"assembly-elections"

Altogether 79,19,641 voters -- 40,11,539 men, 39,07,963 women and 139 of the third gender -- are entitled to exercise their franchise in 11,401 polling stations.

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are voting on Tuesday in single-phase assembly elections.

The Election Commission has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in all the constituencies, declaring them as 'sensitive'.

The ruling LDF is hoping to retain power for a second consecutive term breaking the state's four-decades-old trend of alternating between the UDF every five year.

A total of 264 candidates are in the fray from 47 seats-- 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.

The Rajya Sabha also is likely to be adjourned sine die later in the day.

"We are being called 'tourists', fun is being made of us, we are being insulted. Didi, people of Rabindranath's Bengal don't consider anybody outsider," Modi added.

Repeatedly attacking the Congress, he said the opposition party "means darkness", while the BJP stands for development.

She questioned Modi why he was not sad for the people affected by the flood and the anti-CAA movement, in which five youths were killed.

Earlier in the day, Adhikari had asserted that his son Suvendu, locked in a fierce battle with Chief Minister and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, will bag the seat at ease.

"When there was a Congress government at the centre and in the state at the same time, there was double neglect, double corruption and double infiltration", he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to unveil its manifesto for West Bengal polls on Sunday.

He further stated that a BJP government is essential for the prosperity of the state, adding that around 130 party workers lost their lives in the struggle to work for the bright future of the state.

He also accused the Banerjee government of patronising underground Maoist rebels.

Initiatives include an information search prompt with ECI to make it easy to find credible and authoritative information about election-related topics

Banerjee was injured on March 10 following which she was admitted to SSKM hospital in Kolkata.

"Necessary filters" in Co-WIN have been applied for the vaccination centres situated in the four states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory of Puducherry.

Banerjee sustained injuries on her left leg and waist as she fell on the ground after she was allegedly pushed by unknown miscreants while campaigning for assembly elections in Nandigram.

In a directive to the state chief secretary, the EC said DGP Virendra "should not be given any post which directly or indirectly relates to conduct of election."

MNM inked an agreement with actor-politician Sarathkumar's All India Samathuva Makhal Katchi and Indiya Jananayaka Katchi to jointly fight the polls.