AGARTALA, April 4 (TIWN): Time has come to see how much people have accepted the much talked CPI-M and Congress alliance to fight against Trinamool congress in West Bengal. As alleged that Congress and CPI-M were forging an alliance in West Bengal to stave off their “crisis of existence it is assumed that the alliance will also create an impact on the scenario of the upcoming 2018 Tripura assembly election. It is a crisis of existence for both Congress and CPI-M. Had it not been such a crisis, neither CPI-M would have sold its head off to Congress, nor would Congress have done so to CPI (M). However, time has come to see the impact in alliance in the nation between CPI-M and Congress. However, tight security arrangements have been deployed for the first phase of Assam and West Bengal Assembly polls. In Assam, nearly 94 lakhs voters are expected to exercise their franchise in this phase.

A total of 539 candidates, including Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, are in the fray. All arrangements are being made to conduct polls in a free and fair manner.

In West Bengal, 18 Assembly seats spread across districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura will go to polls in this phase.

Around 5,000 polling stations have been set up for almost 38 lakh voters.

Multiple layers of security, comprising both central and state police forces, are being made. Two-phased polling was announced for 126-member Assam Assembly, while for the West Bengal Assembly, which has 294 members, voting will be held in six phases.

The Election to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections will begin on the 22nd of this month.

133 candidates will try their luck in the first of the six phases of Assembly elections. There are total 4,945 polling stations out of which 1,962 have been classified as critical ones by the Election Commission. Voting will be held amidst tight security by both central and state police forces from 7 AM.

In some seats, polling will end at 4 PM due to security considerations while in others it will go on till 6 PM. To monitor the polling process, 14 general observers, 676 micro observers, 202 digital cameras, 642 video cameras, 210 CCTVs have been deployed.

The Left parties and the Congress have entered into an alliance to fight the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.

Due to  the West Bengal assembly election, a politics of compulsion is steadily pushing the CPI (M) and the Congress closer. The growing clamour for a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the CPI (M) is left in unsolved stage in Tripura.

The much talked CPI-M and congress alliance somewhat remains unsolved after CPI-M has push the ball in the court of congress. It is to be mentioned here that CPI-M   has given an indirect signal to the Congress on the alliance issue throwing the ball in the court of congress.