Centre to Deploy 71,000 Security Personnel on WB Polling Day

Days before eight constituencies of West Bengal go to the polls on 12 May, the Centre announced that it will deploy 713 Companies of Central Armed Police Forces as well as State Armed Police for election duties, according to an MHA notice. This means that 71,300 security men and women will be deployed.

This step has been taken after previous incidents of violence on and around polling dates, as well as keeping in mind the sensitivity of the Jungle Mahal area, the notice said.

The constituencies going to the polls are Tamluk, Kanthigathal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur.