The Assembly elections in West Bengal has crossed the halfway mark, as the fifth round of polling taking place on Saturday. But the polling and has been marred with violence as there were reports of clashes between the ruling TMC, BJP and the CPI (M) in the State. In the previous round of polling, six people, including a CISF personnel, were killed in violence in two separate incidents in the State. Campaigning for the election took place despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the State.

In this episode of the "Mandate", a special podcast on the elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, we take a look at three issues that could change the outcome of the elections in the eastern State.