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Assam, West Bengal election 2021 live updates: Bengal, Assam witness high turnout as Phase 1 voting concludes
"We will get more than 100 seats," CM says. (ANI)
It's a very emotional moment for me as it's the first time after many years that I am coming to a polling station without my parents. Confident that people are going to vote out politics of lies and deceit and voting for politics that guarantees that their future is bright
Gaurav Gogoi
As polling began for the first phase of assembly elections in Assam, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday urged the people to vote for progress and golden future of the state. The Congress-led 'Mahajot' alliance is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in Assam which is voting in three phases starting on Saturday. The counting of votes will be on May 2. "Today, the first phase of polling is being held in Assam. I appeal to the people of Assam, especially the youth and my sisters, to go to the polling booths today and vote in large numbers," Priyanka Gandhi said in a Facebook post in Hindi.
Read moreलोकतंत्र मज़बूत करने के लिए बाँटने वाली ताक़तों के विरुद्ध अपना वोट ज़रूर डालें। जय हिंद!
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1616821241000PM Narendra Modi will be in Bangladesh when polling opens for the assembly elections in West Bengal on March 27. His two-day visit, at the invitation of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, is for the twin occasions of 50 years of Bangladesh's nationhood, and the centenary of Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman. But also on his itinerary is Orakandi, an unlikely destination for a visiting prime minister. This small town in Gopalganj is the cradle of the Matua Mahasangha, and the birth place of sect founder Harichand Thakur. Modi's visit to the Orakandi temple will not be lost on lakhs of Matua voters on this side of the border.
Read moreTMC will win Bengal. Bengal's daughter will defeat Bengal's traitor in his own backyard at Nandigram, members of tourist gang will continue to do what they do best - try and destroy institutions in India. Women in Bengal will continue to wear sarees any way they want
Derek O'Brien
As the polling for first of the eight-phase assembly polls in West Bengal began on Saturday morning, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called upon people of the state to vote in large number. "I call upon the people of Bengal to exercise their democratic right by coming out and voting in large numbers," Mamata tweeted. An intense tussle of power has been witnessed between BJP and the ruling TMC, with both sides at loggerheads with each other on various issues in the poll-bound state. Several members from TMC have defected to BJP and vice versa. Sitting on a wheelchair, Mamata exerted her best efforts in the campaigns to testify her statement that a "wounded tigress becomes more aggressive".
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