IN PICS | Voters In West Bengal & Assam Queue Up To Exercise Their Franchise Amid Tense Political Atmosphere

Nagaon: A first-time voter shows her identity card at a polling station during the 1st phase of voting for Assam Assembly elections, in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Sivsagar: Voters undergo thermal scanning in precaution against COVID-19, as they stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 1st phase of Assam Assembly elections, in Sivsagar district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Dibrugarh: Voters stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 1st phase of Assam Assembly elections, in Dibrugarh district, March 27, 2021.

Dibrugarh: Voters stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 1st phase of Assam Assembly elections, in Dibrugarh district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Nagaon: Voters maintain social distancing as part of precautions against COVID-19 while casting votes at a polling station, during the first phase of polling for Assam Assembly elections, at Rupohi in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Nagaon: Voters queue up, maintaining social distance as precaution against COVID-19, outside a polling station during the first phase of polling for Assam Assembly elections, at Rupohi in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Dibrugarh: Voters undergo thermal scanning in precaution against COVID-19, as they stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 1st phase of Assam Assembly elections, in Dibrugarh district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Sivsagar: Voters queue up, maintaining social distancing as precaution against COVID-19, outside a polling station during the first phase of polling for Assam Assembly elections, at Amguri in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Nagaon: Voters queue up outside a polling station during the first phase of polling for Assam Assembly elections, at Rupohi in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Nagaon: Voters queue up outside a polling station during the first phase of polling for Assam Assembly elections, at Rupohi in Nagaon district, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Lalgarh: People, maintaining social distancing, wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Jhargram: Voters undergo thermal scanning, as precaution against COVID-19, while waiting to cast votess at a polling station, during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Sirshi in Jhargram, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Jhargram: Security personnel stand guard at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Betkunduri in Jhargram, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Lalgarh: Women show thier voter identity cards outside a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Jhargram: Elderly voters show their marked fingers after casting votes during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Betkunduri in Jhargram, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Jhargram: People wait to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Sirshi in Jhargram, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Lalgarh: People wait in a long queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Jhargram: Voters undergo thermal scanning, as precaution against COVID-19, while waiting to cast votess at a polling station, during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Sirshi in Jhargram, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Lalgarh: People wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, March 27, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh casts his vote at a polling booth in Jhargram in the first phase of state assembly elections. (ANI Photo)