A Visit to the “Sensitive” District of Birbhum
Birbhum District is considered one of the “sensitive” areas of West Bengal during elections.
Birbhum District is considered one of the “sensitive” areas of West Bengal during elections.
“The fact of the divisions within a party has to be factored in,” said a political scientist and psephologist.
Repolling had to take place on Monday in nearly 700 booths in 19 districts of the State where there were allegations of irregularities or violence had taken place.
MPs including Ravishankar Prasad, Satyapal Singh, Rajdeep Roy, and Rekha Verma will visit Bengal soon to take stock of the situation.
However, while making the announcement, the commission did not specify in how many booths will the re-polling will be conducted and what would be the geographical distribution of the booths.
Polling for panchayats in West Bengal began this morning under stringent security cover.
Political commentators point out that this is related to the fact that the Congress and the Left have been contesting elections together against Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ruling party in the state on the one hand, and the BJP at the Centre.
The ruling Trinamool Congress had always been vocal about the opposition parties bringing in anti-social elements from neighbouring states before any important event and creating tension in the state.
As per central rule, not less than four central armed forces personnel can be deployed in each election booth.
The decision to cancel leave was made to address power outages and effectively respond to any emergencies that may arise on the day.
