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In West Bengal's Durgapur, PM Modi will lay foundation stones and inaugurate projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore.
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A nine-year-old girl was killed in a bomb blast days after a TMC by-election win in West Bengal’s Nadia district, once again exposing the violent underbelly of the state’s politics. With a history of crude bomb attacks and political killings, the countdown to the 2026 assembly polls already looks ominous
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In the Kolkata Uttar West Bengal Lok Sabha election 2024, the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly constituencies: Chaurangi, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, and Kashipur Beliaghata.
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Voting has officially begun in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, covering eight constituencies in West Bengal. Key candidates include - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Dilip Ghosh, and Shatrughan Sinha. Stay with us for West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights of the day on voter turnout, any incidents at polling stations, and other important developments.
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Polling in Murshidabad constituency of West Bengal commenced at 7 AM today for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is fielding Mohd Salim, while the Trinamool Congress has nominated the incumbent Abu Taher Khan for re-election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has put forth Gouri Shankar Ghosh as its candidate. Stay tuned for the latest updates from the Murshidabad Lok Sabha elections.
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The couple separated in 2021 before the state assembly elections. The divorced had garnered national attention since Khan announced it on camera when Sujata became a politician.
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“Scientific rigging”, booth jamming, delay tactics drawn from competitive sports, masked threats and other tried and tested ways often used to ensure the desired poll results in West Bengal.
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The Trinamool Congress has retained 75 percent of its seats from 2016 elections, while the BJP has made notable gains at the expense of the TMC.
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Central Minister Babul Supriyo has lost from the Tollygunge assembly constituency, being defeated by veteran TMC leader and current West Bengal Public Works and Youth Affairs Minister Aroop Biswas. Two other incumbent BJP MPs, Locket Chatterjee and Swapan Dasgupta has lost from the Chunchura and Tarakeshwar constituency.
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Banerjee's latest fight constitutes just one chapter in her long history of fighting all or nothing, no holds barred campaigns, especially in her own seat.
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Kishor has issued a rebuttal accusing the BJP of “distorted use of parts of the conversation” while challenging the party to release the “full conversation”.
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Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, on the upcoming West Bengal elections, why BJP has not named a CM candidate, Mamata, Trinamool, and more.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs has said in its report to the Election Commission that, in 2020 alone, West Bengal saw 663 incidents of political violence in which 57 people lost their lives.
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Mamata Banerjee said the Election Commission should not look at the state "through the eyes of the saffron camp" — a reference to the BJP.
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Apart from promising the Narayani Sena regiment to the Rajbonshi community of North Bengal -- in lines with the one that existed in the Cooch Behar kingdom – Amit Shah also promised that the training centre will be named after Chila Roy – a prince of the Koch Dynasty and the younger brother of King Nara Narayan.
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The BJP has painted the TMC with the minority appeasement brush. With the Muslims backing Mamata Banerjee, there is a high probability of the Hindus standing with the BJP
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TMC representatives argue that MIM will not be able to break into the Muslim votes. Reasons: MIM will only get support of the Urdu-speaking Muslims in West Bengal who have migrated from UP and Bihar and are confined to urban areas.
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West Bengal is expected to head for Legislative Assembly elections in April-May 2021.
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While the suspense continues over his future plans, Suvendu Adhikari is reportedly just a step away from joining many other TMC rebels in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Suvendu Adhikari, an MLA from Nandigram in East Midnapore district, had resigned from the West Bengal cabinet last month.
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Mihir Goswami, the disgruntled TMC MLA from Coochbehar Dakshin, left for Delhi with BJP MP Nisiht Pramanik on November 27. The two had met in October sparking speculations over what his next move would be.
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Former Union Minister and current BJP Vice President Radha Mohan Singh has been appointed in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, while Kailash Vijaywargiya has been retained as in-charge of West Bengal, which goes to polls next year
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Political experts believe that these announcements are a well-thought move by Mamata Banerjee ahead of the 2021 Assembly Polls in West Bengal.
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Since Independence, residents of border enclaves in Cooch Behar district will be able to exercise their franchise, due to the formal inclusion of the enclaves in the Indian territory last year.
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Manini Chatterjee, Resident Editor of Telegraph feels that Banerjee is not going to anti-industry and the business community should be so alarmed at anything which questions some of the policy directions of the government.
