Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report regarding claims that supporters of the Left were obstructed from voting, as well as concerning a separate incident involving a clash between Trinamool Congress workers and Humayun Kabir, the chairperson of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP).According to officials at the Commission, the administration of Murshidabad district has been asked to submit separate reports on these two incidents, which occurred during …
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New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A total of 152 Assembly constituencies across 16 districts of West Bengal go to the polls on Thursday in the first phase of the state elections, marking a crucial start to a tightly watched contest. Around 3.6 crore voters are eligible to cast their ballots, deciding the fate of 1,478 candidates in what is expected to be a high-stakes electoral battle. The constituencies are evenly distributed across north and south Bengal, underscoring the geographical and political d…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot, campaigning for the party candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Murshidabad district’s Berhampore, said on Tuesday the constant tussle between the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP-led government at the Centre has caused a lot of damage to the people of the state. Speaking to media persons after arriving in Murshidabad, Pilot said, “The Congress party’s position will be much better. I think that …
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The decline in the number of female voters in West Bengal in the current voters’ list from that in the draft voters’ list is marginally higher than a similar decline in the number of male voters following the completion of the special intensive revision exercise in the state. The number of other/transgender voters in the state in the current voters’ list compared to the draft voters’ list also showed a marginal decline in actual numbers, although the percentag…
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) After winning the Sagardighi bypoll in West Bengal’s Murshidabad as a Congress candidate three years ago, Bayron Biswas later joined the Trinamool Congress. Ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections, the outgoing MLA and Trinamool Congress candidate from Sagardighi, Biswas said on Saturday that he had betrayed the Congress and his political guru and senior party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.Trinamool Congress leader Bayron Biswas, said, “I am selfish. I have betray…
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the ruling BJP, has retained control of the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) by securing an absolute majority in the state’s second most important constitutional body after the Assembly. The 30-member TTAADC comprises 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government and administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km geographical area.The TMP…
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Veteran CPI(M) leader and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, whose term as a member of the Rajya Sabha ended recently, has declined to accept the pension allotted by the Union Government for former MPs.A communique on this count, sent by Bhattacharya to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, was posted on his official social media handle in the morning.“Sir, this is to inform you that I have decided not to accept the pension available to a retired MP. You p…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that from the current status of the “national crime capital”, West Bengal will be reformed and converted into the “national cultural capital” if the BJP comes to power in the state following the forthcoming elections. He stated that no other political force, whether Trinamool Congress, the Left Front, or the Congress, would be able to match a “double-engineered government” of the BJP in West Bengal…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) In the run-up to the 2006 West Bengal Assembly election, it appeared that Mamata Banerjee would wrest power from the communists in the state, even if not with an overwhelming margin. But, she could not. Voter’s turnout was recorded at 84.52 per cent in 2006, the highest in the state and the Left citadel fortified itself, sweeping 233 of the 294 Assembly seats. Mamata’s Trinamool Congress lost half of the 60 seats it had won earlier in 2001. But being someone not to…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to begin the Congress party’s campaign in West Bengal on Tuesday, marking a significant political push ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. The campaign begins in Malda district, once considered a stronghold of the Congress, as the party attempts to reclaim lost ground in a state where political equations have shifted dramatically over the years.Gandhi is returning to Malda after a gap of nearly seven years, signalling a ren…