Bypolls: TMC fields Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol LS seat, Babul Supriyo from Ballygunge Assembly

The Asansol constituency fell vacant after Supriyo resigned as an MP and the Ballygunge Assembly seat after West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee died.

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· Mar 13, 2022 · 01:45 pm

Bengal battle shows that for Indian democracy, elections matter more than accountability, governance

Indian democracy is often only about elections and victory at all costs.

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· Apr 26, 2021 · 07:30 am

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee will chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ before elections are over, says Amit Shah

The Union home minister said the polls will be a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘development model’ and Banerjee’s "destruction model’.

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· Feb 11, 2021 · 03:56 pm

‘People in Bengal have decided to say goodbye to Mamata Banerjee,’ says BJP chief JP Nadda

The BJP president accused the West Bengal chief minister of depriving farmers by not implementing the PM-Kisan scheme in the state.

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· Feb 06, 2021 · 03:35 pm

West Bengal: BJP chief JP Nadda flags off statewide ‘Parivartan Yatra’

The BJP leadership said they will go ahead with the event amid confusion over permission.

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· Feb 06, 2021 · 01:18 pm

A day after quitting TMC, Rajib Banerjee joins BJP in Delhi along with four rebel leaders

Ex-TMC MLAs Prabir Ghosal and Baishali Dalmiya, former Howrah Mayor Rathin Chakraborty and actor Rudranil Ghosh were among those who switched sides.

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· Jan 31, 2021 · 12:19 pm

West Bengal polls: Trinamool Congress accuses BSF of threatening voters in border areas

The BSF denied the charges of threatening voters to cast their votes in favour of a particular political party, saying it was ‘apolitical’.

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· Jan 21, 2021 · 05:03 pm

West Bengal: Three BJP workers held for allegedly chanting ‘goli maro’ during roadshow

The incident came a day after similar slogans were heard at a rally by the ruling Trinamool Congress in Kolkata.

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· Jan 21, 2021 · 01:00 pm

West Bengal polls: Controversial ‘goli maaro’ slogan heard at TMC rally in Kolkata

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh admitted that the controversial slogan should not have been shouted, but blamed it on ‘some over-enthusiastic party workers’.

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· Jan 20, 2021 · 12:22 pm

Mamata Banerjee to contest West Bengal Assembly elections from Nandigram

The seat was represented by Trinamool Congress rebel Suvendu Adhikari, who switched to the BJP last month.

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· Jan 18, 2021 · 02:15 pm

‘Reaching Kolkata soon’: Shiv Sena to contest West Bengal Assembly elections, says Sanjay Raut

He, however, did not specify the number of seats his party will contest.

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· Jan 18, 2021 · 01:23 pm

West Bengal polls: Prashant Kishor vows to quit Twitter if BJP manages to ‘cross double digits’

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has roped in Kishor to strategise for the state elections.

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· Dec 21, 2020 · 01:21 pm