West Bengal is set for a crucial sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 25, with voters in eight constituencies—Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur—heading to the polls. This phase comes after 25 constituencies have already voted in the previous five phases.
The BJP on Sunday alleged that one of its party offices in Hooghly district was set on fire, and some of its leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, were heckled by TMC activists in other parts of the state after the poll results showed that the Mamata Banerjee camp was setto retain power in Bengal.
The eighth and final phase of voting is being held in Bengal today amid the growing menace of Covid that is spreading fast in the state. The election is being held on 35 seats lying across Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Kolkata.
Worried over the COVID-19 surge, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission to think about conducting polls for the remaining assembly seats at one go, while also stressing that her party had opposed the prolonged eight-phase poll schedule.
Polling began on April 10 for the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections. BJP candidate from Kolkata's Tollygunge, Babul Supriyo arrived at Gandhi Colony Bharati Balika Vidyalaya polling booth, where party's polling agent wasn't being given entry on April 10.
After BJP president JP Nadda claimed to win Assembly elections and forming government in West Bengal, TMC leader Derek O'Brien declined his claims and called it "mind games".
Ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 said that the BJP government is committed to the development of the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed a rally in Purulia ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2021 and came down hard at Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and accused it of supporting Maoists.
After BJP's youth wing leader was allegedly attacked by TMC workers in Nandigram, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan appealed to the Election Commission to deploy paramilitary forces ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
The Trinamool Congress is all set to finally release its manifesto on Wednesday after the event got postponed last week due to party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s injury in Nandigram.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the Centre saying she wanted to give free coronavirus vaccines to the people of the state but the Modi government is not allowing it to happen.
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the state's Assembly elections. "The country is facing an unprecedented situation today. The strength of democracy lies in the strength of the institutions of democracy. All these institutions including the judiciary have become weak now," said Sinha, right after joining TMC.
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the state's Assembly elections.
Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday released the list party's 40-star campaigners for the first phase of polling.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday he would defeat Mamata Banerjee, his former boss and West Bengal chief minister, and send her back to Kolkata | Watch other major news...
Babul Supriyo, the Union Minister of State for Environment Forest & Climate Change, spoke to India TV in the wake of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections which is to be held in eight phases.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in west bengal, dates of which are yet to be announced the political violence is getting more intense in the west bengal. Recently, BJP workers have been attacked in the North 24 Parganas. The BJP workers have been injured and have been admitted to the hospital.
Ahead of Assembly polls 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit West Bengal to address a rally in Hooghly on February 22.
West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that the Congress High command has formally approved the electoral alliance with the Left parties for the upcoming assembly election in the state.
Poll strategist Prashant Kishore on Monday predicted a crushing defeat for the BJP in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. Taking to Twiitter, he opined that the BJP would struggle to even get seats in the double digits in the election.
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