Highlights for second phase Bengal Assy election

Kolkata, Apr 22 (UNI) One BSF jawan committed suicide at Shyampur camp under Uluberia Assembly constituency of Howrah district out of mental depression.

------------------ Electorate in a booth under Uluberia Assembly constituency of Howrah district boycotted polling on the ground of local issues.

------------------ Deputy Election Commissioner Anand Kumar faced sharp agitation when some people, whose names had been deleted from the Electoral Rolls', demanded they be allowed to exercise their franchise on the basis of their photo identity cards.

------------------- Several Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) had developed technical snag forcing the authorities to delay the start of the polling.

------------------ CPI(M) candidate from Chakdah Assembly constituency Alokesh Das was manhandled by the security forces on mistaken identity.

------------------ Exit polls shown in all the Bengali TV channels indicate a clean sweep for the Left Front.

------------------ Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Debasish Sen said the second phase like the first phase saw huge turnout.

------------------ IG (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia said polling was very peaceful with no untoward incident.

------------------ Deputy Election Commissioner Anand Kumar said the polling was ''spontaneous, brisk and peaceful.'' ------------------ In several polling stations, security forces were seen extending their helping hand to the disabled and the aged in the queues.

------------------ In East Midnapore, Hooghly and Howrah districts, electorate braved scorching rays of the sun, while in some areas in Nadia district the voters weathered squall to exercised their rights to franchise.

------------------ Immense enthusiasm was witnessed among the electorate in the four districts as the polling had to continue beyond the deadline because of huge turnout.

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