Bengal elections: Mamata, Amit Shah's rallies to intensify Nandigram battle
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from various places that went to polls on Saturday during the first phase of Bengal assembly polls
The Phase 1 of polling is expected to witness a tight contest between the saffron party BJP and the ruling TMC
A clash broke out on Saturday between activists of the BJP and the TMC in Purba Medinipur's Nandigram constituency
A huge controversy erupted on Sunday amid the polling for 30 assembly seats in West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of threatening railway workers, adding that it is selling the railways and wiping out jobs.
Mamata alleged that the BJP was bringing in goons from outside to stop people from exercising their franchise in Bengal
TMC on Saturday alleged that the BJP was trying to change the process of polling agents in West Bengal, as the polling for the first phase of state assembly elections is underway
Voters in West Bengal were found queuing up in large numbers outside polling stations across the 30 assembly constituencies with 36.09 polling recorded in the first five hours on Saturday
BJP)president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday rubbished the allegations of poll rigging made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) and said Mamata Banerjee's party is losing and therefore it is making false charges.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas in the first phase of assembly elections, even as the overall poll situation was peaceful with 36.09 per cent turnout recorded till 11 am
During the first phase of West Bengal assembly elections, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for the Salboni constituency, Sushanta Ghosh, was attacked by unknown miscreants.
In a veiled attack at Suvendu Adhikari, Derek O'Brien on Saturday said "Bengal's daughter (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) will defeat Bengal's traitor in Nandigram Assembly seat
BJP candidate from West Midnapore Samit Das alleged that Trinamool Congress is creating disturbances in the rural areas of the district as voting in the first phase of Assembly polls is underway
A delegation of Trinamool Congress will meet the West Bengal CEO at 12 noon on Saturday to raise 'some serious concerns', as polling for the first phase of state assembly elections is underway
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas that are voting in the first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal on Saturday.
Soumendu Adhikari, BJP leader and brother of Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday alleged that people were being stopped from voting at a polling centre in Contai."Voters being influenced and stopped from voting at booth number 149. Overall polling is being held peacefully. EVMs are malfunctioning at some locations; it happens in all polls, the EC is looking into it," Soumendu Adhikari told ANI.The BJP leader said there should be free and fair polls and they have approached the Election Commission."We approached the EC that there should be free and fair polls. People will choose whom they want. TMC is scared. We have given the name of one Alauddin to Election Commission, he created disturbance there," Adhikari said.Soumendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, joined BJP earlier this year ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.Polling is underway on 30 seats covering all assembly constituencies in the districts of Purulia and Jhargram and a segment of Bankura, Purba ...
The Purba Medinipur district witnessed violence as bombing, firing took place in the Satsatmal village at the Argoal gram panchayat in Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency, injuring 2 security personnel
As polling for the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam began on Saturday morning, Amit Shah urged citizens to vote fearlessly for the development of the states
As the polling for first of the eight-phase assembly polls in West Bengal began on Saturday morning, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called upon people of the state to vote in large number."I call upon the people of Bengal to exercise their democratic right by coming out and voting in large numbers," Mamata tweeted.An intense tussle of power has been witnessed between BJP and the ruling TMC, with both sides at loggerheads with each other on various issues in the poll-bound state. Several members from TMC have defected to BJP and vice versa.Sitting on a wheelchair, Mamata exerted her best efforts in the campaigns to testify her statement that a "wounded tigress becomes more aggressive".The West Bengal Chief Minister even termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as Duryodhana and Dushasana.In the first phase, 30 seats covering all assembly constituencies from the districts of Purulia and Jhargram and a segment of Bankura, Purba Medinipur and ...