Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Just days before the re-election in Falta Assembly constituency in Diamond Harbour, a Trinamool Congress leader close to party candidate Jahangir Khan has been arrested, said the police on Saturday. Falta Panchayat Samiti vice-president Saidul Khan has been arrested by officers of Falta police station. The arrested person is accused of attempted murder and spreading political violence, the police said.There have been multiple allegations against Saidul for a long time. One…
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Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered a fresh election in all polling stations of the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district after finding severe electoral offences during the second phase of polling on April 29.As a result, counting of votes will take place in 293 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on May 4, with Falta excluded. The Commission said the entire polling conducted in the constituency on April 29 stands cancelled, and…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the Diamond Harbour District Police in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to immediately register First Information Reports (FIRs) against close associates of the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency, Jahangir Khan, who have been accused by villagers of threatening them and their family members with dire consequences for voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The Commission …
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will on Thursday decide on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand to conduct repolling in 77 booths across four Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29.Incidentally, out of these 77 polling booths, 64 are under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in that district and also under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituen…
Diamond Harbour, April 29 (IANS) CRPF Director General G.P. Singh arrived in Diamond Harbour on Wednesday to coordinate with Election Observer Ajay Pal Sharma regarding the second phase of the West Bengal polls. As part of a high-stakes effort to ensure free and fair elections, Sharma has been conducting rigorous inspections across multiple booths. The deployment of the hardline IPS officer, famously dubbed Uttar Pradesh’s ‘Singham’, has ignited fresh controversy in the already volatile So…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s judgment that it would not pass any order related to officers deployed on election duty until April 29, the day of second phase of polling in West Bengal.The decision came after a lawyer verbally appealed the court to restrict Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma.Previously, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan had alleged that Sharma issued threats to hi…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress candidate, Jahangir Khan on Tuesday criticised Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, after he was seen issuing threats to his family members and locals in Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas district’s Diamond Harbour.Speaking to IANS, the Trinamool candidate from Falta constituency said, “Around 3 P.M. yesterday, he came and tried to threaten my security staff at this party office. Then he went and tried to threaten my fam…
Patna, April 28 (IANS) As the second phase of the highly anticipated West Bengal Assembly elections approaches, BJP Bihar President Sanjay Saraogi on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, stating that the state is facing a difficult situation and that people are in distress under the Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saraogi said, “The Prime Minister has rightly pointed out that West Bengal is going through a challenging phase. The peopl…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Election Commission has appointed IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, known as the ‘encounter specialist’ of Uttar Pradesh, as the new police observer of South 24 Parganas district. This step is seen as a measure to maintain law and order in various sensitive areas of the state ahead of the second phase of voting.In this situation, a video of Ajay Pal Sharma has gone viral on social media, sparking a new political debate.In the video, he is seen going to the house …