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Updated May 14th, 2019 at 06:25 IST

710 companies of Central Forces to be deployed in Bengal on polling day

As many as 710 companies of central forces will be deployed in West Bengal for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 after the state witnessed violence in the previous phases of national polling, Vivek Dubey, Special Police observer for West Bengal, said.

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As many as 710 companies of central forces will be deployed in West Bengal for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 after the state witnessed violence in the previous phases of national polling, Vivek Dubey, Special Police observer for West Bengal, said.

For the penultimate phase which went to polls on May 12, 713 companies of Central forces were deployed to ensure peaceful voting in the state.

Earlier, the Election Commission of India had removed Bankura District Magistrate Uma Shankar in the aftermath of violence during polls.

On Sunday, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was severely injured in a clash with Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers a outside polling booth in Bankura. Bricks were thrown during the clash in which the worker suffered multiple injuries.

Nine parliamentary constituencies including Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin and Kolkata Uttar will vote in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on May 19. 

Read: Trinamool's Derek O'Brien Calls Amit Shah ‘puke-worthy' In Latest Attack Against BJP Chief As West Bengal Battle Intensifies

Earlier, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool party's MP Derek O'Brien, on Monday, took a jibe at BJP chief Amit Shah pointing at a speech he made at a rally in the state. Taking to Twitter, Derek O'Brien called Amit Shah "Puke-worthy Shah", saying that he had the "audacity to use the term 'Kanhal Bangla' at a rally". In the tweet, he further attacked PM Modi, saying that the "people of Bengal will give him (Amit Shah) and Modi a fitting reply in Phase 7".

The Trinamool leader further took a barb at the BJP chief and said, "That #LowLife insults Bengal". Read his tweet here:

 

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Published May 14th, 2019 at 06:25 IST

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