West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Monday the returning officer of Nandigram did not order recounting of votes even after she demanded it as he feared for his life.
The Trinamool Congress romped home in West Bengal, pocketing 213 of the 292 assembly seats and secured a third straight term in office, according to the final results announced by EC
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm and stake claim to form the government
In the high-stakes 294-seat state polls, Banerjee's TMC registered its best performance ever, wining or leading in 217 seats and bagging a vote share of 48% as at the time of publication
Opposition parties are likely to assert themselves in like the GST Council, but more immediately in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.
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Mamata Banerjee steamrolled the BJP election war machine as she powered the TMC to a two thirds majority in the assembly elections and secured a third straight term in office in West Bengal
Leaders of 13 Opposition parties Sunday urged the Centre to launch a free mass vaccination drive across the country in view of the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases.
This is victory of Bengal and only Bengal can do it , she said in her brief message to party workers.
Striving to prove that 'Bangla nijer meyekei chaye' (Bengal wants its own daughter), West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has won from the Nandigram constituency by a narrow margin of 1,200 votes
Barring occasional interviews with the news media, he works rather quietly in his election war room or is seated obscurely among throngs of party workers and leaders listening intently to them
Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who guided the TMC to what is likely to be a spectacular victory, announced Sunday he is "quitting this space", accusing EC of being an "extension of BJP".
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday hailed Mamata Banerjee as the "Tigress of Bengal", as her party TMC looks set to retain power in West Bengal after bitterly fought Assembly election against BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday credited Mamata Banerjee for the TMC's astounding performance in Bengal elections, and said his party would introspect the poll results
The Left and the Congress appear to be way behind the curve in West Bengal's elections.
The trends after the fourth round of counting show that the other Trinamool Congress heavyweights are leading in their respective Assembly constituencies.
Many analysts had predicted that Nandigram will be one of the most-watched electoral battles in the state's history
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was Sunday trailing her BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by 3460 votes after two rounds of counting, officials said.
After eight-phased Assembly polls in West Bengal ended on April 29, the results will finally come out on Sunday with the Election Commission set to begin counting of votes at 8 am today.
Skybus ads across newspapers in Assam by major political parties raise serious questions about the business of polling