22 Companies Of Central Forces To Be Deployed In Bengal's Nandigram On Poll Day

The EC has also decided to deploy a 22-personnel quick response team (QRT) at Nandigram on the election day -- April 1, the official told PTI.

Twenty-two companies of central forces will be deployed in Nandigram for the assembly polls, an Election Commission official said on Tuesday. The Nandigram seat, which is witnessing a fierce battle between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her one-time lieutenant-turned-foe BJP's Suvendu Adhikary, has a total of 355 polling booths and 75 per cent of them will have webcasting facility. The EC has also decided to deploy a 22-personnel quick response team (QRT) at Nandigram on the election day -- April 1, the official told PTI. The EC has also constituted a team of officials who will supervise the proceedings in Nandigram on the poll day, he said.