Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) With West Bengal Assembly elections being over and the results being declared on May 4, except for Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, the Election Commission of India had relieved the special poll observer, Subrata Gupta, and the special police observer, N.K. Mishra, who was appointed by the Commission for the recently concluded polls in the state. Both have been issued relief letters from their duties by the Commission on Thursday, confirmed an insi…
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Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday afternoon submitted a report to Governor, R.N. Ravi, on the post-poll violence in the state after the results of the recent Assembly elections were declared on May 4.The CEO at the same time handed over to the Governor the gazette notification on the list of the 293 elected legislators.Although elections were conducted in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in the state, the Election Commiss…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) After the first three hours of counting of votes on Monday for the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the number of constituencies where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates are leading is far more than those where the ruling Trinamool Congress is ahead. Till 11:30 a.m., the trend for 232 of the 293 Assembly constituencies, where counting is on, is available on the Election Commission website. Till the period, BJP candidates are leading in 147 Assembl…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Taking aim at the Opposition, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday listed Congress-era actions, including the 1975 Emergency, and compared them with current committee-based selections for government agencies and institutions, adding that the public will understand as “people of India are not fools”. He launched a scathing attack on the Opposition over the allegations against the government agencies, the Election Commission, the media and the judicia…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Opposition over the allegations against the government agencies, the Election Commission, the media and the judiciary, stating that these parties are “attacking the core of Indian democracy”. He said that the people of the country will give them a “befitting reply”.In a post on X, Rijiju said, “All opposition parties have attacked the Govt. Agencies, EVMs, Election Commission, Me…
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) A minor clash broke out between Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters outside a counting centre in Biddhannagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, said the police on Sunday.According to police, tension erupted in front of the strongroom on Saturday night due to a quarrel between the workers and supporters of the two parties. Slogans and counter-slogans were raised. After some time, the situation escalated into a clash.A large number of central forces reached the s…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Amid escalating political tensions over voting in West Bengal’s Falta Assembly constituency, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday asserted that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) stands no chance of victory, alleging that recent actions are aimed at boosting the morale of its cadre.“There is no possibility of TMC winning. They are doing all this to give mental support to their workers…” Ghosh told IANS while reacting to developments around polling in the constituency.He fur…
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, May 2 (IANS) People in the West Bengal’s Falta Assembly constituency on Saturday staged a protest against alleged “hooliganism” by Trinamool Congress activists. The locals claimed that voting in the area has been “rigged” in the last 15 years and urged for re-polling before the results of the Assembly elections are announced on May 4.Locals in the Hashim Nagar area of the constituency alleged that Trinamool Congress leader Israfil Chakdar has threatened women and children in the area.”Y…