Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A day after the BJP’s decisive win in West Bengal, state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday warned party workers against indulging in post-violence to avoid expulsion. He said the BJP won’t repeat the acts of the Trinamool Congress government.With 206 seats, the BJP registered a comfortable victory in the state Assembly polls, while the Trinamool Congress managed just 81. The Congress won two seats, the CPI-M one, while the AISF and the Aam Janata Unnayan Party secured…
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Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister, Brajesh Pathak, on Tuesday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has expanded its footprint across the country, with the “lotus blooming” from West Bengal to the southern states. Speaking to reporters, Pathak referred to West Bengal’s cultural legacy and paid tributes to prominent figures such as Swami Vivekananda, Subhas Chandra Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. He said they …
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A day after Trinamool Congress’s defeat in West Bengal Assembly elections, Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said that the party fought a “good fight” on an “uneven pitch” and it respects the public’s decision to choose the BJP. Her remarks come as the BJP is set to form the next government in West Bengal with a decisive two-thirds majority, ending the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule in the state.In a post on X, Moitra said, “The will of the people is supreme. If Benga…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Trinamool MP, Saayoni Ghosh, on Tuesday responded to the party’s defeat in West Bengal, saying, “I humbly accept the mandate of the people of Bengal in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party,” as the BJP secured a decisive victory in the state election.Taking to social media platform X, she wrote: “I humbly accept the mandate of the people of Bengal in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I thank the Maa Maati Manush of Bengal who stood beside us through thick and …
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Kunal Ghosh, Trinamool Congress candidate from the Beleghata Assembly constituency, on Monday said that he has “full faith” in the people of Bengal, claiming that the public is praying for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s win and showering their blessings on the party. In the Beleghata Assembly constituency, Gosh is currently leading with over 3,500 votes. He holds a margin of over 400 over the BJP candidate Partha Chaudhury, the Election Commission of India (ECI) trends sh…
Salt Lake, May 4 (IANS) As the vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is underway on Monday, state BJP in-charge Mangal Pandey said that the people want to see development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to IANS, Mangal Pandey said, “The initial trends are very clear. The people of the state want a developed Bengal under PM Modi’s leadership. They want a double-engine government.”State BJP chief Samik Battacharya said that the formation of a BJP gover…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Early trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI) showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in the Jhargram Assembly constituency in West Bengal during the first hour of vote counting. BJP candidate Lakshmi Kanta Sau was leading with over 900 votes, while Trinamool Congress candidate Mongal Saren was trailing, as per the ECI trends as of 9:30 a.m.The counting of votes cast in the two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal began at 8 a.m. on Monday, with postal ballo…
Murshidabad, May 4 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir on Monday said that the counting process for the West Bengal Assembly elections should proceed smoothly and that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should ensure there are no problems. The counting of votes cast in the two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal began at 8 a.m. on Monday, with postal ballots counted first. Speaking to IANS, Kabir said, “Everything is completely fine at the polling stations. The Electio…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) With polling underway for the second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls for 142 Assembly constituencies, reports of poll-related violence and clashes between supporters of rival political parties have started surfacing from different corners of the districts where the elections are being conducted, with South 24 Parganas being the epicentre of the disturbance.Tensions flared up in the Saihati area of Bhangar Assembly constituency, as Trinamool Congress workers sta…
Nadia, April 29 (IANS) Amid the ongoing second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, a polling agent was allegedly brutally assaulted at Booth No. 53 in Chapra, Nadia district, raising concerns over poll-related violence. According to the booth agent, the incident occurred early in the morning when Mosharaf Mir, a BJP polling agent, was on his way to the polling booth to perform his duties.Speaking to IANS, Mir said, “I was going to Booth No. 53 around 5.40 in the morning as a BJP agent. …