West Bengal polls: Tripura State Rifles to be deployed in upcoming assembly elections

Guwahati: Tripura State Rifles (TSR) will be deployed in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam.

A senior Tripura Police official said that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies, comprising 778 personnel, will be sent to poll-bound West Bengal and Assam to provide security before and during the Assembly elections.

Voting for the 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in two phases — on April 23 (152 seats) and April 29 (142 seats). Meanwhile, polling for the 126-member Assam Assembly will take place on April 9. The counting of votes is scheduled for May 4.


The official further said that two ad hoc battalions of the TSR, each comprising five companies, will be deployed in Assam and West Bengal to carry out election-related duties.

"The TSR (India Reserve Battalion) will be deployed in Assam and West Bengal as part of the Central forces. Two senior Commandants, Amarjit Debbarma and Alok Bhattacharjee, will lead the TSR battalions," the officials said.