Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) At a time when the majority of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which are going to polls in two phases next month, are set to witness four-cornered contests, the three hill constituencies of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong are headed for a five-cornered contest.In most Assembly constituencies, the four principal contenders are the Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the CPI-M-led Left Front and All India Secular Front (AISF) alliance, and…
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Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The Bimal Gurung-founded Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Friday announced unconditional support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in all seven Assembly constituencies in Darjeeling district for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month.Of the seven constituencies in Darjeeling district — Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong are located in the hills, while Matigara-Naxalbari, Phansidewa, Siliguri, and Dabgram-Fulbari fall in the …
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) There were enough indications in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election that a section among West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress intended to project younger faces among their elected representatives, but Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee was said to have prevailed, and several of her elderly associates made it to the Lok Sabha.If there were indications then, the list of party probables for the coming Assembly election reflects the beginning of imp…
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced 291 candidates for the two-phase April elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, dropping almost all the leaders under the scanner of central agencies in various scams, while nearly a fifth of the nominees are women. There are a total of 52 women candidates, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, or around 18 per cent of the total candidates. The Chief Minister is contesting from Bhabanipur in south Kolkata, where th…