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West Bengal Elections 2019

  • East Focus: BJP makes tremendous gains in Bengal and Odisha, Patnaik set to win a fifth term

    East Focus: BJP makes tremendous gains in Bengal and Odisha, Patnaik set to win a fifth term

    Scroll Staff
    · May 23, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • West Bengal: Will anger at rigging in last year’s panchayat polls singe Trinamool – and help BJP?

    West Bengal: Will anger at rigging in last year’s panchayat polls singe Trinamool – and help BJP?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Apr 26, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • In Darjeeling, the BJP is silent on Gorkhaland demand – but most Gorkha parties are supporting it

    In Darjeeling, the BJP is silent on Gorkhaland demand – but most Gorkha parties are supporting it

    Anuradha Sharma
    · Apr 16, 2019 · 07:00 am
  • Elections 2019: In Bengal’s Malda, BJP workers are angry about defectors getting Lok Sabha tickets

    Elections 2019: In Bengal’s Malda, BJP workers are angry about defectors getting Lok Sabha tickets

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Mar 29, 2019 · 07:30 am