Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) After the first hour of counting of votes for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Monday, the trend is showing a neck-and-neck battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the BJP slightly ahead of Trinamool Congress.As of 9 a.m., the trend for 134 of 293 Assembly constituencies in the state was available.After the first hour of counting, the tally for the BJP’s initial lead was 73, followed by the Trina…
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Murshidabad, April 6 (IANS) Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday alleged that during his election campaign in West Bengal, some miscreants associated with the Trinamool Congress attempted to stop him. He also claimed that the local police present at the spot failed to take adequate precautionary measures despite prior information about the possibility of such an incident. Speaking to reporters, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “During the campaign, some miscreants from the Trinamool Co…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) A suspicious drone was spotted near the helicopter of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Malatipur in Malda district on Saturday, while the CM was there to address a campaign rally ahead of the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state later this month.The Chief Minister herself spotted the drone while she was getting into the chopper after finishing her address at Malatipur. She immediately directed the police officers present at the spot to investigate th…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday announced party candidates for 284 of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which will vote in two phases next month. As expected, the party has nominated the former state Congress president in West Bengal and five-time party Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the Baharampur Assembly constituency in his native district of Murshidabad.The former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Mausam Benazir Noor, …
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) are likely to publish their respective candidate lists on Monday.The Congress party is likely to publish its first list of 100 candidates for the 294-seat West Bengal Assembly. The AISF, which will have a seat-sharing arrangement with the CPI(M)-led Left Front, is expected to publish its candidates for all 33 seats which it will contest.Congress has, this time, decided to sever its seat-sharing arrangement with the Left Front, …
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Congress may announce candidates for the forthcoming elections to 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in three separate phases based on the recommendations of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC).“In the first list, which might be announced very shortly, the names of around 100 candidates could be declared, including several party heavyweights. Our state Congress president in West Bengal, Suvankar Sarkar, has already left for New Delhi this eve…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) The process of filing nominations for four Trinamool Congress candidates and one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday.Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal going to polls this time is also five. As per the current numerical strength of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the Assembly, the ruling party is comfortably placed to secure four seat…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Trinamool Congress camp went through weeks of uncertainty amidst speculations over the absence of their Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Benazir Noor, the well-known face of Malda carrying the legacy of Bengal’s legendary Congress leader Abu Barkat Ghani Khan Chaudhury. There was a sigh of relief when she returned well ahead of the poll scheduled for the two Malda Lok Sabha constituencies.She explained that while she was in Delhi t…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Mausam Benazir Noor, the current Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member and former two-time Congress Lok Sabha member from Maldaha (Uttar) constituency in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, on Saturday, had joined India’s oldest national party again. She returned to the grand old party at the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh, the party’s central coordina…