West Bengal Assembly Election

Fates of candidates sealed in strong rooms

The fate of all the 62 candidates of nine Assembly segments of Cooch Behar district are now lying inside sealed strong rooms. There are five such strong rooms in the district.

The EVMs of Cooch Behar Uttar and Cooch Behar Dakshin have been kept in strong rooms at Cooch Behar Polytechnic. The EVMs of Mekhliganj segment has been kept in strong rooms at Mekhliganj High School, EVMs of Mathabhanga and Sitalkuchi segments are at Mathabhanga High School, EVMs of Dinhata and Sitai are at Dinhata College and EVMs of Tufanganj and Natabari have been kept at Tufanganj College. Jawans of paramilitary forces are keeping strict vigil on the strong rooms. The seals of the rooms will be removed on 13 May.

On Monday, about 84 percent voters have exercised their franchise at nine Assembly segments in Cooch Behar district. The total number of voters is 17,86,912.  The nine Assembly segments are Mekhliganj, Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin, Dinhata, Sitai, Tufanganj and Natabari. Though the actual contest was held between Left Front sponsored candidates and Congress-Trinamul alliance sponsored candidates, there are a few 'disturbing' factors too. These factors are the suspended Sitai MLA Dr Fazle Haque (an independent candidate at Dinhata), the ousted Trinamul MLA from Dinhata, Mr Ashok Mandal, the ousted Trinamul leader Mr Sunil Ray (an independent candidate at Mekhliganj) and certainly the BJP. The people are waiting eagerly to know the fate of the candidates that is to be known on 13 May.