West Bengal Bypolls: Contemplating the booth-sensitivity of the six Meeting constituencies going to bypolls subsequent month, the Election Fee of India (ECI) has determined to considerably improve the deployment of Central Police Forces (CAPF) personnel from what was determined initially.
Sources within the workplace of the West Bengal Chief Electrical Officer (CEO) mentioned that originally it was determined {that a} whole of 89 firms of CAPF could be deployed for the bypolls, the disposition technique of which has already been accomplished for the aim of space domination.
Nevertheless, CEO workplace insiders added, contemplating the sensitivity of the character of cubicles in sure constituencies in addition to an attraction from some political forces within the state, the Fee has determined to extend the deployment considerably by 19 firms to a complete of 108.
It’s learnt that as per the preliminary distribution of 89 firms, 30 firms have been from the Border Safety Drive (BSF), 24 from the Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF), 13 from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), 12 from Central Industrial Safety Drive (CISF) and 10 from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
“Now 5 extra firms of CRPF, 10 from BSF and two every for ITBP and CISF can be added to the prevailing deployment of 89 firms,” a CEO workplace insider mentioned.
The six Meeting constituencies are scattered over 5 districts. These are Sitai in Cooch Behar district, Madarihat in Alipurduar, Taldangra in Bankura, Medinipur in West Midnapore district and Haroa and Naihati, the final two being in North 24 Parganas district.
The polling can be on November 13 and the relying on November 23.
All these six Meeting constituencies are going for bypolls, because the erstwhile legislators from there acquired elected as Lok Sabha members within the normal elections this yr.
Within the 2021 West Bengal Meeting constituencies, barring Madarihat, Trinamool Congress candidates acquired elected from the opposite 5 Meeting constituencies.