New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) BJP MP Yogender Chandolia on Thursday alleged that the Trinamool Congress has no concrete agenda and is only interested in retaining power, accusing the party of pushing a “vote theft” narrative ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, to create confusion among voters. The Trinamool Congress has been mounting sustained attacks on the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, claimin…
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Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir on Saturday said that his newly-launched Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) will contest 182 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections. He further expressed his desire to form an electoral alliance with the Indian Secular Front (ISF) and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. However, the ISF has not yet issued any statement regarding an alliance with Humayun Kabir’s party.Earlier, Kabir had said that his party would contest…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday unveiled a new slogan for the party ahead of the crucial West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled next year.The slogan, “Jotoi Koro Hamla, Abar Jitbe Bangla” (No matter how much you attack, Bengal will win again), was released through the party’s official X handle on Saturday evening, shortly after the Trinamool Congress general secretary interacted with media persons and launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), …
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed a two-level verification to confirm the authenticity of the supporting identity documents of voters during the hearing session on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list starting from December 27.The “unmapped” voters, who are the ones not having any link with the 2002 voters’ list either through “self mapping” or through “progeny mapping”, will be summoned for hearing sessions. They will have to f…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) Nearly 12 hours after forming his new political party, suspended Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Humayun Kabir withdrew the name of one of his party’s 10 candidates. The name of the declared candidate for the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in Kolkata, Nisha Chatterjee, has been withdrawn on reports that her social media account is full of her photos wearing revealing clothes.Therefore, after nearly 12 hours, Humayun Kabir announced that the Kolkata-based woman would no…