Amit Shah Says CAPF Forces Will Remain In West Bengal For 60 More Days After Assembly Polls

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday (April 27) that central forces will remain in West Bengal for 60 more days after the assembly elections are concluded, reported Press Trust of India.

“Brothers and sisters, go and vote on the 29th, do not worry about Didi’s (Mamata Banerjee’s) goons. The Election Commission has deployed CAPF at every nook and corner, and I am telling you that even though the BJP will come to power after the elections, central forces will remain here for 60 more days,” said Shah on Monday, while addressing a gathering in Behala.

Monday was the last day of campaigning for the Bengal assembly elections and earlier in the day, Shah had led a massive roadshow in Behala, which where voting is set to take place on Wednesday (April 29), during the second and final phase of the elections in the state.

“I want to warn Didi’s goons in Chandannagar – do not step out to intimidate voters on April 29. After May 4, the BJP will punish the culprits and hang them upside down,” said Shah, reported PTI.

Earlier this month, Election Commission of India (ECI) officials had said that 500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will continue to remain deployed across West Bengal for post-poll law and order duties even after the declaration of results.

The poll body had said that the CAPF personnel will stay “till further orders of the ECI.”

At present, around 2.5 lakh central police personnel in a record 2,450 companies – each CAPF company comprises around 100 personnel – are deployed across West Bengal. For the second phase of the polling on April 29, 2,321 CAPF companies have been deployed.

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