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West Bengal polls: Voting begins for 43 seats in phase 6

Forty-three seats across four districts are going to be voting in the sixth phase of the Bengal Assembly Elections today. Of the 43 seats going to polls on April 22, the ruling Trinamool Congress had won 32 in the 2016 assembly elections with a healthy vote share of 45 per cent.

The Congress had bagged seven and the Left four. The Congress and Left had contested the elections as allies and together polled nearly 39 per cent votes.

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Video: Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM amid loud cheers and chants

TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.