00:00Let's turn from there to the big story on elections.
00:03Tomorrow is voting day across the battleground state of West Bengal.
00:08It's witnessing unprecedented security.
00:12Over 400 companies of Central Forces stationed.
00:15The EC has announced several restrictions on people's movements,
00:19even not allowing motorcycles to move for 12 hours.
00:23The TMC is crying foul, saying the EC is acting at the centre's behest.
00:28The BJP says the EC is ensuring there will be no poll violence.
00:33Take a look at this report.
00:42Unprecedented security in Bengal as the state votes on Thursday in the first phase.
00:47The Election Commission has deployed 2.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces personally to the state,
00:53which is more than three times what was deployed in 2021.
00:582,407 companies of Central Forces are in Bengal for the two phases on April 23rd and April 29th,
01:05as against 7.25 used in the previous eight-phase polls.
01:10In the first phase, 273 companies are in Purva, Medinipur.
01:15271 companies in Pashim, Medinipur.
01:17240 in Murshidabad.
01:19176 in Burbhum.
01:21172 in Malda.
01:24The restrictions imposed are also unprecedented.
01:28The EC has banned motorcycle rallies in election areas.
01:32No motorbikes are allowed from 6pm to 6am.
01:35No pill and riding is allowed from 6am to 6pm.
01:38The EC has clarified that gig workers, family voters and emergency cases are exempted from the restrictions on motorcycles.
01:45Non-voters are barred from residential complexes where booths are located.
01:48No outsiders can stay in hotels in coastal towns such as Diga.
01:52The excise department has shut liquor shops for four days in polling areas.
01:58In the first phase, over 3.6 crore people are eligible to vote.
02:03Over a thousand candidates are contesting from 152 seats across 16 districts.
02:08Now it remains to be seen as we are barely hours away from the first phase polling in West Bengal.
02:14This kind of heavy deployment, whether it can deter the criminals from creating nuisance and election violence as promised by
02:24the election commission.
02:25With video journalist Tapush Bairi, this is Tapush Ngupto for India Today in Bairampur.
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