All booths in West Bengal where polling will be held in the first phase of the state elections are 'sensitive and vulnerable' and central forces will be deployed in all of them, the Election Commission said on Monday.
Politics in battleground West Bengal is getting more intense as the date of the polls is nearing. Amid this, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hit out at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking people in the state to choose BJP in the upcoming election that will give a big shock to the TMC government.
An additional 1.27 lakh electors have registered to vote this time. About 450 polling stations will have an all-woman polling staff, and all booths will be provided basic facilities like drinking water and toilets.
Ahead of West Bengal polls 2021 the poster war between BJP and TMC has intensified as BJP launches poster with slogan 'Bengal wants its daughter, not aunt'.
The Election Commission on Saturday removed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place.
Ahead of West Bengal polls 2021 the poster war between BJP and TMC has intensified. The BJP on Saturday launched a poster to counter Trinamool Congress' campaign slogan “Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chay” which means 'Bengal Wants Its Own Daughter'. BJP's poster says, 'Bengal Wants Its Own Daughter, Not Pishi(paternal aunt)' and has the faces of the party's female leaders from Bengal.
The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for assembly election to be held in 4 states including West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Union Territory Puducherry. The Assembly Election in West Bengal will be held in 8 phases, the election commission informed.
"They are misusing their power. Seeking permission for the rally by adhering to the procedure is our democratic right," Owaisi said.
While the previous Bengal elections have seen a shift of Muslim votes from one party or coalition to another, the upcoming election in Bengal is unique in the sense that it seems prime for an unprecedented rush for Muslim votes.
A plea has been filed in Calcutta High Court against Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed 'Rath Yatra' in West Bengal ahead of assembly elections in the state.
Months before the West Bengal assembly elections, Pirzada of Furfura Sharif Abbas Siddiqui on Thursday floated a new political party ‘Indian Secular Front’.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ruled out projecting any chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly election in West Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari, former Mamata's aide and TMC leader who joined BJP ahead of the upcoming election in the state this year, has hit out at Bengal Chief Minister saying he will defeat Mamata Banerjee over 50,000 votes, and if failed, will leave politics.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, who was once considered to be a close aide of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, has described his former party — Trinamool Congress (TMC) — as a 'private limited company'.
The parties decided to jointly hold a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground either in February or in March, Bose said after the day's meeting.
Suvendu Adhikari hold a mega roadshow in North 24 Parganas days back. There was a muge crowd in support of the rebel TMC leader. This could be enough to show Mamata that BJP is all set to give a tough fight to TMC in West Bengal.
Ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday appointed district observers and district co-observers for the organisation. As per an official release, for Kolkata Zone, the party has appointed Sovan Chatterjee as the observer, while Debjit Sarkar has been appointed as convenor.
Days after Suvendu Adhikari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, violence broke out between Adhikari’s supporters and Trinamool Congress workers in Medinipur.
Sujata Mondal Khan, wife of BJP MP Saumitra Khan, switched over to the TMC from the saffron camp on Monday, claiming that she did not get her due recognition even after taking several risks to get her husband elected from Bishnupur during 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to take stock of the BJP's affairs in the state as the assembly elections draw near, amid a rebellion within the ruling Trinamool Congress.
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