The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday (June 23) told the Calcutta High Court that a total of 822 companies of central forces have been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal.
Meanwhile, the BJP list of campaigners contains names of Union minister Smriti Irani, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma, MP from Bihar Giriraj Singh as heavyweights from outside the state.
Earlier on Monday, Dilip Ghosh alleged that he was attacked and abused by TMC workers while campaigning for the Bhabanipur by-poll.
Abhishek Banerjee also said the party would never compromise in its fight against the saffron camp.
Kolkata Police on Sunday asked actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty to appear before it on Monday
The marathon eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal is over and now all eyes are on May 2 when the votes will be counted. The over month-long elections in Bengal witnessed high-pitched and acerbic campaigning from both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party.
The marathon eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal is over and now all eyes are on May 2 when the votes will be counted. The over month-long elections in Bengal witnessed high-pitched and acerbic campaigning from both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While top leaders of the BJP, including PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, have repeatedly express confidence of the saffron party winning more than 200 seats, CM Mamata Banerjee has also exuded confidence of retaining power in the state where her TMC had dethroned the Left in 2011 for the first time.
India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll for West Bengal has predicted a big win for the BJP against Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
The marathon eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal is over and now all eyes are on May 2 when the votes will be counted. The over month-long elections in Bengal witnessed high-pitched and acerbic campaigning from both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the prime challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
India TV-Pepoles Pulse Exit Poll prediction says BJP may get 13-16 seats, TMC may gain with 14-16, Congress may bag 1-2 seats in the seventh phase. Polling was held on 36 seats.
In the sixth phase, polling was held on 43 seats. Going by the India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll prediction, BJP may get 24-25 seats, TMC may win 12-17 and Congress 1 seat.
According to India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll prediction, BJP may win 32-36 seats, TMC may bag 3-8 seats, Congress just one seat in the fifth phase. Polling was held on 45 seats.
BJP may continue to maintain its lead in fourth phase too with respect to the TMC. The saffron party may bag 25-30 seats, TMC may win 11-13, Congress 1 seat, according to India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit Poll predictions. Polling was held on 44 out of 294 seats in the fourth phase.
According to India TV-Peoples Pulse Exit poll, BJP may win 16-19 seats while TMC may bag 10-12 in the third phase of assembly election. However, Congress, others may not be able to win even a single seat.
The bigger question for the BJP, however, is whether it can breach Mamata’s Kolkata fort this time. The city has 11 assembly constituencies, all of which are going to polls in the last two phases on April 26 and 29.
The BJP polling agent on Saturday got allegedly beaten-up by TM workers in Bardhaman. Polling for the fifth phase of election in West Bengal in underway.
The poll body will meet one representative of every political party today to discuss the implementation of COVID norms for upcoming four phases of election.
While speaking to ANI, BJP chief JP Nadda on April 13 said, "She (Mamata Banerjee) can go (to Cooch Behar), it's democracy but she said nothing about Anand Burman, a 22-yr-old youth who was killed.
Ahead of fifth phase of West Bengal polls, Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Islampur of Uttar Dinajpur on April 13.
BJP candidate from Behala East, Payel Sarkar on April 10, said that is she banking on women voters of her constituency.
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