Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Campaigning for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls on April 29 officially ended at 6 p.m. on Monday, as the mandatory 48-hour silence period came into effect. On the last day of the campaign, there had been the last campaign rally by PM Modi at Jagatdal in the North 24 Parganas district, from where he expressed confidence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the Assembly polls in West Bengal this time and claimed that he would come to the state …
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Jabalpur, April 27 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday strongly reprimanded the Rajasthan Police for failing to present three Congress IT cell workers who were detained in Bhopal and later taken to Rajasthan.The action relates to a viral fake letter circulated in the name of senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the families of the detained workers.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev …
Jaipur, April 27 (IANS) BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Monday virtually inaugurated newly constructed district office buildings across seven districts of Rajasthan — Tonk, Bundi, Churu, Pali, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur and Barmer — from Tonk. On the same occasion, he also laid the foundation stone for the party’s district office in Jalore.Addressing party workers, Nitin Nabin said that visiting Rajasthan has always been a source of pride and inspiration for him.He described the state as a …
Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Monday that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has a past but no future.He predicted that BRS, which turned 26 on Monday, will not survive. He had an informal chat with the media in Assembly premises.Revanth Reddy remarked that BRS headed by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is no longer viable.He compared the BRS with a dead body. “No matter how much make-up is done to a dead corpse, it will not rise,” he …
Jaipur, April 27 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday strongly responded to remarks made by BJP state in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, who had described Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot as an “imposter” and questioned his political allegiance. Addressing the media, Gehlot dismissed the claims and asserted that Pilot remains firmly committed to the Congress.“Both of his legs are firmly planted in the Congress, and they will remain there,” Gehlot …
Bhopal, April 27 (IANS) Congress MLA Anubha Munjare on Monday mounted a strong attack on the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government during a special one-day session of the state Assembly, raising issues related to women’s safety, administrative inaction and the challenges faced by elected representatives.Speaking in the House, Munjare drew attention to an ongoing protest in Balaghat city, where women have been staging an indefinite sit-in for nearly 20 days against the operation of a liquor shop lo…
Jaipur, April 27 (IANS) Nitin Nabin, BJP National president, on his first visit to Rajasthan after assuming charge as BJP National President, inaugurated the party’s newly constructed district office in Tonk on Monday. In a simultaneous move, he virtually inaugurated BJP offices in Bundi, Pratapgarh, Barmer, Churu, Dungarpur, and Pali, and also laid the foundation stone for a new office in Jalore.Addressing party workers, Nabin recalled his early political journey, saying, “I first visited R…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) When West Bengal goes to poll in the second and last phase of Assembly election on Wednesday, the Matua community will hold an important position in determining the outcome of the May 4 results, especially in the two North Parganas districts, and Nadia.Primarily spread across North 24 Parganas and Nadia, the bloc is seen as the single most decisive swing-constituency within several key Assembly seats.From Gaighata and Bangaon Dakshin to Habra and Hasnabad, analysts est…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from Arambagh in West Bengal, Mitali Bag, was injured after she came under attack in Hooghly district’s Goghat on Monday afternoon while she was on her way to attend an election rally of party national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.Her car was reportedly vandalised in the incident, and she sustained injuries while seated in the front seat beside the driver. The TMC MP accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters of carrying out the …
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a “Vijay Sankalp Sabha” in Barrackpore, West Bengal, on the final day of campaigning for the second phase of the assembly elections on Monday.The rally venue is teeming with surge of supporters as well as common people, wanting to have a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many of them, visibly excited and exhilarated over PM Modi’s rally, voiced confidence in his leadership and shared what they expect from the ne…