8.40 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges voters to cast their franchise in line with Covid protocols. Last phase of the 2021 West Ben...
8.40 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges voters to cast their franchise in line with Covid protocols.
Last phase of the 2021 West Bengal elections takes place today. In line with the COVID-19 protocols, I call upon people to cast their vote and enrich the festival of democracy.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 29, 2021
8.30 am: The state’s Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pandey is another TMC leader who will be followed closely. Pandey is up against former India footballer and BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey and the CPI(M)’s Rupa Bagchi in Maniktala in Kolkata district, according to The Indian Express.
8.15 am: The main parties in the fray are the Trinamool Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Left front comprising the Congress and the Community Party of India (Marxist).
Some prominent faces fighting in this phase include state Minister for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Shashi Panja, who is contesting against the BJP’s Sandipan Biswas in Shyampukur, The Indian Express reports.
8 am: Some initial glitches were reported in Birbhum district, according to ANI.
Voting began with a half an hour delay due to a glitch in the EVM, at polling booth number 188 in Birbhum.
— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2021
Voters are casting their votes for the eighth and final phase of #WestBengalElections today. pic.twitter.com/eXIp3aZf58
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