Statesman News Service
MALDA, May 7: With 8,500 Central paramilitary forces and 2,000 Bengal police personnel deployed in Malda, the district seems set for the last and final phase of polls tomorrow.The Central forces have taken over the control of every polling station in the district. They have been ordered to control every movement within a radius of 200 metres from the polling stations. Even state police personnel would not be allowed to enter this area. Sixty-five polling stations have been identified as “sensitive”. All the sensitive booths will be guarded by four heads of CPMF. In the KLO and Maoist-dominated areas, 10 heads of paramilitary forces will be stationed. As a special measure, the district administration has set up 190 sector offices along the Bihar and Jharkhand border and the international border with Bangladesh.The Border Security Force has been directed to step up vigilance along border areas on poll day. Section 144 of the CrPC has been enforced to prevent carrying of firearms and weapons. The same would be applicable within a 200-metre radius of every polling booth. A total of 17.27 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise tomorrow, of which the number of male voters is estimated to be around 8.91 lakh and female voters about 8.36 lakh. It was learnt that 16,49,725 electoral photo identity cards have been distributed. Sixty-eight candidates will contest from the 11 constituencies in the district. The Congress has fielded 11 candidates, the CPI-M has fielded 10, offering one seat to the Forward Bloc and the main Opposition Trinamul Congress candidates will contest from nine seats. The BJP has fielded only two candidates. The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded 10 candidates, whereas other political parties such as the CPI-ML (Liberation) and Muslim League have fielded one candidate each in Sujapur. Rest of the candidates comprise Independents supported by the Kamtapuris, Indira Rajib Mancha and others.
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