Dr Manik Chandra Prodhan is a contestant from West Bengal representing the BSP in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Bolpur. Date of election in West Bengal constituency: May 13, 2024. Dr Manik Chandra Prodhan, aged 60, is Graduate in terms of his education record. Dr Manik Chandra Prodhan has zero cases against him. Financially, Dr Manik Chandra Prodhan possesses total assets or net worth of Rs 35.6Lac with Rs 25.6Lac movable assets and Rs 10Lac immovable assets. He has Rs 0 in liabilities. Professionally, Dr Manik Chandra Prodhan is engaged in Ex-Service Man (Pension Holder).
Age
60
Gender
M
Cases
No
Profession
Ex-Service Man (Pension Holder)
Total Assets (Rs)
35.6 Lac
Movable Assets (Rs)
25.6 Lac
Immovable Assets (Rs)
10 Lac
Liabilities (Rs)
-
Pan Given
Y
Self Income (Rs)
-
Total Income (Rs)
-
Candidate Affidavit Data 
According to the petition, the SOP stated that a technical SOP would be issued separately for necessary compliance, but it has not been done so far, raising doubts over the suitability of the testing and verification process of EVMs.
In the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance secured 43 out of the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats compared to the NDA's 36, down from 64 in the 2019 polls. The BJP also lost the much-talked Faizabad seat under which Ayodha falls.
FACT CHECK: A video claiming that Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami distributed money during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is going viral on social media. India TV's fact-check reveals that the claim is false and the video is from 2022.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen criticized the Indian government upon his arrival in Kolkata, emphasizing the need for political open-mindedness and secularism. Sen highlighted issues such as wrongful imprisonments, economic disparities, among others.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury lost to TMC candidate Yusuf Pathan in Baharampur constituency by around 85,022 votes, according to the Election Commission of India data. Adhir Chowdhury secured 4,39,494 votes while Yusuf Pathan secured 5,24,516 votes.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: According to the EC's Standard Operating Procedure, the cost submitted by manufacturers BEL and ECIL to carry out EVM "check and verification" is Rs 40,000 (plus 18 per cent GST) per set of EVM.
PM Modi visited ancient Nalanda University ruins in Bihar ahead of inaugurating the new Nalanda University campus in Rajgir. This was his first visit to state since Lok Sabha polls. Established around 1,600 years ago, the original Nalanda University is among world's first residential residential.
