Kolkata: 597 corporations of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) can be deployed within the fourth section of Lok Sabha elections to be held in West Bengal on May 13, which can be about 47 % greater than the determine of 406 corporations. Will probably be deployed within the third section on May 7.
Sources within the workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated that whereas within the third section, sales space sensitivity in two constituencies is the one matter of concern for the Election Fee, within the fourth section each sales space sensitivity and constituencies with the next variety of polls can be Are. are components.
Within the third section, voting is to be held on May 7 in 4 seats Malda-North, Malda-South in Malda district and Jangipur and Murshidabad in Murshidabad district. Conserving in thoughts the document of election-related violence in Jangipur and Murshidabad, the Fee has determined to deploy 406 corporations of CAPFs within the third section, the utmost of which can be for these two constituencies, CEO workplace insiders stated. .
Within the fourth section, eight Lok Sabha constituencies are – Baharampur in Murshidabad district, Krishnanagar and Ranaghat in Nadia district, Bolpur and Birbhum in Birbhum district, Bardhaman-East in East Burdwan district and Bardhaman-Durgapur and Asansol in West Burdwan district. Going to elections.
“The higher number of constituencies going to polls in the fourth phase is a factor in itself. Additional factors are the presence of disturbed areas to a large extent in constituencies such as Baharampur, Bolpur and Birbhum and to a lesser extent in Krishnanagar and Asansol. Keeping these two factors in mind, the Commission has decided to increase the deployment of CAPFs to 597 companies in the fourth phase,” stated an insider within the CEO workplace.
To recall, ECI has already introduced {that a} complete of 920 corporations of CAPF can be deployed in West Bengal in phases, which would be the highest deployment amongst all Indian states. West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the one three states the place elections are being held in seven phases this time.
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