Page 3 - West Bengal Assembly Elections
CPI(M) shares Rahul Gandhi's views on TMC and BJP: Party state secretary
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi in an election rally on Saturday accused him of trying to kill democracy
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Congress heavyweight looking for 11th victory from Kharagpur
Gyan Singh Sohan Pal is among the handful of Congressmen who had shared dias with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
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WB Assembly poll: Congress, CPI(M) holding joint protests even as tie-up yet to be sealed
The TMC on its part has refused to give any importance to the proposed alliance
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Ahead of polls, 200 companies of forces take charge in Bengal
The units were engaged in area domination and law and order duties besides identifying vulnerable areas
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Netaji's grand nephew begins poll campaign
Chandra Bose, nominated by the BJP as its candidate from the Bhowanipore assembly seat.
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Poll time spells boom time for campaign tools traders
Almost all political parties in the fray have placed their orders much before the announcement of the election dates.
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Left will not ally with Congress in West Bengal: CPI national secretary
There is no possibility of having direct alliance with Congress in future too, said CPI National Secretary Amarjeet Kaur
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Outcome of alliance talks between CPI(M), Congress likely next week
A CPI(M) politburo member said that consultations were being held in a cordial and positive atmosphere
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Alliance versus alliance
As talk of an alliance between the Congress and the Left parties ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections gathers steam, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has spoken of a "stronger" alliance that she had forged with the people of the state. On the penultimate day of the Assembly session before the polls, Banerjee said in the House that her opponents were trying to forge an "unholy alliance", but her government had "already forged an alliance of the people". She urged the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Congress to make their alliance "official" and expressed confidence that her party, the Trinamool Congress, would win again "with the blessings of the people and the development work" her government had done in the last five years.
