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Mamata will be out of power on May 2: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Chouhan asserted on Sunday that the BJP will win the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, and Mamata Banerjee will lose her chief ministership on May 2

At mega rally, Left leaders call for Janhit Sarkar in Bengal

The Left Front, in alliance with the Congress and the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday projected itself as a "third alternative force" in West Bengal

Mamata will tie up with BJP in case of hung assembly in Bengal: Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the Trinamool Congress has to be defeated first to stop the communal bandwagon of the RSS-BJP

Congress-Left-ISF alliance not a threat to BJP in WB: Kailash Vijayvargiya

In the third phase, 31 constituencies in 3 districts will go to polls on April 6. 44 constituencies in five districts will go for polling on April 10"

No postal ballot facility for overseas Indian voters in five assembly polls

Eligible overseas Indian voters will not get the facility of postal ballots in the five assembly elections to be held in March and April

Trinamool Congress forms 12-member committee for West Bengal polls

The Trinamool Congress on Friday announced a 12-member election committee that will look into the selection of candidates and plan a campaign for the upcoming assembly polls. The panel will be headed by West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, party's secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said after its core committee meeting. Senior party leaders, MPs and MLAs are other members of the committee, he said. Subrata Bakshi, Abhishek Banerjee, Sudip Banerjee, Derek O Brien, Sougata Roy and C M Jatua are members of the election panel. Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Partha Chatterjee Chandrima Bhattacharya and Aroop Biswas are also part of the team. According to party sources, the TMC leaders had extensively discussed the issues related to the selection of candidates and planned for the campaign. "Selection of the candidates will be an important thing this time and inputs from election strategist Prashant Kishor and his team I-PAC will play an important

From Tumpa song to flash mobs, Left goes for a revamp in West Bengal

"Tumpa Sona", which takes potshots at Trinamool Congress and BJP, has gone viral since its launch last week, drawing flak and praise in equal measure

5 assembly polls to begin Mar 27, WB to have 8 phases, counting on May 2

As many as 186 million voters will be eligible to cast their votes at 270,000 polling stations for 824 assembly seats across Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

EC has tried to help BJP: Cong leader on eight-phase polls in West Bengal

The West Bengal Assembly polls will be held in eight phases, up from seven the last time, beginning with polling for 30 seats on March 27

'Are poll dates announced as per suggestions of BJP?': Mamata questions EC

Addressing a press conference at her residence in Kalighat, Banerjee said the Election Commission should not look at the state 'through the eyes of the saffron camp' -- a reference to the BJP

EC announces election schedule for five states: Here are the key dates

A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora

West Bengal election 2021 in 8 phases from March 27; counting on May 2

West Bengal election 2021: Mamata has pitched this election as a contest between the people of Bengal and 'outsiders'. Meanwhile, political pundits expect BJP's meteoric rise in Bengal

EC to announce dates of assembly polls in TN, Assam, Kerala, Bengal today

The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June

LIVE: DMK-Congress meetings are like corruption hackathon, says Modi in TN

In less than two months from now, elections are set to be held in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Assam. Stay tuned for LIVE updates as we track poll campaigns of political parties

AIMIM alleges admin misusing power by denying permission to Owaisi's rally

"They are misusing their power. Seeking permission for the rally by adhering to the procedure is our democratic right," he added

Asaduddin Owaisi's 1st Kolkata rally cancelled as police 'deny' permission

Owaisi was scheduled to kick off his party's campaign ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections with the rally in the minority-dominated Metiabruz area of the city

Polling in Covid time: Bihar model to be followed in Bengal, says official

ECI will follow the Bihar model, taken up last year for conducting the assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, during the upcoming election in West Bengal

TMC worker killed, 2 injured in bomb attack in poll-bound Bengal

An activist of the ruling Trinamool Congress was killed and two others were injured when bike-borne assailants attacked them with bombs and bullets in Paschim Medinipur district

Coal theft case: CBI examines TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of her nephew Abhishek in south Kolkata's Harish Mukherjee Road minutes before the CBI team landed there

Mamata visits Abhishek's residence ahead of CBI examination in coal case

The TMC supremo was at the Abhishek's house for around ten minutes