Counting and results on May 2
Bengal: 8-phase dragathon
The Election Commission of India has notified the longest-ever Assembly polls in Bengal, stretching in eight phases from March 27 to April 29 and the result coming up on May 2. The unprecedented duration of the polling process prompted chief minister Mamata Banerjee to wonder aloud whether the schedule had been drafted “according to the convenience of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah”. Mamata also pointed out that the combined firepower of the Centre and its organisations is being marshalled against the last remaini...
