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West Bengal polls: Shah urges people to vote without fear, says central forces will stay for 60 days

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a roadshow in Kolkata’s Behala to support BJP candidates Indranil Khan (Behala Paschim) and Shankar Sikdar (Behala Purba) for the West Bengal Assembly elections. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wrapping up his Bengal poll campaign on Monday, he asked people to vote without fear of CM’s ‘thugs’ Mamata BanerjeeThe Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) has been deployed in various places and will remain in the state for 60 days after the elections.“Don’t worry about Didi’s goons. The Election Commission has deployed CAPF at every corner. Today, as I leave, I want to say that the BJP government will come in after the elections. However, CAPF will stay here for the next 60 days,” he said during a road show in Behala, Kolkata. The violence of the past will remain here.In Chandan Nagar, he hardened his stance, saying: “There is a fear of violence. Don’t worry… I ask Didi’s goons not to step out of the house. Otherwise, we will rectify them after May 4th. “The BJP has repeatedly accused the TMC of orchestrating violent attacks on its workers after the last elections.The deployment of nearly 2,400 CAPF companies, unprecedented in the state’s electoral history, is seen as a determined attempt to thwart any “hardline tactics” by the TMC, which claims it is aimed at intimidating its supporters to help the BJP.

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