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Nine constituencies in Bengal are voting today. Here is everything you need to know about the constituencies and who the key contenders are

A land meant for campaigning purposes was eventually grabbed by CPI(M) workers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to construct a party library. Several people have accused chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan of displaying nepotism towards his party workers

Swara Bhaskar said that AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi Marlena has proved herself by contributing in the education sector. “She is a politician who does politics on the basis of her work and not name," she added. 

The opposition political parties including Congress and the CPI (M) alleged the presence of massive rigging, booth capturing, irregularities in the constituency at the time when voting was held on April 11

"Didi has thrown people in jail for chanting 'Jai ShriRam'. I thought of saying Jai Shri Ram here today so that she can throw me inside jail too. That way, the people of Bengal might be protected from the wrath of TMC regime," Modi said

The farmers' protest in the latter part of the last decade was against the Bengal government deciding to transfer land in Singur to the Tatas for the Nano small car factory. Their protest today is against the Bengal government for taking them for a ride. The difference is that the targets and supporters of the protest have swapped places.
 

The Kerala police registered a case against three women for casting votes twice in Kasaragod constituency. The accused are identified as Saleena, a CPI(M) panchayat member, Sumayya, CPI(M) leader and Padmini

“I hadn't heard anything... they gave me my bed tea very late, so I woke up very late. What can I say? I really don't know,” Moon Moon said on Monday

ANI reported that Banerjee claimed that Prime Minister Modi’s Bengal visits began as he needs votes this election. She was speaking at Asansol, the Lok Sabha constituency of Union Minister Babul Supriyo where Modi campaigned recently.

Bengal recorded a high voter turnout during the first two stages of polling on April 11 and 18. However, there have been numerous cases of violence already. 

CPI(M) and SDPI have claimed that BJP leader Suresh Gopi is an “immoral” man after he touched the baby bump of a woman.
 

True to its dubious record, Bengal has already seen naked violence during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. And today is only the second phase of the seven-phase elections in Bengal.

During those tumultuous years of Nandigram uprising that made Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the masses in the true sense, the left-front government tried everything to crush the voice of dissent with power. 

In a stinging indictment of the CPI(M)-led government in Kerala, a court-appointed amicus curiae has laid bare that the government's bungle was at the core of the flood devastation. According to the report, the flooding was caused by the delay in the opening of the shutters of some of the major dams in the state

The political angle being Rahul Gandhi choosing Wayanad as his second seat would seem to confirm what the party's critics have been alleging: Congress is set to lose badly in UP and that even Amethi, its traditional pocket borough, cannot be considered a sure-shot winner