7th phase voting ends in Bengal | 75.06% voting in 34 seats

 

7th phase voting ends in Bengal:75.06% voting in 34 seats, Election Commission transfers police officers between polling

Voting for the seventh phase of the West Bengal assembly elections is over. Polling was held in 34 seats in this phase. A total of 284 candidates are in the fray here.

 Of these, 37 women candidates are also in the fray. The turnout was 75.06%. Murshidabad and Dakshin Dinajpur recorded the highest voting percentage of over 80%. 78.76% votes have been cast in Malda and 70.24% in West Bardhaman.

Transfer of two officers The Election Commission on Monday transferred some police officers of Bengal between the elections. The commission has transferred Inspector Shantanu Sinha Biswas to the DIG office of Jalpaiguri in the Directorate of Economic Offenses. 

He was accused of manipulating the postal ballot by the BJP. Assistant Commissioner Shrimant Kumar Bandopadhyay of Asansol-Durgpur has been sent to Bolpur as Sub Divisional Officer. SDPO Shubendra Kumar of Bolpur became Corona positive a few days ago.

BJP's polling agent accused - driven away from the booth In Malda's bakhara, BJP's polling agent Shankar Sakar alleged that TMC people forced him out of booth number 91. 

Shankar said that local TMC activists said that I am not a voter here, so I have to leave from here.

After the death of the candidates, the 34 seats where the voting is canceled in two seats are in 5 districts. These include 6-6 in Dakshin Dinapur and Malda districts, 9 in Murshidabad, 4 in Kolkata and 9 assembly seats in Burdwan. 

In the eighth and last phase, 35 assembly seats are to be voted on April 29. The results will come on 2 May. 

Elections were to be held in 36 seats on Monday, but after the death of candidates from Shamsherganj and Jangipur seats in Murshidabad district, the Election Commission had postponed elections on these seats. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to the people to vote keeping in mind the Corona Protocol.

Trinamool candidate died in Corona from
Khadar. Earlier this morning, Kajal Sinha, a Trinamool candidate from Khadar assembly, died in Corona. 

He was admitted to a hospital in Beliaghata after being infected on 22 April. TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has mourned her death.

Mamta posted on social media and wrote that I am very sad, surprised. Kajal Sinha, who was our candidate from Khahadar, died because of Corona. 

He was in politics for many years and was a committed member of the Trinamool Congress. We will always remember them. Our condolences to his family and supporters.

In view of the increasing cases of Corona, the Election Commission had taken strict action.

Earlier on Thursday, during the election campaign, the Election Commission took a tough stance on breaking the Corona Protocol on behalf of political parties. 

The EC had released a new guideline for campaigning in Bengal. Under this, there were instructions not to allow road shows, pad yatras, cycle rally or bike rally. The gathering was prohibited from gathering more than 500 people. 

The EC also reprimanded political parties for not following the Corona Protocol.