00:08the countdown has kicked off for polling for v-day in bengal 152 out of 294 seats up for grabs
00:15and
00:15this is the most crucial of the two phases considering that north bengal is also up for
00:20grabs so the bjp is counting on sweeping phase one to ensure that they can decimate tmc in this
00:27election phase two is tmc stronghold which makes that all the more challenging for the bjp so the
00:33152 seats that are up for grabs in voting tomorrow is most crucial in the battle for bengal
00:55over 3.6 crore voters 152 seats over a thousand candidates across 16 districts bengal is set to
01:05vote in the first phase and its high-stakes start this opening round spans more than half the state
01:11from the hills of darjaling and kaling pong to the tea gardens of jalpayegodi and alipur dwar and the
01:18border districts of kujbihar malda and uttar dinajpur down to murshidabad nadia and bidhubh
01:26for the bjp this is the core battleground north bengal has been its gateway delivering 59 of these
01:35152 seats in 2021 hold this ground and the bjp stays in the race lose it and the challenge gets
01:44bigger
01:45for the tmc the goal is to crack the northern stronghold early and shift momentum before the
01:51contest moves south but this election is also about exclusion over 91 lakhs name deleted after
01:59the sir nearly 12 percent of the electorate the impact is most visible in border districts of malda
02:06murshidabad uttar dinajpur and nadia where voters were lining up checking records and seeking answers
02:13on the ground it is not just rhetoric it's unease lists being scanned names untraceable and a system
02:22racing against the clock and then the high-stakes contests nandigram suvendu adhikari defending the
02:32seat that redefined bengal politics launched mamata vanerji to power vairampur adhi ranjan chaudhari's
02:39return in a battle for congress relevance domkal where former tmc leader humayu kabir is now contesting
02:48under his own banner turning the contest into a three-way fight each seat a signal each result
02:56a message and in bengal those signals can shape the entire contest bureau report india today
03:05for home minister amit shah he's been focused on mission bengal for the last many years and now
03:11camping in kolkata he's confident that the bjp will push through and ensure a record win in bengal
03:19we caught up exclusively with the home minister on the campaign trail in kolkata here's the conversation
03:24with home minister amit shah
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04:58I am
04:59going to
05:03go on there.
05:06I am
05:07going to
05:08go on there.
05:09I am
05:10going to
05:10go on there.
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06:06and then if I have seen a lot of people like this, I feel like they are so involved in
06:13the day of life.
06:15So you have not seen that much of such a crime, you have said that all people were left.
06:19I am not a crime, it is a lot of people like that.
06:23I'm saying that people like this, I feel like they are doing this.
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