West Bengal heads to second phase of polling
Voting in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections will be held on Wednesday across 142 seats in seven districts.
Polling stations in West Bengal will open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, campaigning in West Bengal, said he felt no fatigue despite campaigning in the summer heat, describing his rallies in the state as a pilgrimage.
Earlier, Modi had declared that the "final phase will make sure the BJP comes to power."
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Modi's rival, led a bike rally ahead of the vote.
The state saw a record-breaking voter turnout in the first phase of polling, amid controversy over the mass deletion of voters during the revision of the electoral register.
The situation on the ground was tense. Hours before Modi addressed a rally in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday, clashes erupted near the venue between workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), The Times of India reported.
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan and six others were injured in the clashes, the report said.
The results of the election will be declared on May 4.
