Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Former heavyweight member of the West Bengal cabinet, Jyotipriya Mallick, an accused in the PDS irregularities case, who was in jail after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), wants to contest from a different Assembly constituency.Mallick is currently a Trinamool Congress legislator from the Habra constituency in North 24 Parganas district, from where he was elected for three consecutive terms in 2011, 2016, and 2021. Earlier, he was a two-time Trinamool Con…
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Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s appointment of campaign managers for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections has provided the clearest indication yet of the constituencies the party is keen to contest as part of its alliance with the AIADMK.Though both the BJP and the (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) have maintained that formal seat-sharing talks are yet to begin, party sources say the internal list reflects the BJP’s negotiating priorities.According to the l…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The newly elected national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Nabin, is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Tuesday for the first time since taking office. During his two-day visit, he will concentrate his efforts on the West Burdwan district.As per the schedule of the two-day visit, Nabin will land at Andal Airport near the industrial township of Asansol in West Burdwan district at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.In the evening, he will attend a programme called …
Chennai, Jan 24 (IANS) The executive and working committees of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) held a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Alwarpet, with party founder and leader Kamal Haasan presiding over the deliberations.The meeting focused on MNM’s electoral strategy, particularly seat-sharing negotiations with its ally, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), ahead of the next Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for 2026.Founded in 2018 by Kamal Haasan, MNM has had a limited electoral recor…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) With several months left for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to announce the polling date for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year, the biggest transporters’ body in the state, on Tuesday, sent a release to the Commission setting advanced conditions for supplying buses for election duty this time. In the release, the West Bengal Bus-Minibus Coordination Committee, the biggest transporters’ body in the state, had said that no bus or…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday countered the Trinamool Congress’ claims that several voters from the Matua community in West Bengal will lose their voting rights following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state, underlining that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not only determined to protect the voting rights of the Matuas and other religious refugees in West Bengal but also ensure their long-term development.”I request the people from the …
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) The results of elections across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra have sent a clear signal that the BJP will step up its efforts to achieve its “shat pratishat” (100 per cent) rule in Maharashtra in the next Assembly elections slated for 2029.However, the BJP’s victory on its own in more than 16 municipal corporations has raised alarm bells for allies, including the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, who will have to pull up their socks to …
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena(UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray raised objections over the functioning of the State Election Commission, particularly regarding the use of removable ink, the Shiv Sena on Friday refuted the allegations, stating that there was no issue with the ink. The party said that a similar fake narrative was created during the Lok Sabha elections as well. Speaking to IANS, Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande said, “Th…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will consider the record of election-related violence in the last seven elections in West Bengal since 2014 as the determining factor for the extent and pattern of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) deployment for the 2026 Assembly polls in the state.These seven elections, whose poll-violence records will be under ECI’s consideration, include the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 2019, and 2024, the state Assembly elections in 2016 and 2021…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) As Maharashtra heads to elections on Thursday for 29 municipal corporations, BJP MLA Sanjay Upadhyay has expressed confidence that the next mayor of Mumbai will be from the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. Speaking to IANS on Wednesday, Upadhyay said the alliance has made its stand clear regarding leadership in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).“Our leaders, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, have announced at Shiv T…