West Bengal Election News

West Bengal elections: Another Banerjee vs Adhikari showdown likely

BJP fields Suvendu Adhikari from both Nandigram and Bhabanipur as part of strategy to challenge Mamata Banerjee in upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls

No eligible voter will be removed, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Kolkata

The chief election commissioner also emphasised that every eligible voter would have the opportunity to cast their ballot

EC meets political parties representatives in West Bengal ahead of polls

The parties urged the EC to take stringent measures to curb the activities of anti-social elements and prevent intimidation of voters during the elections

SC to hear plea against deletion of electors from Bengal electoral rolls

A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the submissions of senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy that the plea pertained to deletion of erstwhile voters from the rolls

As Nitish Kumar eyes Rajya Sabha seat, a look at the longest-serving CMs

Nitish Kumar, Bihar's longest-serving CM, does not feature among India's top five longest-serving chief ministers and currently ranks eighth with a cumulative tenure of 19 years and 199 days

Change inevitable in West Bengal after assembly polls: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Lambasting the TMC, he said those who had won the trust of the people of West Bengal some years ago have now launched a vicious attack on the state's pride

Voter deletions in post-SIR rolls aimed at dividing Bengal: Mamata

The CM continued her protest for the second consecutive day on Saturday, after she spent the night at the sit-in site at Metro Channel in central Kolkata

Voter deletions in post-SIR electoral rolls for dividing Bengal: Mamata

The TMC supremo had begun the demonstration at Metro Channel in central Kolkata on Friday, accusing the Election Commission of conspiring with the BJP to "disenfranchise Bengal voters"

'Mamata should be ashamed,' Shivraj slams Bengal govt over law and order

The BJP leader also accused the TMC of preparing fake Aadhaar and voter cards for infiltrators and attempting to change the region's demography

Amit Shah vows to 'throw out infiltrators' if BJP wins in Bengal polls

Shah said the TMC had turned Bengal into a "swarg (heaven) for infiltrators" and alleged that the border state's security was compromised because the ruling dispensation allowed illegal immigration

WB's original inhabitants will become minority due to infiltration: Nadda

Nadda, the Union health minister, accused the TMC government of blocking central welfare schemes, particularly Ayushman Bharat

BJP to launch 'Paribartan Yatra' across poll-bound Bengal from today

The programme will kick off a day after the publication of the revised electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state

Voters face issues as EC portal down in Bengal after SIR rolls publication

The poll panel has started publishing the electoral rolls in phases, which marked the culmination of a 116-day statewide exercise that began on November 4 last year

Over 47,000 names deleted in Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur seat after SIR

South Kolkata's Bhabanipur assembly segment, widely regarded as Banerjee's pocket borough, had 2,06,295 voters when the SIR process began on November 4 last year

Central forces to be deployed in poll-bound West Bengal from March 1

The official said that the first batch of around 240 companies will be inducted by March 1, while an equal number of companies will join them by March 10