Amid a raging second wave of Covid-19, voting for the eighth phase of the assembly election in West Bengal has begun. The political fate of 283 candidates will be sealed as 35 assembly constituencies go to polls in the final phase. Voting is being held at 11,860 polling stations spread over 11 assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Birbhum, six in Malda and seven in Kolkata.
