The Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct voting in West Bengal in two phases on 23 April and 29 April. Whereas in Tamil Nadu, voting will be held on all the assembly seats in a single phase on 23 April. The results of all places including Assam, Kerala and Bengal-Tamil Nadu will come on May 4. Now before the West Bengal elections, the war of words is going on between TMC and BJP.
Will find permanent political solution without separating Darjeeling from Bengal – Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is formed in West Bengal after the assembly elections to be held this month, then a permanent political solution will be found for the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong and for this these areas will not be separated from the state. He said, “We will find a political solution to the demand of our Gorkha brothers, but the hills will not be separated from West Bengal. Also, our utmost focus will be on the development of entire North Bengal and we will build four big townships there.
He said this while addressing an election rally in Gangarampur of West Dinajpur district. However, he did not explain how this would be a permanent solution despite the main demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. At the rally, Home Minister Amit Shah also made several other promises for the development of North Bengal, including an IIT, an IIM, a sports university, a tribal university, an eco-adventure hub and a 600-bed cancer hospital. He also said that Rajbongshi language spoken in North Bengal will be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
During this, he accused the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of not giving 600 acres of land to the Border Security Force for fencing the unfenced areas on the Bangladesh border. He said, “If our government is formed in West Bengal this time, the land will be given to BSF within 45 days.” BJP has decided that after the formation of the new government, every infiltrator will be thrown out from the entire West Bengal and the country. These infiltrators are a threat to the security of the country, they are snatching the jobs of our youth and taking away the rights of the poor.
Bengal government directs district officials and police to visit sensitive polling areas
The West Bengal government on Tuesday directed the district administration and police to jointly visit sensitive areas within the next three days as part of confidence-building measures ahead of the assembly elections. An officer gave this information. Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariyala, in a letter, has asked District Magistrates (DM), Commissioners of Police (CP) and Superintendents of Police (SP) to identify areas where incidents of violence or intimidation had taken place during the last elections. “DM/DEO along with CP/SP and District Force Coordinators should visit such places within the next two-three days,” the letter said. The letter also said that these visits should be covered by the media to increase public confidence. An official said that its objective is to reassure the voters and ensure peaceful environment in the identified areas.

