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The phase two election campaigning in Bengal concludes with a massive fourteen-kilometer march led by the state Chief Minister. The roadshow covers four key constituencies in South Kolkata, including a highly contested seat where the Chief Minister is seeking a crucial victory. This election is described as a significant survival battle for the ruling party, facing tough competition from the primary opposition following recent controversies. The ruling party relies heavily on welfare schemes targeting women and youth to secure votes in diverse constituencies with mixed demographics. Meanwhile, the opposition claims they will secure a majority, making this one of the most fiercely contested elections in the state. The final results, which will determine if the current leadership secures a fourth term, are scheduled to be announced early next month. The intense campaigning highlights the critical importance of the upcoming polling phase for the political future of the state.
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00:05I now take you to the state of Bengal, it's going to be very interesting, phase 2 campaigning
00:10or basically for Bengal, the campaigning coming to an end in the next one hour, Chief Minister
00:15Mamata Banerjee Bhawanipur is going to be the big seat for the phase 2 of polling, that
00:21campaigning coming to an end in a short while, as always the padhyatra scene of Mamata Banerjee
00:27walking with a fast pace, as always interacting with everyone, flanked and escorted by the
00:33security personnel, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee holding the padhyatra in Kolkata, last day
00:37of campaigning in Bengal, it's a very important survival battle for TMC and for Mamata Banerjee
00:44in opposition to her is the Congress party, the left parties and interestingly this time
00:50many say the BJP is making, if not inroads, at least a lot of noise too, Anirban Sinaroy
00:57joins me from on the ground, Anirban what is her padhyatra looking like, the number of people
01:02around her, she is after all the big face not just for TMC but for Bengal in itself right
01:12well see right now Mamata Banerjee has started walking from the Jadogpur area of South Kolkata and she
01:20is heading towards her own constituency Bhawanipur, as you can see that lots of people over here just
01:26are outside this, outskirts this road, those who are giving slogan of Joy Bangla as Mamata Banerjee has already arrived
01:35here in Jadogpur and after the
01:38that she will be covering three of the constituencies today, one is Jadogpur as well as the Bhawanipur,
01:46Rash Bihari and also the Bali Ganj, around 14 km she is going to walk today on her own feet
01:53covering
01:53four constituencies and right now as we all know that Bhawanipur is the high stake high voltage constituency
02:01and Mamata Banerjee itself has given a big importance as we all know that in Nandigram what happened
02:09as Mamata Banerjee has already sacrificed her seat as well as she lost to Shubendu Adikari and this time also
02:20this is Shubendu versus Mamata 2.0 and Mamata Banerjee is not left with anything
02:29and she will give her 100-200% to win that seat as said by her party members and right
02:38now we can see
02:39she is being accompanied by the MLAs as well as the ministers of Bengal as we know that in
02:47Rash Bihari constituency Devashish Kumar is the candidate as well as there are several candidates
02:53those who are accompanying Mamata Banerjee and right now this is one of the last last hour campaign by
03:02Mamata Banerjee whether she will be going to be CM again this is this will be if we if she
03:09wins this
03:10will be her fourth regime fourth one to become and CM and the fourth one for the Trinomul Congress as
03:19well
03:19but as the ground report says as the environment says right now in Bengal that this will be the toughest
03:27competition ever this will be the toughest Bengal election ever as everyone is confident on the other
03:34side the BJP is saying that they will good they will do good and make a mark in this election
03:40as well as
03:41they are saying that Trinomul Congress is saying that Trinomul Congress will do well so right now it's a high
03:48voltage state and this is what we have seen Amit Shah Narendra Modi has done their last rally as well
03:56as
03:56we can see that Mamata Banerjee is walking off towards her constituency to make an impact in South Kolkata as
04:08well as in her constituency as 14 kilometer walking by her is what she is doing right now and the
04:18people
04:18over here those who are overwhelmingly welcoming Mamata Banerjee in the South Kolkata Jaduppur area
04:26as well as she is heading towards her own constituency Bhawanipur 14 kilometer long padhyatra Bhawanipur is of course the
04:35big
04:35bastion Anirban we continue to tell us as we see her in the background this is such an important moment
04:41right now
04:42a padhyatra that will define if she returns but not just return return and how with how many seats how
04:50many
04:50margin and especially about Bhawanipur tell us more about Anirban about the contest in Bhawanipur in itself
04:56that she's facing and how important do you think this election is for the TMC
05:05well this is this is the most important election for the TMC's as there is lots of challenges for them
05:12as there is a dent in the party after various scams various incidents like Archicor Shandesh
05:22Kali and also the various scams so right now this is the important election for the Trinomul congress as
05:29well as the BJP the main opposition party those who get got 77 seats in the 2021 assembly elections and
05:41right now
05:42what Mamatab energy and Trinomul congress is also aiming to fight hard as BJP is claiming they will get a
05:51majority in the first phase and when on the other side Trinomul congress is also claiming that they
05:59will get got get the majority in the first phase but right now the toughest election the toughest contest
06:06result will come on fourth of May but this is the last try this is the last campaign trail this
06:14is the
06:14last walk as Mamata Banerjee is walking whether she will be the fourth chief minister of West Bengal or
06:23not that will be decided on fourth Anirban clearly from from your report I can gather that Mamata Banerjee is
06:30not just running for elections she's making everyone else run as well including the reporters on the ground
06:36tell me about Bhawanipur and why I keep reiterating it is because it's not just about
06:41Bengalis or Hindu Muslims there are of there have been an influx of migrants as well from other states
06:47who are in Bengal have been there for in in Bhawanipur for decades now generations
06:52so it's going to be a very interesting mix that works for TMC or of course the other candidates
07:02exactly exactly so as we all know that Bhawanipur is the place is the place where the mixed culture
07:10of people lives there and there is Gujarati there is Marathi there is also the North Bengal people all
07:19stays here also seeks and what is important is convincing all the kinds of voters to vote for
07:28any or one of the party and that is what Mamata Banerjee is residing for right now as we all
07:36know
07:36that Mamata Banerjee has already claimed many things about SIR as well and SIR will be the bigger
07:45will be the impact in Bhawanipur street as well as there is lots of minority community people
07:52those who lived in Bhawanipur and also Omen as we can see my camera I will ask my camera person
07:58to just span aside of these streets as there is lots of women those who are standing over here
08:05waiting for Mamata Banerjee to come as we all know that in Bengal for Mamata Banerjee the Omen vote
08:13is one of the biggest bank from the last three elections and this year also whether the Omen
08:22will vote for Mamata Banerjee or not that we have to see as this is one of the tough contender
08:31as
08:31Omen always support as Mamata Banerjee has various schemes by the West Bengal government as from
08:38Lakshmir Bhandar to the to the Bardhukku Bhata and all all the schemes the welfare schemes and as well
08:46this time the youth will be the big factor you know because the youth has given the
08:52Uva Bhata the youth Bhata and also on the other side what we have seen that BJP also announced
08:59something big because they have said there's one constituency ladies and gentlemen that's going
09:04to be very crucial when it comes to the 29th April polling for Bengal and it is important to understand
09:11that it's not just about TMC it will be specially for Mamata Banerjee on the seat we'll be tracking
09:16that and more conclusion of the polling campaigning at about 5 p.m
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