Battleground 2021: Second Phase ends in West Bengal & Assam

Описание: After days of high decibel campaigning by political parties, voting for the second phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam ended today. While West Bengal recorded 80.43% voter turnout, Assam registered 73.03% turnout in the second phase of polling. A total of 69 seats spread across both the states are at stake where, all eyes will be on Nandigram where CM Mamata Banerjee is locked in a fierce prestige battle with Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP…..30 out of 294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 39 out of 126 Assemblies in Assam voted in this phase. While Assam will vote in just one more phase on April 6, polling in West Bengal will take place in six more phases until April 29.

Anchor: Vishal Dahiya

Producer: Pardeep Kumar Lochab, Anamika Pandey

Guest:

Sandeep Phukan, Deputy Editor, The Hindu

Jayanta Bhattacharya, Senior Journalist