Updated On: 19 April, 2019 04:06 PM IST | | IANS
According to Nayak, around 50 percent of booths were manned by the Central Forces in the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

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More than 90 percent polling stations will be covered by the Central Forces in the third phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, said Ajay V. Nayak, Special Observer appointed by the Election Commission, here on Friday.
"We had requested for 50 additional companies and the Union Home Ministry agreed to send the Force. So more than 90 percent of the polling stations will be covered by the Central Forces. I think the election will be more and more to the satisfaction of all the political parties, " Nayak told reporters here.