The Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency will vote within the first section of polling on April 19 and the counting of votes shall be held on June 4. (Reresentational picture/PTI)
There are round 2,537 voting cubicles within the Cooch Behar constituency this time and greater than 300 of those have been recognized as ‘delicate’. The world has witnessed violence in previous panchayat, meeting, and Lok Sabha polls. Due to this fact, observers say, the strain right here is palpable and sales space staff of varied events and election officers too are a bit anxious
Three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal can have voting on Friday within the first section of the elections. Greater than 260 firms of safety forces have been deployed within the state out of which 112 firms have been positioned solely in Cooch Behar. That’s as a result of poll-related violence has been a significant concern on this constituency.
On Thursday, two Trinamool Congress staff have been injured in an assault within the north Bengal seat. Whereas TMC leaders blamed the Bharatiya Janata Get together for the incident, the saffron outfit rejected the declare.
There are round 2,537 voting cubicles within the Cooch Behar constituency this time and greater than 300 of those have been recognized as “delicate”.
On the Election Fee of India’s checklist, the Cooch Behar (SC) seat is at no. 1. The constituency is held by union minister of state for dwelling affairs Nisith Pramanik of the BJP. The world has witnessed violence in previous panchayat, meeting, and Lok Sabha polls. Due to this fact, observers say, the strain right here is palpable and sales space staff of varied events and election officers too are a bit anxious.
The CISF firing incident throughout the meeting polls at Sitalkuchi in 2021, which killed 4 youths and, subsequently, created an enormous political dust-up bears testimony to the vulnerability to poll-related violence on this Bangladesh-bordering district.
Talking to News18, Cooch Behar’s district Justice of the Peace mentioned, “All preparations have been made and the administration will do all the things for free-and-fair elections. So, by way of the media, I urge individuals to go and vote.”
As many as 102 Lok Sabha seats shall be going for polls within the first section of the elections throughout the nation on Friday.
Pramanik, the BJP candidate from the Cooch Behar seat, will face Trinamool Congress nominee Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. The Congress has fielded Priya Roy Choudhury as its candidate, whereas the Ahead Bloc has nominated Nitish Chandra Roy.
