Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) A political slugfest erupted in West Bengal on Wednesday following a statement released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that seemingly confronts the Trinamool Congress regarding their responsibility to ensure that the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in the state will occur without fear, violence, intimidation, and inducement.On Wednesday, a delegation of the Trinamool Congress went to the ECI’s headquarters in New Delhi and interacted with the Chief Elec…
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Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the unnecessary police harassment faced by its local party leaders and workers at one of the crucial Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress’ National Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha member, Derek O’Brien, had written a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking protection of party leaders and workers against unnec…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, will hold a virtual meeting with all Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed poll observers for West Bengal on Wednesday to discuss the current polling booths’ infrastructure in the state for the forthcoming two-phase assembly elections scheduled later this month. An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said the Commission is not satisfied with the polling booths’ infrastr…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 (IANS) In a refreshing and unconventional push to boost voter turnout ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections, Kerala’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Rathan U Kelkar, has struck a chord with the youth, quite literally.A lively dance video featuring the senior IAS officer has gone viral across social media platforms, adding a rhythmic twist to the Election Commission’s voter awareness campaign in the state which goes to the polls on Thursday to elect 140 new legis…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Saturday rebutted “false and coordinated allegations” levelled against him by fellow party leaders, asserting that the accusations were aimed at silencing his voice in the Parliament. In a video on X, a defiant Chadha claimed that a “scripted campaign” had been launched against him, with repeated and identical accusations being circulated.”From yesterday, a scripted campaign is working against me. The same langua…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Friday issued summons for interrogation to two Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in connection with the prolonged tension outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, in central Kolkata, following protest demonstrations by ruling party activists that began on Tuesday and continued till Thursday.The two councillors summoned are Santi Ranjan Kundu from Ward 32 and Sachin Kumar Singh from Ward…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are more worried about “illegal Muslim infiltrators” rather than “Bengalis and Hindu Bengalis in particular”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed on Wednesday.The BJP, at the same time, criticised Trinamool Congress for allegedly describing Indian tennis star Leander Paes as an “outsider” after the latter joined the BJP on Tuesday at the party’s national headquarters in New Delhi.BJP’s In…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a strong note of caution, saying that under no circumstances would it tolerate hooliganism in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.At the same time, the ECI has specifically, officially, and categorically held Trinamool Congress responsible for such hooliganism in front of the CEO’s office.Such a strong reaction from the Commission has come amid two developments starting from Tue…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Tuesday rubbished allegations raised by Trinamool Congress and the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that voters from other states were being included in the state’s electoral roll through mass submission of Form-6 at the CEO’s office. “First of all, Form-6 cannot be submitted at the CEO’s office. There is no software in the CEO’s office through which Form-6 could be uploaded or deleted from…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging a conspiracy to infiltrate the West Bengal voters’ list with outsiders, purportedly with the involvement of the BJP and the Election Commission.Sharing a copy of the letter on social media, Banerjee said she had written in her capacity as Trinamool Congress chairperson.“I have written to the Chief Election Commissioner of India, expressing my grave c…