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High voter turnout is a good sign: Karat
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat today said it was a "good sign" that people had come out in large numbers to vote in the first phase of polling in the state.
Updated on: Apr 19, 2011 8:46 PM IST
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CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday said it was a "good sign" that people had come out in large numbers to vote in the first phase of polling in the state.
"It is a good sign," he said when reporters sought his comment in this regard.
Karat arrived here to address election meetings in favour of Left Front candidates in South 24-Parganas district and Kolkata in the next two days.
The polling in the first phase of assembly elections covering six northern districts of West Bengal on Monday saw a high turnout of 74.27%.
