New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Amid the ongoing electoral battle in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, hit out at the Congress, with the BJP alleging that Congress is acting as the ruling party’s ‘B-team’. The Trinamool Congress hit out at Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for his remarks against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.The Assembly election in West Bengal is scheduled to be held in two phases, April 23 and 29.BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shah De…
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Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Tensions escalated in Berhampore in the poll-bound West Bengal on Saturday morning after Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury allegedly faced physical obstruction from Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during an election campaign.Chowdhury, who is contesting from the Berhampore assembly seat in Murshidabad district of the state, was campaigning with party workers and supporters in the constituency when he allegedly faced resistance upon entering Ward No. 19 of the cit…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday announced party candidates for 284 of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which will vote in two phases next month. As expected, the party has nominated the former state Congress president in West Bengal and five-time party Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the Baharampur Assembly constituency in his native district of Murshidabad.The former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Mausam Benazir Noor, …
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) are likely to publish their respective candidate lists on Monday.The Congress party is likely to publish its first list of 100 candidates for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly. The AISF, which will have a seat-sharing arrangement with the CPI(M)-led Left Front, is expected to publish its candidates for all 33 seats which it will contest.Congress has, this time, decided to sever its seat-sharing arrangement with the Left Front, …
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Congress may announce candidates for the forthcoming elections to 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in three separate phases based on the recommendations of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC).“In the first list, which might be announced very shortly, the names of around 100 candidates could be declared, including several party heavyweights. Our state Congress president in West Bengal, Suvankar Sarkar, has already left for New Delhi this eve…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, is likely to visit West Bengal on March 9 to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scenario in the state ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.According to sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the full bench is scheduled to hold a review meeting in the state on March 10. If proceedings remain on schedule, the Commi…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s order on Friday directing deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal has received mixed reactions from the political parties in the state.Union Minister of State and former president of BJP’s West Bengal unit Sukanta Majumdar said that the Apex Court’s order on Friday is a matter of sha…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, making several public-interest demands on the occasion of the holy month of Ramzan and Eid-ul-Fitr.He mentioned that Ramzan and Eid carry deep religious and social significance for the entire Muslim community. In that context, he proposed special allocation of ration items, formation of a task force to control market prices, provision of un…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir, on Saturday, claimed that being a part of Trinamool Congress’ “ploy” to defeat former state Congress president in West Bengal and former five-time Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 was one of the biggest blunders in his life. Kabir is the legislator from Bharatpur Assembly constituency, which is one of the seven Assembly constituencies under Baharampur Lok Sabha. After gettin…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Once considered invincible in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its Left allies have lately been rendered inconsequential in state politics, leaving them at crossroads once again as the state prepares for another Assembly election.The Left desperately needs a helping hand, as was evident in CPI(M) state committee secretary Mohd. Salim’s repeated overtures towards the Congress for another tie-up, despite the earlier adjustments ending in poll disas…