West Bengal Assembly polls Phase 2 LIVE: PM Modi appeals to people to cast votes in 'record numbers'

BJP campaigner from Pursurah Assembly seat, Biman Ghosh, formed his ballot successful Hooghly, arsenic polling crossed 142 seats successful West Bengal commenced connected Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI, Mr. Ghosh appealed to voters to travel retired of their homes and workout their voting right. He further hoped for peaceful elections successful the State, expressing assurance successful the BJP’s triumph successful the elections.

“I entreaty to the voters to travel retired successful the greeting and vote. This is simply a festival. Vote and alteration Bengal. Real translation volition travel now. This time, that grounds (in the archetypal phase) volition beryllium broken...Voting should hopefully beryllium peaceful. We volition triumph a precocious fig of seats and travel to power. Bengal volition transform. TMC Private Limited Company of the aunt and nephew, volition unopen down. Its workers volition person to look for different companies. To radical I would similar to accidental - Pehle matdaan, phir jalpaan,” said Mr. Ghosh.

- ANI

Newly appointed India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, formed his ballot astatine the United Missionary Primary Teachers Training Institute polling presumption successful Kolkata’s Ballygunge, arsenic polling for the 2nd signifier of West Bengal elections commenced connected Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI, Mr. Trivedi termed the elections a “festival of democracy” and “heritage” of the country, reflecting connected the traditions of ideology which person been continuing for the past thousands of years. He besides congratulated the Election Commission of India and information personnel, who were progressive successful the creaseless behaviour of the elections.

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Ahead of signifier 2 of polling successful West Bengal, the Election Commission of India has asked the National Investigation Agency to guarantee that miscreants bash not usage bombs to disrupt voting and people workers of governmental parties, canvass authorization officials said connected Tuesday.

The directive comes aft the betterment of crude bombs successful the poll-bound State and reports of a insignificant blast.

ECI officials said the canvass assemblage is taking stringent measures to forestall immoderate poll-day oregon post-poll unit successful West Bengal.

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Ajay Pal Sharma, a 2011-batch IPS serviceman of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who appeared successful a viral video clip allegedly informing locals of terrible consequences if they failed to uncover the whereabouts of Trinamool Congress campaigner Jahangir Khan successful Falta nether West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour constituency, was not included successful the archetypal database of 84 constabulary observers released by the Election Commission of India connected April 17.

Mr. Sharma, presently posted arsenic Deputy Inspector General of Police successful Prayagraj, was brought successful connected Sunday arsenic the constabulary perceiver for 4 Assembly constituencies successful South 24 Parganas, replacing Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, a 2017-batch IPS serviceman from Odisha cadre.

The Trinamool Congress has accused Mr. Parshottamdas of superior misconduct and breach of neutrality arsenic helium allegedly met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigner Gour Sundar Ghosh astatine a edifice successful Diamond Harbour connected April 20.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the radical of West Bengal to formed their votes successful “record numbers” successful the 2nd signifier of polling that is being held connected Wednesday. PM Modi peculiarly urged women and younker to workout their franchise.

“Today is Phase-2 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026. Urging each those voting contiguous to bash truthful successful grounds numbers and marque our ideology much vibrant arsenic good arsenic participative. It is important that the women and younker of West Bengal, successful particular, turnout successful ample numbers and workout their franchise,” PM Modi said successful a message.

The Prime Minister said that arsenic vigilant citizens of the nation, it is everyone’s work to guarantee a grounds elector turnout to further empower democracy. “In this way, we tin not lone actively enactment successful the reconstruction of India, but besides fortify the instauration of a beardown and prosperous nation,” helium said.

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A caller contention has erupted successful West Bengal implicit the assignment of Uttar Pradesh Police cadre, IPS serviceman Ajay Pal Sharma, arsenic a constabulary perceiver successful South 24 Parganas aft helium was seen connected video issuing warnings to the household of campaigner Jahangir Khan of Falta constituency. 

Officer Sharma has popularly earned the rubric of “Singham” for his grounds of crackdown connected criminals successful U.P. He was seen going astir successful assorted areas of South 24 Parganas, including Diamond Harbour, which is Trinamool Congress’ second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee’s bastion.

Mr. Sharma was seen going astir successful an armoured conveyance with a Jammu and Kashmir fig plate, on with respective cardinal unit officers and doing rounds of the portion carrying a database of names of “troublemakers”. He has been going door-to-door to look for these troublemakers. He has faced protests from TMC workers during these tours. 

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Voting began connected Wednesday successful 142 constituencies successful the 2nd and last signifier of the West Bengal assembly elections, amid unprecedented information arrangements and a high-stakes contention that could determine whether the ruling TMC retains its dominance implicit confederate districts oregon the BJP tin unit unfastened the gates of powerfulness successful the State.

Polling started astatine 7 a.m. with voters lining up extracurricular booths crossed Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman — districts that unneurotic signifier the governmental and electoral halfway of the State.

Unlike the archetypal phase, wherever the BJP sought to support its northbound Bengal gains, the last circular shifts the conflict squarely to the TMC’s strongest belt. In 2021, the ruling enactment had won 123 of these 142 seats, leaving conscionable 18 for the BJP and 1 for the ISF.

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Ahead of the 2nd signifier of Assembly elections successful West Bengal connected Wednesday, Special Electoral Roll Observer Subrata Gupta expressed assurance successful the preparedness for polling.

“The last mentation is good. We are prepared to big signifier 2 of the elections time successful 41,001 polling stations crossed 8 districts successful South Bengal. Almost 2,400 companies of CAPF are being deployed to support bid and instrumentality and order, and besides to guarantee the information of the voters...We are prepared for the worst. While we judge that the readying which has gone into signifier 2 volition carnivore effect successful the signifier of a peaceful 2nd phase, we are prepared to look immoderate instrumentality and bid issue,” Mr. Gupta told ANI.

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has transferred the Joint Block Development Officer (BDO) of Falta Development Block, Sourav Hazra, and besides directed the removal of 2 Additional District Magistrate (ADM)-rank officers from election-related duties successful West Bengal up of the 2nd signifier of legislative assembly polls.

The ECI has approved the transportation of Sourav Hazra, who was serving arsenic Joint BDO, Falta Development Block and was besides notified arsenic Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) for 144-Falta Assembly Constituency. He has present been transferred to Purulia Headquarters arsenic Joint BDO and volition beryllium replaced by Ramya Bhattacharya, Officer connected Special Duty (OSD) successful the fertile of Joint BDO.

The ECI directed that the changes beryllium implemented with contiguous effect and asked for a compliance report.

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The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) connected Tuesday conducted a way march successful the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency successful South Kolkata up of the 2nd signifier of the West Bengal Assembly elections.

The 2nd signifier of polling, which includes the high-profile Bhabanipur seat, volition instrumentality spot tomorrow. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting from Bhabanipur

CRPF Deputy Commandant Nil Kamal Bharadwaj said that unit person been deployed to patrol each constituencies successful Kolkata up of the West Bengal Assembly elections.

“A ample fig of CRPF unit are patrolling each the constituencies of Kolkata, the routes for nationalist question from each the polling stations, hyper-sensitive and mean booths... If determination were immoderate goons, they person either hidden oregon changed their determination due to the fact that they are not here...” said Mr. Bharadwaj.

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Two mothers from antithetic corners of West Bengal and from contrasting societal backgrounds are contesting the Assembly elections with 1 aim: to bring justness for their daughters, who were killed successful separate, gruesome incidents successful the State.

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The 2nd signifier of elections for the 142 Assembly seats successful West Bengal connected April 29 volition determine the electoral destiny of much than fractional a twelve Ministers of the West Bengal government, on with Chief Minister and enactment chairperson Mamata Banerjee.

While the Trinamool Congress chairperson is locked successful a bitter electoral contention astatine the Bhabanipur spot successful southbound Kolkata against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Suvendu Adhikari, her furniture colleagues are contesting from antithetic seats successful and astir Kolkata.

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Bharatiya Janata Party heavyweights and Communist Party of India (Marxist) caller faces are taking connected Trinamool Congress candidates successful its bastion of Kolkata and adjoining districts. 

Senior BJP person and Leader of the Opposition ​Suvendu Adhikari​ is warring from the ​Bhabanipur​ spot other Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and ​Shrijeeb Biswas​ from the CPI(M). This has go predetermination hotbed arsenic Mr. Adhikari has vowed to decision the Chief Minister from her location constituency. 

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Amidst elaborate​ information arrangements​, polling for the 2nd and last signifier of the ​West Bengal Assembly election​ volition beryllium held contiguous (April 29, 2026). Voting volition instrumentality spot for 142 Assembly seats dispersed crossed 7 districts, including Kolkata, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. About 3.21 crore voters volition find the fates of the 1,448 candidates successful the predetermination fray.

The archetypal signifier of the predetermination was held connected 152 seats crossed 16 districts connected April 23, erstwhile grounds polling of 93.2% was reported. Officials of the Election Commission of India (EC) and representatives crossed governmental parties person urged electors to travel retired and ballot successful ample numbers.

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