second phase that featured tension, violence and a clash between the Election Commission and the state's ruling Trinamool Cong

Over 20 Crore People From 4 States, 1 UT Vote Today: 10 Points

Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday April 06, 2021, New Delhi

Over 20 crore people from Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting in a mammoth electoral exercise today. For the latter three, this is the first and only phase of polling. It is Assam's third and final, while Bengal has five more.

Poll Body Issues Notice To Bengal BJP Leader Over His "Encounter" Remark

Press Trust of India | Monday April 05, 2021, Kolkata

Controversy erupted in Bengal's Birbhum area, after the BJP's district president, Dhruva Saha, said people raising "Pakistan zindabad" slogans "will face (police) encounter", once the BJP assumes power in the state, following which the Election Commi

Accept Money Being Distributed By BJP, Vote For Trinamool: Abhishek Banerjee

Press Trust of India | Monday April 05, 2021, Pandua/Chandannagar/Bally, West Bengal

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of distributing cash for votes in West Bengal and asked the people to accept the money but exercise their ballot for TMC instead.

"A Single Woman Fighting Alone": Jaya Bachchan On Mamata Banerjee

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday April 05, 2021, Kolkata

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, in Bengal to campaign on behalf of Mamata Banerjee, came out guns blazing at her first press conference, reminding voters that Ms Banerjee was "fighting to preserve the democratic right of all Bengalis"