Tag: Bengal polls
PM Modi Urges Voters In Bengal, Assam To Cast Votes In Record Numbers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed several election rallies in West Bengal and Assam, on Thursday urged voters of the two poll-bound states to cast their votes in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy. ....
Assembly Election 2021: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Urge Voters To Exercise Franchise
As the polling for the third phase in West Bengal and Assam and single phase poll in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are underway, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged the people to exercise their franchise. ....
Impressive Voter Turnout In High-stakes Assembly Elections, Highest In Assam
Voting for the crucial third phase of Assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal, and the single phase elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, ended on Tuesday with all the major political parties -- BJP, Trinamool Congress, Congress, AIADMK and Left -- having high stakes. ....
BJP's Dilip Ghosh Barred From Campaigning For 24 Hours
After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Thursday barred West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours, charging him with making "provocative" public statements that can "seriously incite" emotions and lead to "breakdown" of law and order affecting the Assembly election process in the state. ....
Bengal Polls: 16.27% Polling Recorded In First 2 Hours
Brisk polling much on the line of the other phases was recorded in the fifth phase of polling in West Bengal where 45 constituencies across six districts including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Aklimpong, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and East Burdwan are going for the polls on Saturday. Altogether 1,13,73,307 voters will exercise their franchise in 15,789 polling stations spread across six districts. ....
'She Has An Old Habit Of Doing Politics With Dead Bodies': PM Modi Attacks Mamata Banerjee
Launching a blistering attack on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Trinamool Congress supremo has an old habit of doing politics with dead bodies and she is trying to do the same with the unfortunate death of five people at Sitalkuchi in Coochbehar on April 10. ....
Mamata Launches Campaign For 2021 Bengal Assembly Polls
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took on the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, saying it had deprived Bengal in every possible way. ....
Congress To Seal Alliance With Left For Bengal Polls
The Congress high command has given its nod for an alliance with Left parties for the West Bengal Assembly election next year. ....
Bengal Polls: Congress To Hold Seat Sharing Talks With Left
The Congress will hold seat sharing talks with the Left parties on Tuesday, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. ....
Tight Security Blanket, 1,500 CCTV Cameras In Kolkata In Place For PM Modi's Kolkata Rally
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s West Bengal unit is gearing up for the upcoming mega show of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kolkata's brigade parade ground on Sunday, the City of Joy has been virtually covered with a tight security blanket by the Kolkata police and security agencies coming from the Centre. ....
