Lok Sabha elections: Voting on 7 seats of Bengal tomorrow in the fifth phase, credibility of many BJP stalwarts at stake

Beneath the fifth part of Lok Sabha elections, voting will likely be held on Monday in seven Lok Sabha seats of the southern a part of West Bengal – Howrah, Hooghly, Shrirampur, Barrackpore, Bangaon, Uluberia and Arambag. Many well-known candidates are attempting their luck on these seats, attributable to which the popularity of many ministers to artists is at stake on this part.

A complete of 1,25,23,702 voters are eligible to train their franchise at 13,481 polling stations in seven constituencies. Among the many voters, 63,51,320 are males, 61,72,034 are girls. On the identical time, there are 348 voters of third gender. In keeping with an official, the Election Fee has marked greater than 57 per cent of polling stations as delicate and has determined to deploy over 60,000 personnel of central forces in addition to 29,172 state police personnel for this part.

Employment, reopening of closed industries, bettering the situation of jute mills are the principle calls for of the voters in Howrah, Hooghly, Shrirampur and Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituencies. The Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) is a significant challenge within the Bangaon constituency bordering Bangladesh, the place the Matua neighborhood has a sizeable inhabitants. Uluberia and Arambag are the opposite two constituencies in Bengal going to polls on Monday and so they too have their very own native issues.

In Barrackpore, BJP's Arjun Singh is contesting towards Bengal minister Partha Bhowmik. Trinamool Congress has fielded actress Rachana Banerjee towards BJP's Locket Chatterjee in Hooghly. In Shrirampur, BJP's Kabir Shankar Bose and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) scholar chief Dipsita Dhar are going through off towards sitting TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee.

BJP has fielded Union Minister of State Shantanu Thakur towards TMC's Biswajit Das in Bongaon. In Howrah, Prasun Banerjee is contesting for the third time to retain the seat on TMC ticket. In Uluberia constituency, BJP's Arun Uday Pal Choudhary is contesting towards Trinamool candidate Sajda Ahmed. In Arambag, Trinamool has fielded Mithali Bagh. On this seat, CPM has fielded Biplab Kanti Moitra and BJP has fielded Arup Kanti Digar.