The second round of polling in 2021 state elections in Assam (39 seats) and West Bengal (30 seats) will be held Thursday. The high point of this round in West Bengal is the contest between CM Mamata Banerjee and ex-colleague Suvendu Adhikari for the Nandigram seat. While TMC and BJP are contesting in all the 30 seats, CPM is in the fray in 15 and its alliance partners of Sanjukta Morcha, the Congress and ISF, are competing in nine and two seats, respectively. In Assam, there is a direct contest between the NDA and the Congress alliance in 25 constituencies, while the rest are witnessing triangular fights. 81806709 81806734