Nadia, April 29 (IANS) Amid the ongoing second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, a polling agent was allegedly brutally assaulted at Booth No. 53 in Chapra, Nadia district, raising concerns over poll-related violence. According to the booth agent, the incident occurred early in the morning when Mosharaf Mir, a BJP polling agent, was on his way to the polling booth to perform his duties.Speaking to IANS, Mir said, “I was going to Booth No. 53 around 5.40 in the morning as a BJP agent. …
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Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the BJP wants to “forcefully rig” the Assembly elections in the state, stating that the election observers, “brought from outside”, are going to police stations and “creating pressure”. She visited polling booths in South Kolkata as the voting for the second phase of the Assembly elections is underway across 142 seats in the state.To ensure security, CCTV cameras have been installed, and CAPF personnel …
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) As voting got underway for the second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, there is a possibility of thunderstorms accompanied by rain later in the day, said the weather department on Wednesday.The Meteorological Office has predicted that stormy weather will prevail in the South Bengal districts and Kolkata, where polling is being held.Thunderstorms have been prevailing across the state for the past few days. Currently, voting in 142 constituencies is on amid sweltering …
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) A day before the second phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday, again approached the Calcutta High Court against the preventive arrests conducted in the state from April 26 morning till April 27 evening as per instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI).On Monday evening, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, informed that 1,095 preventive arrests were made in the last 24 hours since Sunday evenin…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Ahead of the second and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls for 142 constituencies on Wednesday, the state and Kolkata police and central paramilitary forces, in joint operations at different pockets in the state, have made a total of 1,095 preventive arrests during the last 24 hours.According to statistics provided by the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the preventive arrest figure during the last 36 hours is 1,583.”These arrests have been m…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), G.P. Singh, on Saturday led a route march of CRPF personnel in Diamond Harbour of South 24 Parganas district as part of confidence-building measures ahead of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal.The West Bengal Sector of the CRPF shared a video of the route march on its X handle, showing the DG leading the personnel on the ground.“Leading from the front! DG CRPF Shri G.P. S…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) West Bengal’s principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will need to significantly shore up its 2021 performance in phase two of Assembly election scheduled on Wednesday, April 29, where most of the 142 seats spread across seven districts have historically voted overwhelmingly for the ruling Trinamool Congress. The BJP had a favourable field among the 152 constituencies which went to poll in the first phase last Thursday, April 23, where it had won 59 of the …
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) A total of 142 Assembly constituencies spread across six districts and the state capital Kolkata will go to the polls in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 29 under a blanket security cover, with 2,348 companies of central forces to be deployed, including the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), India Reserve Battalion (IRB) and armed police units from other states.The highest deployment of central forces will be in North 24 Parga…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President Nitin Nabin are set to lead a packed schedule of rallies and roadshows across West Bengal on Saturday, as the state’s election campaign intensifies ahead of the second phase of polling on April 29.HM Shah will begin his day with a public meeting in the Jamalpur Assembly constituency at 2:15 P.M. at Jamalpur Selimabad Tarun Sangh Math, followed by a second rally in the Shyampur As…
Jaipur, April 18 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma was felicitated by non-resident Rajasthanis in Howrah, Kolkata, on Saturday, where he launched a sharp political attack on opposition parties and called for a decisive mandate in West Bengal. Addressing the gathering, Sharma urged the community to mobilise fully in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party, stating that if West Bengal seeks governance on the lines of Rajasthan, it must remove what he termed a regime marked by corr…