Delhi: Everyone on Elec- Sabha Polls
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The Assembly Bengal, a furious Mamata polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Banerjee attacked the poll Puducherry will be held in a panel accusing it of playing a single phase on April 6. prejudiced role to the advan- The counting will be held tage of the BJP. for all five States on May 2. The TMC chief said the With the announcement of ECI was “following the com- poll schedules, the model code !" mands of Prime Minister of conduct came into effect Narendra Modi and Home from Friday evening. Terms of phases on March 26 (47 seats), elections were conducted in Minister Amit Shah,” and that the Legislative Assemblies in April 1 (39 seats), April 6 (40 seven phases in Bengal. A total the “people of Bengal will not West Bengal, Assam, Kerala seats). The last date of nomi- of 68 seats are reserved for the forgive them for giving us and Tamil Nadu are coming to nation is March 9. Scheduled Castes and 16 for the such a humiliating deal.” an end in May and June. Announcing the schedules Scheduled Tribes. Term of the cials, over 6,600 polling sta- forces will be deployed during Emerging from a Announcing the election for West Bengal, Arora said, current West Bengal Assembly tions in West Bengal have been the elections. All sensitive, crit- Trinamool Congress core com- schedule, Chief Election “For 294 seats in West Bengal, is scheduled to come to an end identified as “vulnerable” and ical and vulnerable polling sta- mittee meeting, she said, “I 0 / # ) ) / Commission Sunil Arora said the first phase of the election on May 30. 715 critical ahead of the tions have been identified and have reports that the list of # ( !" that nearly 18.68 crore electors has been scheduled on March The election for the 140 Assembly elections while over an adequate number of CAPFs phase-wise elections found in will vote at 2.7 lakh polling sta- 27 and it will cover 30 con- seats in Kerala, 234 seats in 2,654 polling stations has been will be deployed there. the BJP office completely Assam in three phases, Tamil given as per the requisition of tions for 824 seats in these stituencies. The second phase Tamil Nadu and 30 seats identified as “critical” and 338 Continued on Page 2 matches with the EC’s Nadu and Kerala in single the BJP… tell me why the dis- Assembly elections and polling of West Bengal’s Assembly elec- Puducherry will be held in a vulnerable in Assam. announcement … I think as a phase, but they are holding tricts have been divided in stations will be at the ground tions has been scheduled for single phase on April 6. Recounting the Covid-19 Constitutional body it should elections in Bengal in 8 phas- halves for the conduct of the floor without any negotiation. April 1 and will cover 30 con- Taking note of the threat of guideline issued by the com- have been more reasonable, es … why they are heaping elections… Moreover districts “There shall be maximum stituencies, followed by the intimidation and violence dur- mission in August 2020, the impartial while deciding on the such an insult on the people of like South 24 Parganas where 1,000 electors instead of 1,500 third phase on April 6 for 31 ing the poll campaign, the EC CEC said polling time has number of phases.” Bengal … the people will not the TMC is stronger, the elec- electors at a polling station and seats, the fourth on April 10 for has directed that the election been extended by an hour and Bengal had witnessed 7- take this lightly.” tions are being held in three voting will be allowed for an 44 constituencies, the fifth on security plan of poll-going door-to-door campaigning has phased elections in 2019 Lok The Bengal Chief Minister phases… This means that the extra hour, adding that April 17 for 45 seats, sixth for States will be jointly decided by been restricted to five people. New Delhi: Everyone on elec- Sabha polls. also said, “The EC is an impor- polls have been planned as per arrangements would be made 43 seats on April 22, seventh a committee comprising the He added that States can mod- tion duty for the upcoming Wondering as to why polls tant Constitutional body. If the desire of the Modi and for candidates to file nomina- phase on April 26 for 36 seats chief electoral officer, State ify the guidelines according to polls for five Assemblies will be would be held in four other they do not give justice to the Shah. But let me tell you the tions online,” he said. and last and eighth phase on police nodal officer and Central their local Covid-19 situation. vaccinated against Covid-19 States in lesser number of people then who will they Prime Minister and Home In Assam, elections will be April 29 for 35 seats.” Armed Police Forces (CAPF) The CEC also said that ade- before polling day, the Election phases, Mamata said, “They turn to? I came to know that Minister cannot misuse their held for 126 seats in three Last time, the Assembly coordinator. According to offi- quate Central paramilitary Commission said on Friday. are conducting elections in the election dates have been power like this.” * ( ( ( +, ) -./0 $ " Chinese counterpart, # $& Jaishankar said peace and tran- % quility on the border is essen- ! 36.08 lakh crore in Q3 of tial for development of bilater- 2019-20, showing a growth of & al relations. # 0.4 per cent”. Giving details of the talks, The gross domestic prod- the Ministry said India told uct (GDP) had expanded by 3.3 567 86.9 den rise” to complacency in ' & ( ) China bilateral relations have ! ! per cent in the corresponding people and not following Covid been impacted severely over period of 2019-20. In its second ust as the Delhi Government appropriate behaviour and 567 86.9 last year. “EAM said boundary !! ! advance estimates of national Jhad asserted that the coron- “assuming all is well now”. question may take time to accounts, the NSO has pro- avirus pandemic had been Dr Suranjit Chatterjee, fter India and China pulled resolve but disturbance of 567 86.9 jected 8 per cent contraction in “defeated” in the national Senior Consultant, Internal Aback troops from the peace and tranquillity, includ- 2020-21, showing the pan- Capital, cases are on the rise Medicine at Apollo Hospital, Pangong Tso (lake) stand-off ing by violence, will inevitably fter contracting for two demic impact. In its first again dramatically, as doctors said he “wasn’t surprised” to see site in Ladakh, New Delhi has have a damaging impact on the Aquarters in a row, the advance estimates released in on Friday warned the numbers the rise in daily cases as so stressed the need for disen- relationship,” the Ministry said. Indian economy entered the January, it had projected a could go up in the coming many people have thrown cau- gagement from all the other The two Ministers agreed to positive territory with a growth contraction of 7.7 per cent for months and urged people to tion to the wind, attending par- friction points for lasting peace both the Armies from the remain in touch and establish of 0.4 per cent in the October- the current fiscal as against a continue to wear masks and ties and big social gatherings, and tranquility at the Line of Pangong, and general ties a hotline, it added. December quarter, mainly due growth of four per cent in follow Covid-19 safety norms. with many of them not even Actual Control (LAC). between the two countries, According to a late-night to good performance by the of coronavirus pandemic. 2019-20. Many doctors at leading wearing masks, let alone main- Making this assertion dur- External Affairs Ministry said Press release issued by the farm, services and construction According to the data The economy had shrunk healthcare facilities here cau- taining social distancing. ing his 75-minute-long tele- here on Friday. Chinese Foreign Ministry in sectors, official data showed on released by the National by an unprecedented 24.4 per tioned that the rise was “alarm- “The coronavirus behav- phonic talks with Chinese The high-level political Beijing, Wang said China and Friday. Statistical Office (NSO), the cent in the first quarter this fis- ing” with an “upsurge” in the iour pattern seen in the West Foreign Minister Wang Yi on contact took place after the dis- India should firmly follow the Ahead of the release of the farm sector recorded a growth cal following the coronavirus number of patients going there and elsewhere tends to get Thursday, External Affairs engagement from the southern right path of mutual trust and GDP data, Sensex slumped by of 3.9 per cent, and the manu- pandemic and the resultant in the last couple of days, after seen in India, a month later, as Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and northern banks of the cooperation between neigh- nearly 2,000 points on the fear facturing sector output grew by lockdown.