Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Wednesday announced candidates for the remaining 10 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal ahead of the two-phase Assembly elections scheduled later this month.Earlier, on March 29, the AICC had announced candidates for 284 of the total 294 Assembly constituencies in the state.With the latest list, the party has now named candidates for all 294 constituencies. The 10 constituencies announced on Wednesday are Alipurduars, Islampur…
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Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Congress of failing to respond to her appeal for support to the Trinamool Congress’ movement against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, both in the state and across the country.She also alleged that the Congress did not take the issue of SIR seriously or extend support to voters during the revision process.“I asked them several times to jointly move against the SIR and jointly ap…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty on Wednesday claimed that if the Trinamool Congress returns to power after next month’s two-phased election in West Bengal, Bengali Hindus might have to leave the state. During an interaction with IANS, he asserted that the BJP is not against Muslims, particularly “Indian Muslims”.Chakraborty further accused the Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of creating divisions between two communities in West Bengal…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, noting that a substantial number of objections have already been adjudicated and the remaining are likely to be decided by April 7.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant took on record communications received from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, indicating that more tha…
Kolkata, Mar 29 (IANS) The judicial adjudication process for 40 lakh voters, which is around 67 per cent of a total of more than 60 lakh voters, referred for adjudication after being categorised under the “logical discrepancy category” had been completed till Sunday evening, an insider from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) told. Of the 40 lakh cases, whose judicial adjudication process had been completed till Sunday evening, a total of around 18 lakh cases have been cl…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was published on Saturday at around 10.15 p.m.The list has been made available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.However, like the second supplementary list published on Friday at around 11.30 p.m., details — including the total number of cases processed and the number of names found excludable — were not i…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, should answer why West Bengal is the only state in the entire country where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise had hit so many hurdles, following which the Supreme Court ultimately had to order judicial adjudication, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, questioned on Saturday.“The revision exercise had been completed in a total of 14 states, including those that are Opposition-ruled. The SIR had been completed in two other poll-bo…
Chennai, March 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has recorded a significant surge in voter enrolment ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, with more than 6.48 lakh applications submitted during the extended revision window. The updated and consolidated electoral roll is scheduled to be published on April 6, which also marks the final date for filing nominations.The enrolment drive follows the publication of the final electoral roll on February 23, after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (S…
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The second supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was published on Friday at around 11.30 p.m.The list is available on the websites of both the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.However, details of the second supplementary list — including the total number of cases processed and how many names have been found excludable — were not immediately available, with no official figures…
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The second supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal will be published on Friday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed.By Thursday night, the judicial adjudication process had been completed for 36 lakh voters, which is around 60 per cent of the 60 lakh cases referred for judicial adjudication, informed sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.Although the ECI is yet to specify the exact time when the …