Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE: ECI transfers 12 police officers in poll-bound West Bengal

Postal ballot voting for much than 5,500 elder citizens aged supra 85 and for persons with disabilities successful Vellore territory commenced connected Saturday for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Election officials said that 5,673 persons with disabilities and elder citizens successful the 5 Assembly constituencies specified arsenic Vellore, Katpadi, Gudiyatham, K.V. Kuppam, and Anaicut person been allowed to formed postal ballots. The workout volition beryllium held for 3 days, starting from April 11 with officials visiting their places connected these days.

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West Bengal State Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal urged voters successful the State to actively enactment successful the upcoming Assembly polls, stressing that arrangements person been made for “free and fair” polling successful the district.

Drawing a taste parallel to promote higher elector turnout, Mr. Agarwal said radical should attack polling stations with the aforesaid enthusiasm arsenic they bash during the festival of Durga Puja.

“Good preparations are underway for the elections successful Murshidabad. We are gathering with people. We are besides gathering with each the officials and each the observers who came to witnesser the election. We are prepared for escaped and just elections; everyone should travel and vote. We are urging the radical to travel to the booth arsenic they spell to the pandals during Durga Puja and formed their vote,” helium said.

-ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Saturday (April 11, 2026) targeted each different implicit the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code successful the poll-bound State.

“The committedness of the BJP is to instrumentality the Uniform Civil Code. By bringing UCC successful the State, we volition extremity the authorities of appeasement forever,” Mr. Modi said, addressing a gathering successful the Muslim-dominated Jangipur country of Murshidabad district.

Ms. Banerjee powerfully denounced the UCC. “They person spoken astir UCC successful the manifesto... I volition vehemently reason this. They are successful bulk contiguous truthful they volition walk the Bill. When they won’t beryllium successful bulk tomorrow, we volition revoke the Bill... Free and just elections are not imaginable arsenic agelong arsenic they remain,” she said.

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More than 3.6 crore electors crossed 16 districts are eligible to workout their franchise successful the archetypal signifier of the West Bengal Assembly elections connected April 23, according to Election Commission data.

The electoral rolls for the archetypal signifier comprise 1.84 crore men, 1.75 crore women and 465 persons of the 3rd gender, the EC information released connected Saturday showed.

Among the districts, Murshidabad accounts for the highest fig of voters astatine 50.26 lakh, followed by Purba Medinipur (41.60 lakh) and Paschim Medinipur (37.70 lakh). At the different end, Kalimpong has the lowest fig of voters astatine 2.01 lakh.

- PTI

The Election Commission has transferred 12 officers successful Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police successful the poll-bound state, officials said.

In the Kolkata Police, respective elder officers person been moved retired of cardinal positions. DIG, CID Soma Das Mitra has been transferred and posted arsenic Joint Commissioner (Crime), Kolkata Police, they added.

Sudip Sarkar, who was serving arsenic DIG (Personnel), has been brought successful arsenic Joint Commissioner (Headquarters), Kolkata Police.

- PTI