Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday took oath as the legislator from Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata on the floor of the Assembly.By taking oath as the MLA from Bhabanipur, Adhikari made it clear that he will quit the Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district, where he was elected simultaneously in the recently concluded Assembly polls.In Bhabanipur, Adhikari was elected by defeating the Trinamool Congress candidate and then s…
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Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday evening rubbished the allegations raised earlier in the day by outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that her defeat from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was result of counting misappropriation within the Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls College in South Kolkata, where the counting for Bhabanipur was being conducted don Monday. Just a couple of hours after Mamata Baner…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) After the first three hours of counting of votes on Monday for the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the number of constituencies where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates are leading is far more than those where the ruling Trinamool Congress is ahead. Till 11:30 a.m., the trend for 232 of the 293 Assembly constituencies, where counting is on, is available on the Election Commission website. Till the period, BJP candidates are leading in 147 Assembl…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The Election Commission of India, on Tuesday, announced the replacement of the police observer for the Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, the native constituency of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, which will go for polling in the first phase of the two-phase polling in the state on April 23. Adhikari is contesting both from Nandigram and from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South K…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the unnecessary police harassment faced by its local party leaders and workers at one of the crucial Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress’ National Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha member, Derek O’Brien, had written a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking protection of party leaders and workers against unnec…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, has accused the Kolkata Police of deputing covert cops to shadow him during his ongoing campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where he is pitted against Trinamool Congress candidate and Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.The LoP has sent an email communiqué to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), where he has also named three police personnel, including an inspector…
Kolkata, Mar 29 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Sunday, announced the transfer of as many as 83 block development officers (BDOs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) in West Bengal, amid the crucial Assembly elections scheduled next month. In a statement sent to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala by the ECI through the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the poll panel had provided the list of 83 BDOs/AROs, who have been transferred.The most sig…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, granted an interim shield to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas district.The single-judge bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee granted the interim shield to Adhikari for 12 weeks till July and ruled that till further orders, the police will not be able to tak…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday, accused the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state of indulging in ‘atrocities’.He made the accusation upon his arrival in the state’s Bhabanipur constituency to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections.West Bengal will vote in two phases in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held on April 23 and April 29. The results will be announced o…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Eyeing the crucial state elections in West Bengal and keeping in line with his focus to give Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a tough fight in her constituency of Bhabanipur in South Kolkata, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, organised a mass interaction there on Tuesday on the occasion of the Dol Yatra festival.Adhikari celebrated the festival in Bhabanupur with monks and the voters from the constituency.The participation of the LoP in…