Union Home Minister on Wednesday led a colourful road show in favour of the BJP candidate from Sonarpur Dakshin assembly constituency, passing through important thoroughfares of the town in the southern outskirts of the city. (Pics/PTI and X)

West Bengal goes to the polls on Thursday, in the first of the two-phase high-stakes, tightly-policed Assembly election, where about 3.6 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in roughly 44,000 polling booths across 152 constituencies in 16 districts. (Pics/PTI)