In poll bound West Bengal, booth level awareness camps have been organized in more than 78 thousand booths by the Election Commission. According to sources in the CEO office, this was done for the first time to encourage new voters to exercise their democratic rights. New voters, who were included in the final electoral roll published in January 2021, were also shown the way to download E-EPIC. Block level election officers have been asked by the commission to continue the drive on the last day of the week.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress has changed their candidate for Habibpur assembly constituency of Malda district. Pradip Baske will be contesting from the seat. Earlier, Sarla Murmu was named as TMC candidate by the party chief Mamata Banerjee last Friday. According to party sources, few agitated leaders who did not get tickets for the upcoming assembly elections, are expected to change camps this afternoon.</span><br />
News On AIR | March 8, 2021 1:16 PM
West Bengal: Booth level awareness camps organized in more than 78,000 booths