West Bengal Election News

SC dismisses plea against transfer of EC officers in poll-bound West Bengal

The bench passed the order while hearing a plea challenging a Calcutta High Court order dated March 31

Updated On: 16 Apr 2026 | 2:58 PM IST

From Singur to welfare: How West Bengal's poll issues evolved since 2006

From industrialisation and land protests to welfare, jobs and corruption, West Bengal's election issues have layered over two decades shaping the 2026 political contest

Updated On: 15 Apr 2026 | 3:36 PM IST

Shah vows to resolve Gorkha issue, withdraw cases if BJP wins West Bengal

The former BJP chief said that he has no doubt that the BJP will defeat the TMC in West Bengal

Updated On: 15 Apr 2026 | 2:31 PM IST

Bengal SIR: Logical discrepancy not recognised term under EC, says Mamata

Addressing a public rally at Pingla in Paschim Medinipur district, Banerjee said she has not seen a 'dirty party' like the BJP

Updated On: 14 Apr 2026 | 2:16 PM IST

In Bengal's Murshidabad, roll deletions trigger 'decitizenisation' fears

Even as CM Mamata Banerjee has vowed to fight to restore the electors' rights, a sense of abandonment is surfacing among those who have been disenfranchised

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 10:32 PM IST

TMC backs 'tukde-tukde' gang that threatened to snap Siliguri Corridor: PM

Addressing an election rally at the Kawakhali ground in the northern West Bengal city of Siliguri, Modi said the Centre was working to develop the corridor, which serves as a gateway to the Northeast

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 2:33 PM IST

SIR country's biggest recent scam, says Mamata at Bengal poll rally

Addressing a rally at Khandaghosh in Purba Bardhaman district, Banerjee claimed that the BJP would "snatch everything" from the people of West Bengal if it came to power in the state

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 2:12 PM IST

SC to hear on Monday pleas related to SIR of electoral rolls in Bengal

As per the apex court's cause list of April 13, the pleas would be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 12:37 PM IST

West Bengal elections: PM Modi to address poll rally in Siliguri today

On Sunday, PM will address a rally at Kawakhali Ground in Siliguri in support of BJP candidate Shankar Ghosh and other party nominees in north Bengal

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 10:30 AM IST

TMC, BJP woo women, youth, and scheme beneficiaries with poll promises

With polling nearing, every promise is really a coded appeal to a particular voter bloc, every welfare scheme, identity pitch, and slogan carefully designed to shift the electoral arithmetic

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 10:26 AM IST

Over 36 mn voters eligible for first phase of Assembly polls in Bengal: EC

The electoral rolls for the first phase comprise 18.4 million males, 17.5 million females and 465 persons of the third gender, the EC data showed

Updated On: 12 Apr 2026 | 6:34 AM IST

BJP to implement UCC, won't let Bengalis become minority in Bengal: Modi

The prime minister said this election is about saving West Bengal's identity

Updated On: 11 Apr 2026 | 5:10 PM IST

BJP govt will end TMC's 'syndicate raj' in Bengal if voted to power: Shah

BJP will end the 'syndicate raj' of the TMC government after winning the Bengal assembly elections, Amit Shah said

Updated On: 11 Apr 2026 | 2:49 PM IST

BJP, with EC's help, tried to invalidate my Bhabanipur nomination: Mamata

She also accused the BJP of 'plotting to forcefully capture votes through fraudulent means as they don't have the guts to fight and win the elections democratically'

Updated On: 11 Apr 2026 | 1:41 PM IST

BJP govt in West Bengal will speed up CAA, infiltrators must leave: Modi

The Prime Minister alleged that the 15-year rule of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had created an atmosphere of fear in Bengal

Updated On: 11 Apr 2026 | 1:25 PM IST

West Bengal elections: PM Modi to address three election rallies today

PM Modi will hold the rallies at Katwa in Purba Bardhaman, Jangipur in Muslim-majority Murshidabad district and Kushmandi in Dakshin Dinajpur

Updated On: 11 Apr 2026 | 10:40 AM IST

West Bengal polls: BJP manifesto reaches out to govt staff, women, youth

BJP's Bengal poll manifesto promises sops for employees, women and youth, focusing on jobs, welfare and law and order ahead of Assembly elections

Updated On: 10 Apr 2026 | 7:10 PM IST

Amit Shah sharpens BJP's poll pitch, promises UCC in 6 months, Bengali CM

In a remark clearly aimed at sharpening the BJP's pitch, he said, "What is appeasement? Is it allowing one person to have four wives, or asking everyone to follow the law of the land?"

Updated On: 10 Apr 2026 | 3:21 PM IST

BJP manifesto promises ₹3,000 monthly aid, Seventh Pay Commission in Bengal

Unveiling its 'Sankalp Patra' for the West Bengal assembly poll, Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the document as a roadmap for creating a 'Sonar Bangla'

Updated On: 10 Apr 2026 | 2:16 PM IST

West Bengal SIR: SC to hear plea against EC's voter roll freeze on Apr 13

The freezing of electoral rolls means that no new person, who has been deleted, can be added to the voters list for this assembly polls

Updated On: 10 Apr 2026 | 2:05 PM IST