Bengal polls
Bengal: Hours before second phase polling, section 144 imposed in entire Nandigram
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours ahead of the polling, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday evening imposed CrPC section 144 in the entire Nandigram and Tamluk in East Medinipur district of West Bengal to avoid any untoward incident, officials said.
According to reports, CrPC section 144, which prohibits the assembly of four or more people in an area, will remain in force till the end of polling in Nandigram on Thursday.
Besides, carrying out route-marches and naka-checkings, the Central paramilitary forces along with local police have sealed all the entry and exit points of Nandigram.
Meanwhile, the ECI has directed the local administration to execute all pending arrest warrants by Wednesday midnight.
Sources in the ECI said that 22 companies of Central paramilitary forces will provide security on the election day in Nandigram assembly constituency area while all the polling booths had been declared as 'sensitive'.
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A high-voltage political battle is being witnessed in Nandigram as the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is taking on her once lieutenant, BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari, in the assembly election.
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