Kolkata: Despite violence and bloodbath in the fourth phase of the assembly polls after five people including four in the firing by the central forces died at Sitalkuchi in Cooch…
By Sarada Lahangir The grounds in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar have been prepared for the fourth phase of polling for the Bengal assembly elections on April 10. Everyone is in…
Nandigram/ Kolkata: A large voter turnout of more than 80 per cent despite sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of vote fraud on Thursday marked the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also accused central forces deployed in Nandigram constituency, where she is locked in battle with her […]
Kollkata: Campaigning for the second phase of West Bengal assembly poll ended on Tuesday evening, setting the stage for the voting in 30 constituencies spread across four districts on April 1. The fate of 171 candidates will be decided in the second phase by 75,94,549 voters who will exercise their franchise in 10,620 polling booths […]
Dinhata(WB): A local BJP leader was on Wednesday found hanging in the groundfloor corridor of a veterinary hospital here triggering protests across Coochbehar district in poll-bound West Bengal, police said. BJP Dinhata Town mandal president Amit Sarkar did not return to his home on Tuesday night and his body was found hanging outside the balcony […]
Election campaigns in Bengal are in full swing. BJP is trying hard to turn Bengal into Saffron. All BJP veterans including Prime Minister Narendra Modi are in an attacking mode. Since the last couple of months many heavy weights and well known faces of TMC like Suvendu Adhikari, Mukul Roy, Sisir Adhikari, Dinesh Trivedi, Rajiv […]
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Shah said that it is not just a party manifesto but a resolution letter for West Bengal. “We have decided to call our manifesto a ‘Sankalp Patra’. It is not just a manifesto but a resolution […]
Will the myth of Muslim vote bank break in West Bengal’s electoral politics? Will the trend of voters from Dalit or Adivasi communities decide the fate of political parties? Or a new equation will destroy all the perceived trends? Many new equations are emerging in the electoral arena of Bengal politics and political parties are […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah will release the party’s manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly elections, on Sunday. In a statement, BJP’s national media in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni said that Shah will be on a one-day visit to West Bengal on Sunday, where he will launch […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday announced 157 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls. The list includes names of former Union minister Mukul Roy, Lok Sabha member Jagannath Sarkar, former state unit chief Rahul Sinha, footballer Kalyan Choubey and folk singer Ashim Sarkar. Releasing the list of party candidates, BJP National General Secretary Arun […]
In West Bengal, veteran BJP leaders held several rallies in which party President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched fierce attacks on Mamata Banerjee. Mamata too hit back with loads of acquisitions against BJP. The BJP veterans are on a stormy campaign trail with string of rallies […]
New Delhi: As many as 725 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) will be deployed in West Bengal for the conduct of forthcoming assembly elections, CRPF chief Kuldiep Singh said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the 82nd anniversary of the country’s largest paramilitary force, Singh said that 495 […]
A unique opposition unity will be witnessed during the West Bengal assembly elections. Here regional political satraps from across the country are going to throw their weight behind not only the Trinamool Congress but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too. The list of those in the campaign trail for Mamata include Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President […]
Kharagpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a colourful roadshow here in West Midnapore district on Sunday as he sought to bolster the BJP’s campaign in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections. The road show, which commenced at the local BJP office, ‘Premhari Bhavan’, and concluded at Malancha petrol pump in the town, covered […]
North Bengal is becoming the most crucial in the election battle of West Bengal. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is considered to be the weakest in this region, while the BJP had achieved great success here in the last Lok Sabha elections. Out of the 54 assembly seats in the region spread across eight districts, the […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had received injuries while campaigning in her constituency Nandigram in East Midnapore on Wednesday evening, is likely to be discharged from the state-run SSKM Hospital on Friday evening. She may resume election campaign from next week, sources said. According to medical experts, Banerjee has expressed her wish […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday demanded a detailed inquiry into the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. A BJP delegation met the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal in Kolkata and demanded that video footage be made available in the public domain to clear the air over the alleged […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday expressed concern over the health condition of his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata following an alleged attack on her. Banerjee sustained injuries on her left leg and waist as she fell on the ground after she was allegedly […]
Kolkata: Barely a few weeks ahead of the high-voltage Assembly polls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress leader Sarala Murmu, who had received a ticket for the upcoming elections last week, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. Besides Murmu, four-time Trinamool MLA from Satgachhia Sonali Guha, sitting Singur MLA Rabindranath Bhattacharya, five-time outgoing MLA […]
The Bengal election getting interesting day by day. Now the reel life heroes and heroines whose life was limited within the light, camera and action mode are now trying their luck on the real election battle ground. Keeping in mind the popularity of the cine actors and actress, different political parties are also trying to […]
Kolkata: In his first public rally after announcement of dates for the eight-phase Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday went full-throttle against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal. Countering Trinamool’s ‘Khela hobe’ campaign slogan, he said: “Trinamool ka khela khatam, vikas shuru… What game have you not played with people […]
Kolkata: Preparing a roadmap for the upcoming state Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government has shattered the expectations of people in West Bengal. “Bengal wants development, peace and property. People want Bengal to reach the peak of developments. They want Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal). People […]
The Assembly Election 2021 in Bengal is going to be conducted just after a few days. So political activities are gaining momentum in the state. This time the election is going to be very interesting. On one hand, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Benerjee is trying to […]
Kolkata: Several Trinamool Congress leaders voiced their anguish against the party after they were denied nomination for the West Bengal assembly elections with protests being held at a few places. Four-time Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha, once a close associate of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, burst into tears after learning that she was denied a ticket […]
Kolkata: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s West Bengal unit is gearing up for the upcoming mega show of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kolkata’s brigade parade ground on Sunday, the City of Joy has been virtually covered with a tight security blanket by the police and security agencies coming from the Centre. The rally […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday released the list of Trinamool Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly polls for 291 seats with emphasis on youths, minority, women and backward communities. Three candidates of the Bimal Gurung faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), an ally of the TMC, will be contesting from the remaining […]
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has decided to opt out of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, but the party has decided to ‘wholeheartedly’ support All India Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a top official said here on Thursday. Sena MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that since the West Bengal polls […]
Kolkata: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP heavyweight Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took the ruling Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal head on, saying that appeasement politics for the sake of vote bank has endangered the security of not only the state, but also that of the country. Addressing a large public gathering at Gazole […]
With the Assembly election approaching, political activities in West Bengal are getting momentum in the state. The election heat in Bengal can be gauged through the whirlwind rallies, meetings, and public gathering by different political parties. The ruling TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee ousted the Left from power in 2011 with the help […]
Nandigram (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kicked off the Trinamool Congress’s campaign for the assembly elections on Monday. Mamata announced that she will contest the polls from Nandigram — a political gambit aimed at the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari who won the seat in 2016 as a TMC candidate, while also retroceding to the […]
New Delhi: The Congress high command has given its nod for an alliance with Left parties for the West Bengal Assembly election next year. Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry said, “Today the Congress High command has formally approved the electoral alliance with the Left parties for the impending election in West Bengal.” In the […]