New Delhi, April 29 -- The stage is set for the second phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal to be held today. Voting will be held across 142 seats of the state today. The first phase on 23 April was held for 152 seats of West Bengal.

Special Electoral Roll Observer Subrata Gupta expressed confidence in the preparedness for polling. He said polling would be held in 41,001 polling stations across eight districts in South Bengal.

"Almost 2,400 companies of CAPF are being deployed to maintain peace and law and order and also to ensure the security of the voters...We are prepared for the worst. While we believe that the planning which has gone into phase two will bear fruit in the form of a peaceful second phase, we are prepared to fac...