Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari As Bengal Votes In 2nd Phase Tomorrow

2021 Bengal Election Phase 2 - All eyes are on battleground Nandigram that is going to the polls on Thursday with Mamata Banerjee engaged in a fierce contest with her protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP.

The stage is set for the second phase of assembly poll in West Bengal tomorrow when more than 75 lakh voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates in 30 seats as eyes are set on the high profile Nandigram constituency where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is pitted against her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari. All 10,620 booths where polling will be held this phase have been declared as sensitive by the Election Commission, which has deployed around 651 companies of central forces to provide security, officials said. The state police will also be deployed at strategic locations during the polling which will begin at 7 am, they said. A total 199 companies of Central Armed Police Force will be deployed in Purba Medinipur, 210 companies in Paschim Medinipur, 170 in South 24 Parganas and 72 in Bankura, the sources said.