<span style="color: #222222;">West Bengal is set to conduct its sixth phase of assembly election tomorrow in 43 assembly segments spread across four districts. There are 306 candidates in fray. AITC and BJP are contesting in all the 43 assembly segments, BSP in 37, CPI (M) in 23, Congress in 12 among others.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Election Commission has set up 10,897 main polling booths and 3583 auxiliary booths tomorrow. For the voting purpose 14,480 Control units, Ballot units and VVPATs are being used. Another 4949 VVPATs and 4197 ballot units are kept as reserve. Out of one crore four lakh nine thousand voters in this phase, one lakh 57 thousand 290 are above the age of 80 and 64,266 are voters with disabilities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, nine constituencies in Uttar Dinajpur, eight in Purba Bardhman, nine in Nadia and 17 in the North 24 Parganas district are going to the poll tomorrow. The BJP is targeting the incumbent TMC over tolabaazi, cut money and syndicate raj. The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is banking upon its welfare schemes like &quot;Duare Sarkar', 'Swastho Sathi' and 'Kanyashree'. Mamtha Banerjee is also trying drumming up support on the issues of CAA, NPR and NRC.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Some interesting contests are seen in the sixth phase of West Bengal election. The most high-profile candidate in this phase is BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy who is contesting from the Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly constituency in Nadia district. TMC has fielded actor Koushani Mukherjee and Congress has fielded Sylvie Saha from the Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly constituency against Roy.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">TMC heavyweight Chandrima Bhattacharya is contesting from the Dum Dum Uttar constituency. Film director-producer Raj Chakraborty is trying his luck on a TMC ticket from the Barrackpore constituency. In the Habra constituency in North 24 Parganas district, TMC's Jyotipriyo Mullick is the strong contender against BJP's Rahul Sinha and CPI (M)'s Rijinandan Biswas.</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | April 21, 2021 8:13 PM
All arrangements in place for 6th phase of assembly elections in West Bengal on Thursday