Page 12 - West Bengal Assembly Polls

EC should hold urgent all-party meeting to decide on Bengal polls: Yechury

Worried over a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in West Bengal, the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Friday that the ECI should immediately call an all-party meeting

Taxing taskmaster: As CEC, Chandra will oversee toughest Assembly polls

He will retire in May 2022, having overseen the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur Assembly elections, leaving it to others to conduct the next general election due 2024

24-hour campaign ban on BJP's Dilip Ghosh over his Sitalkuchi remarks

The ban relates to Ghosh's "there will be Sitalkuchi in several places" remark

Ending speculation, EC says no plan to merge last 3 phases of Bengal polls

The Election Commission on Thursday dismissed speculation that the last three phases of assembly polls in West Bengal could be combined

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BJP will not get even 70 seats in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

Many expect the election to be a cliff-hanger

BJP trying to destroy Bengal and its culture, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday termed BJP claims to build "Sonar Bangla" (golden Bengal) as a "mirage"

Will spare none, Mamata after meeting Cooch Behar victims' families

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the families of the victims who were killed at Sitalkuchi during the fourth phase of polling

Delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs to meet EC officials today in Delhi

A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will meet Election Commission officials in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, the party said

Incompetence of PM Modi, Amit Shah leading to rising Covid-19 cases: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.Speaking at a public rally in Barasat, Mamata said: "When COVID-19 happened, where were they? They were not seen for over a year. PM Modi and Home Minister were hiding in their homes. Because of your negligence, COVID-19 cases are rising in the country. The cases have risen due to your incompetence.""I have been asking for injections for three months. I wrote the letter in February. Why have you not given me? I want to give COVID injections for free to all. But we are not getting it. Whatever I have received, I will start distributing it from tomorrow," she added.India has been witnessing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases, with more than 1.6 lakh coronavirus reported on Monday.Further lashing out at the Prime Minister for making public speeches on the polling day, the Chief Minister said that he is misleading and ...

Mixed performance by West Bengal in implementation of big central schemes

The state has been a top performer in FY21 on Central schemes like MGNREGA, But its performance in distribution of free grains during the lockdown to the poor had been dismal

Footballer Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP ahead of fifth phase of WB polls

Bengali footballer Arindam Bhattacharya on Tuesday formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the fifth phase of the ongoing assembly West Bengal elections in the state

I'm a street fighter, I fight from battleground: Mamata to BJP after EC ban

After the ban imposed on her by the EC ended on Tuesday evening, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee challenged the rival BJP, saying that she is a street fighter and fights from the battleground

Mamata Banerjee has realised TMC will lose the election: Rajnath

Singh Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has realized that Trinamool Congress will lose the ongoing assembly poll to the BJP

EC lets off BJP's Suvendu Adhikari with a light rap for 'mini-Pak' remark

The Election Commission has let off BJP candidate from West Bengal's Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari with a light rap for his "mini-Pakistan" remark made at a public meeting last month

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Mamata Banerjee stages dharna in Kolkata to protest 24-hr campaign ban

Banerjee on Tuesday staged a 3.5-hour-long dharna in the heart of the city

EC imposed campaign ban on Mamata at BJP's behest, says Sanjay Raut

Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission's decision to bar Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP.

Trinamool Congress, Cong, Left parties depend on outsiders: Amit Shah

Shah took on Mamata Banerjee for her oft-repeated 'outsider' barb

Gorkha problem to be fixed after BJP comes to power in Bengal: Amit Shah

Shah on Tuesday gave assurance that a political solution to the long-drawn "Gorkha problem" in the Hills will be reached once the BJP forms government in West Bengal.