Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Barring stray incidents of tension in certain pockets, the polling process in 152 Assembly constituencies in 16 districts of West Bengal has been overall peaceful in the first two hours on Thursday, with 18.76 per cent voting recorded till 9 a.m.District-wise, the highest polling percentage till 9 a.m. has been recorded in West Midnapore at 20.51 per cent and the lowest in Malda at 16.76 per cent, as per the statistics provided by the office of the Chief Electoral Office…
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Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address three consecutive rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, intensifying the BJP’s campaign ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and April 29. According to the programme, the Prime Minister will begin his day with a Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Katwa around noon. He will then proceed to Jangipur, where he is slated to address another rally at approximately 1:45 P.M.Later in the day, PM Modi will travel to Balurghat in …
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month.The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social media post in the morning announcing this development, where he also said that the people of West Bengal, who are saddled by the misrule of the Trinamool Congress-led state government, are now l…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in West Bengal after the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state next month, there will be a special probe to identify those who had been facilitating illegal infiltrators to enter the state and settle here. “I promise the residents of Bengal that once the BJP government is formed in the state, there will be a special investigation into the infiltration issue. We wi…
Suri (West Bengal), April 9 (IANS) A wave of enthusiasm swept through Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Thursday as large numbers of BJP supporters gathered hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting, eagerly awaiting his address.The rally in Birbhum will mark the Prime Minister’s third public engagement of the day in the state, after earlier events in Haldia and Asansol. Despite the time remaining before his arrival in Suri the area was already packed with suppor…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The 2021 electoral results of Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district of West Bengal will be replicated this time in the entire state, especially Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, the Prime Minister said on Thursday.“East Midnapore, especially Nandigram, in 2021, first proved that change is possible in West Bengal. The body language of the people of West Bengal this time is a signal that the results at Nandigram in 2021 will be replic…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Amid the hectic campaigning for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three consecutive rallies in three districts on Thursday.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also arrive in Kolkata on Thursday, with a packed campaign schedule for Friday and Saturday.The Prime Minister will start his campaign with his address at a rally in the industrial township of Haldia in the East Midnapore district. Thereafter, he will address two …
Birbhum (West Bengal), April 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay said on Wednesday that the incumbent Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal will “lose miserably” in the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and 29.Chattopadhyay is contesting from the Suri Assembly constituency in Birbhum district.Preparations were underway in full swing ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the district on April 9 to campaign for the up…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend seven campaign programmes in West Bengal this week, starting from April 9, amid the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state.“As per the tentative schedule of the Prime Minister fixed as of now on April 9, he might address three mega campaign rallies at Asansol in West Burdwan district, Suri in Birbhum district, and Haldia in East Midnapore district, one after another,” said a member of the Bharatiya Janata Par…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday strongly criticised the sudden increase in the price of cooking gas in the country, linking the development to the US-Iran conflict in West Asia.At a press conference held at Trinamool Bhavan in Kolkata, state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and party spokesperson Tanmay Ghosh claimed that the Central government’s lack of planning had led to the present gas crisis.Chandrima Bhattacharya alleged that it was foreseeable that gas supply …