According to sources in the office of the state chief electoral officer (CEO), under the ECI, the Commission will deploy 108 companies of central forces for bypolls this time. Earlier, the ECI had decided to send 89 companies to the Central Armed Police Force.
Rishi Bankim Chandra College was the first and only higher education centre in the vast areas of North 24 Parganas. Not only that, but it was also influential in some parts of the Nadia and Hooghly districts. Upon its establishment, the college was under the University of Calcutta. Since 2008, it has operated under West Bengal State University.
On Monday, Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the date of by-polls in the Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, Raiganj and Maniktala.
The owners of the affected buildings took to the road, demanding appropriate compensation. The Chandannagar commissioner of police, Mr Humayun Kabir, assured the agitators that he would take up the matter with the higher authorities of the administration.
