Ahead of the second phase of voting in West Bengal’s 142 constituencies, the Election Commission of India has marked about 12,000 polling booths—roughly 30% of the total 40,000—as critical and vulnerable. Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said officials have been instructed to remove vulnerabilities and ensure stricter arrangements at these booths.
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