Latest Farakka Assembly constituency News & Updates

Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The District Magistrate, also the District Electoral Officer, of Murshidabad district in West Bengal on Saturday afternoon finally lodged an FIR against the Trinamool Congress legislator from the Farakka Assembly constituency, who has been accused of leading party activists in vandalism at a centre for hearings on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list at Farakka over a week ago.However, the FIR was registered almost 48 hours after the deadline set by the Election…

Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought a detailed report from the district magistrate-cum-district electoral officer of North Dinajpur district in West Bengal on the incident of tension and violence at a hearing centre in Itahar in the district earlier in the day.The matter was brought to the notice of the Commission by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, earlier on Thursday, after he posted a video of the violence…

Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed registration of an First Information Report (FIR) against Trinamool Congress legislator from Farakka Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, Manirul Islam, in relation to the ransacking of a centre for hearing on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal.The ransacking allegedly conducted by the ruling Trinamool Congress activists last week, was reportedly led by Manirul Islam as per …