Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Rajya Sabha MP, Samik Bhattacharya, on Sunday, alleged that democratic rights are being systematically suppressed in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress-led state government. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters at 6 Muralidhar Sen Lane in Kolkata, Bhattacharya said that the right to dissent is the cornerstone of any democracy, yet the Opposition is being denied this constitutional right i…
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Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said here on Thursday, “Even the pillars of state administration in West Bengal have now started realising that a change in the political ambit of the state is inevitable and hence they have started behaving more responsibly.”“We will fight against the Trinamool Congress on the ground. Last night, the local police tried to seize some bamboo meant for the construction of a political dais of our party. I have ma…
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Kolkata Mayor and West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim, on Wednesday, lashed out at the Election Commission over the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, saying “the right to vote has been granted by the Indian Constitution”.Hakim, along with his daughter Priyadarshini, was in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency to campaign for next month’s two-phased Assembly election in West Bengal.Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Ha…
Bhabanipur, March 24 (IANS) As the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections approach, Bhabanipur has emerged as one of the most closely watched constituencies, set for a high-voltage contest between Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief supremo Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, making it a prestige battle that hinges heavily on public sentiment. While the BJP continues its outreach through the ‘Parivartan Yatra’, many residents of Bhabanipur appear largely satisfied with Banerjee’s …
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, granted an interim shield to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas district.The single-judge bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee granted the interim shield to Adhikari for 12 weeks till July and ruled that till further orders, the police will not be able to tak…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is slated to participate in a total of 14 election-related programmes in West Bengal during the next month, is likely to begin the campaign from Siliguri in Darjeeling district and end with a mega road show-cum-rally at Bhabanipur in South Kolkata, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sources said.While voting in Siliguri is in the first phase on April 23, Bhabanipur, which is slated to witness a high-voltage contest between Chief Minister Mama…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Tension prevailed on Saturday in Bhabanipur — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency — over allegations of posters belonging to the Trinamool Congress being torn down. The ruling party claimed that the BJP was behind the incident. The BJP, however, asserted that the episode stemmed from internal factionalism within the Trinamool Congress. In connection with the incident, both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have lodged separate complaints at Kalig…
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) Even a couple of hours before the announcement of the Trinamool Congress’s candidate list on March 17 for the forthcoming two‑phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, no one had any idea who would be the party’s candidate at Nandigram in East Midnapore district against sitting two‑time legislator and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Things became clear just an hour before the announcement, as the party hurriedly arranged the joining of Pabitr…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The CPI(M)-led Left Front on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, comprising 32 names.In the first list released on March 14, the names of candidates for 192 constituencies were announced. So, the names of 224 candidates out of the total 294 seats have been announced so far.Of the 32 candidates whose names were announced in the second list, one was from the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), three from the CPI…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a comprehensive list of criminal cases pending against him.Adhikari, who is contesting from the Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies this time, has sought the court’s intervention ahead of filing his nomination papers. He has already begun campaigning in Bhabanipur, while also taking legal steps to secure clarity on his disclosures.In his petition, …