Bengal Candidates Use 'Silence Period' To Take Care Of Logistics

A total of 30 seats are going to the polls in the first phase on Saturday. These are spread across tribal-dominated Purulia, Jhargram and parts of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts.

After a rigorous campaign, candidates in the first phase of assembly polls in West Bengal seem to have made good use of the "silence period" with some of them catching up with home-cooked food and others working out logistics for the polling day. A total of 30 seats are going to the polls in the first phase on Saturday. These are spread across tribal-dominated Purulia, Jhargram and parts of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts. Talking to ANI, BJP candidate from Medinipur Samit Das said that the challenge was not over yet and he did some election-related work on Friday. He said apart from looking at issues related to the postal ballot, he visited BJP workers "who were threatened by the opposition". He also met booth-level workers virtually today Swapan Beltharia, Trinamool Congress candidate in Kashipur, said he talked to his polling agents for glitch-free polling on Saturday.