Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is ahead in the high-profile Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata in early trends of West Bengal Assembly elections where he is contesting against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. After two rounds of counting, Adhikari is leading by a margin of 1,558 votes. It may be noted that Adhikari is also leading in Nandigram Assembly constituency by a margin of 7,698 votes in East Midnapore district.Speaking to media persons following the early trends, …
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Salt Lake, May 4 (IANS) As the vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is underway on Monday, state BJP in-charge Mangal Pandey said that the people want to see development under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to IANS, Mangal Pandey said, “The initial trends are very clear. The people of the state want a developed Bengal under PM Modi’s leadership. They want a double-engine government.”State BJP chief Samik Battacharya said that the formation of a BJP gover…
Murshidabad, May 4 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir on Monday said that the counting process for the West Bengal Assembly elections should proceed smoothly and that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should ensure there are no problems. The counting of votes cast in the two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal began at 8 a.m. on Monday, with postal ballots counted first. Speaking to IANS, Kabir said, “Everything is completely fine at the polling stations. The Electio…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a special Saturday sitting ahead of the May 4 vote count for the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to appoint Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants, while directing that the poll panel’s own circular providing for state government nominees must be followed “in letter and spirit.”A Bench of Justice…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Saturday a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court that dismissed its plea against the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision to appoint Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants for the West Bengal Assembly elections.As per the cause list published on the official website of the apex court, the fres…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order, dismissing its plea against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to appoint the Central government and Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as counting supervisors and assistants for the West Bengal Assembly elections. As per the cause list published on the official website of the apex court, the fresh petition filed by the ruling party fr…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Friday debunked a fake report circulating on social media that falsely claimed to be an Intelligence Bureau (IB) assessment on the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.In a post on X, PIB Fact Check said: “A report titled ‘Preliminary Assessment of West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026’ is circulating on social media, claiming to have been issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB).PIB Fact Check: This report …
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Poll psephology entity Today’s Chanakya on Thursday released its exit poll projections for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, predicting a clear majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this time, potentially ending the 15-year Trinamool Congress rule in the eastern state since 2011.As per the exit poll predictions of Today’s Chanakya, BJP candidates are expected to win from 192 Assembly constituencies (plus/minus 11) in the 294-seat West Bengal Asse…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen, commenting on the exit polls, on Thursday said that her party does not pay attention to such projections. Talking to IANS, Sen said: “We don’t bother about exit polls. I don’t know whether you were in journalism then or not, but we have seen exit polls in 2021 — and not only in 2021, but also in 2016, 2019, and 2024. We have witnessed them repeatedly. But Trinamool Congress is Trinamool Congress, and Mamata is Mamata (CM Mamata Banerj…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Advocate Kalyan Banerjee, a Member of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress party, and lawyer Biswaroop Bhattacharya have filed PILs in the Calcutta High Court concerning the vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections.Kalyan Banerjee said on Thursday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was only appointing Central government employees as supervisors at the counting centres. “They cannot make that decision. Let the court intervene in this matter,” he sai…