{"id":8890,"date":"2026-04-26T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/west-bengal-assembly-elections-ec-to-hold-key-readiness-review-in-kolkata-ahead-of-phase-2-polling-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T07:49:59","slug":"west-bengal-assembly-elections-ec-to-hold-key-readiness-review-in-kolkata-ahead-of-phase-2-polling-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/west-bengal-assembly-elections-ec-to-hold-key-readiness-review-in-kolkata-ahead-of-phase-2-polling-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal Assembly elections: EC to hold key readiness review in Kolkata ahead of Phase 2 polling | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130527977,imgsize-916622,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/article-61.jpg\" alt=\"West Bengal Assembly elections: EC to hold key readiness review in Kolkata ahead of Phase 2 polling\" title=\"Image used for representative purposes\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Image used for representative purposes\">Image used for representative purposes<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With just days to go for the April 29 second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, authorities will convene a high-level coordination meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to assess poll preparedness across key districts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The meeting, to be held at Dhana Dhanya Auditorium, will bring together senior police officials, election authorities and commanders of central forces overseeing Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin and South 24 Parganas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->\u2018Keeps On Losing\u2026\u2019: Amit Shah Responds To Mamata Banerjee Over Legal Action Threat<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;The meeting has been convened to assess the overall preparedness in the election districts under Kolkata and ensure smooth coordination among all agencies involved in the polling process,&#8221; the official told PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Officials said discussions will centre on deployment of forces, vulnerability mapping, coordination between civil and police administration, and final readiness of polling personnel. Participants will include the Kolkata Police Commissioner, district election officers, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Election Commission<\/a> observers, CAPF commanders and returning officers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The review gains importance after the first phase on April 23 recorded over 93 per cent voter turnout across 152 constituencies in 16 districts. Similar meetings have been held across the state to ensure smooth, free and fair polling in the two-phase elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/west-bengal-assembly-elections-ec-to-hold-key-readiness-review-in-kolkata-ahead-of-phase-2-polling\/articleshow\/130527951.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image used for representative purposes With just days to go for the April 29 second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, authorities will convene a high-level coordination meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to assess poll preparedness across key districts.The meeting, to be held at Dhana Dhanya Auditorium, will bring together senior police officials, election [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}