The RSS and the BJP are like poison. If you would taste them, you will definitely die. Somehow, they have reached up to Karnataka. Do not allow that poisonous ideology to enter Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge
Assembly Election 2021 Highlights: Polling is underway for 39 seats in Assam and 30 seats in West Bengal in the second phase of assembly elections today (April 1). Assam is voting in three phases and West Bengal in eight phases. In Assam, the fate of 345 candidates, including 26 women, is being decided by over 73.44 lakh voters in this phase. Among those contesting the second phase of the Assam Assembly election are five ministers and the deputy speaker of the outgoing House. In West Bengal, more than 75 lakh voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates in 30 constituencies, as eyes are set on the Nandigram constituency where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against her former lieutenant and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to retain power in Assam even as it faces ‘Mahajot’, the joint opposition alliance comprising the Congress, AIUDF and other regional parties. In Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is fighting to keep BJP’s surge at bay. The saffron party has shown a dramatic electoral rise in the state over the last few years. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry are also heading for assembly elections over the next few weeks. Polling will happen in a single phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on April 6. Counting of votes in all states will happen on May 2.
The RSS and the BJP are like poison. If you would taste them, you will definitely die. Somehow, they have reached up to Karnataka. Do not allow that poisonous ideology to enter Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself laid the foundation stone of AIIMS in Madurai. But currently, there are only bricks there. Udhayanidhi has taken one of the bricks in his hand. This is an issue. I demand that he gives an explanation over it (AIIMS project) during his campaign: DMK chief MK Stalin
Congress party submits a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer seeking candidature disqualification of State Minister Pijush Hazarika for allegedly threatening a news reporter.
We know we will win both Nandigram and West Bengal. Even if we win, we may still consider going to the Election Commission. We are considering it for a few booths, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O Brien said on April 1.
He added: “There have been some specific incidents that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has referred to in her statement today about the booths. We will consider taking the next step because we want to do this not for just winning Nandigram or West Bengal, but to keep democracy in place.”
Both BJP and TMC claim 90% of the votes cast in Nandigram have gone to them.
Mamata Banerjee pressured the DM and SDO during the last general elections. In Arambag, a BJP candidate lost by 2,500 votes because the votes of 16 EVMs were not counted. The BJP had won in Jhargram and Purulia zilla parishads, but votes for the lotus symbol were replaced with the TMC symbol overnight, alleges BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
I am not one to show reverence at temples seasonally, always take pride in our faith and tradition: PM Modi on TMC criticism of temple visits
Constitution doesn't permit Mamata to speak against other states: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Trinamool Congress supremo’s claim that goons from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were brought to cause unrest in Nandigram, which went to polls on April 1.
Whatever you (Election Commission) try, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not win. In Nandigram, 90% of the votes will go to the Trinamool Congress (TMC): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Mamata stalled voting for two hours here. Around 90% of voting has happened in Nandigram but it is only 78% at this booth. Voting is going on peacefully here. There is no issue. There is no worker of Trinamool Congress in this area. She is doing drama: Nandigram BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacts after BJP promises ‘Love Jihad’ law in poll-bound Kerala
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor reacted to BJP's promise of introducing the ‘Love Jihad’ law in Kerala if it is voted to power and said on April 1: “Love Jihad is an absurdity as a proposition. Can anyone point to how many cases there have been that constitute so-called jihad? This is pure communalism, poisonous rhetoric intended to polarise our people and opinion. This kind of love jihad talk is foreign to us.”
He added: “Let people lead their private lives as they should. This is what our country & democracy ought to be all about. But politicians have given themselves right to tell people what to wear, whom to love, how to eat, how, and where to pray.”
Her (West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) people have called me ‘rakshas’ and ‘choti’. They have hatred towards choti, religion, Jai Shri Ram. I am proud ‘choti’ is my ‘sanskar’ and ‘sanskriti’. She should tell why on one side she was reading ‘kalma’ and on the other hand was telling her gotra: Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh
73.03% and 80.43% voter turnout recorded till 6 pm in the second phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal, respectively: Election Commission of India
