New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Congress unit, on Thursday, urged the Election Commission to announce the state Assembly election schedule only after all pending cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls are resolved. The state Congress has submitted a memorandum to the poll body seeking completion of the adjudication process for more than 60 lakh voters in the state before announcing the upcoming election. Addressing a press conference, Congr…
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The split was inevitable following the West Bengal Pradesh Congress leadership’s loud silence over the Communist Party of India (Marxist) state chief’s repeated overtures at another unity before the upcoming Assembly polls.It also underscores again the attempt of an Opposition alliance as unfeasible, grandly proclaimed less than three years ago as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.West Bengal will thus witness a multi-cornered contest, …
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former West Bengal Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Tuesday met the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at the latter’s residence and requested him to initiate action against the attacks on the Bengal-speakers migrant workers. After the meeting, Chowdhury told media persons that he met the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of the attack on Bengali-speaking migrant workers, especially in the BJP-ruled states.“I met the Prime Minister. I had come to New Delhi to a…