West Bengal Assembly Elections Highlights: PM Modi to address rally in West Bengal's Kharagpur

PM Modi is set to address a rally in Kharagpur over the weekend. Meanwhile, after Suvendhu Adhikari's father publicly backed BJP saying he will attend Modi's rallies, BJP's Dilip Ghosh has not supported his wish to join the party. The state chief said he could offer support from outside. Earlier, Bhupender Yadav claimed Mamata Banerjee is running a misinformation campaign against BJP. BJP released the list of 148 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections, fielding several Trinamool Congress (TMC) turncoats including national vice-president Mukul Roy, another MP and several celebrities. Votes will be counted on May 2.

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EC's partisanship, bias coming in way of free and fair election in West Bengal, alleges TMC

The Trinamool Congress on Friday alleged that the “partisan and biased approach” taken by the Election Commission was coming in the way of conducting “free, fair and transparent” Assembly polls in West Bengal.

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25 per cent candidates contesting Bengal polls phase-1 declared criminal cases against themselves: ADR

Forty-eight of the 191 candidates contesting the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal on March 27 or a little over 25 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms.

On the education details of candidates, ADR said 96 (50 per cent) candidates have declared their educational qualifications to be between class 5 and 12 while 92 (48 per cent) candidates have declared to be graduates or above. Three candidates are diploma holders.

PM Modi to address rally in West Bengal's Kharagpur

Will be in Assam & West Bengal tomorrow & the day after. I would be speaking at rallies in West Bengal's Kharagpur & Assam's Chabua tomorrow. Will elaborate on BJP’s development agenda during my speeches. It is clear both states want to elect NDA in the upcoming polls, says PM Modi

BJP raised issue of violence endured by BJP workers with EC: Yadav

We raised two more issues before EC - Violence endured by BJP workers in the last few days including an attack at BJP MP Arjun Singh's house & deputation of central forces. They should be designated within polling booths to check voters' IDs, saysBJP National Gen-Secy Bhupender Yadav

Mamata Banerjee is running misinformation campaign against BJP: Bhupender Yadav

Mamata Banerjee is running misinformation campaign & hurling false allegations against BJP leaders esp HM. She insulted EC by claiming that it's working as per BJP orders. Requested EC to issue notice & seek clarification from her for lying, saysBJP National Gen-Secy Bhupender Yadav

'She does not want democracy': Ghosh attacks TMC

They (TMC) didn’t let people file nomination for Panchayat elections or cast vote. Everybody is aware that who is rigging votes. Municipality elections are pending for 2 years. She does not want democracy, says BJP chief Dilip Ghosh in East Midnapore, West Bengal

BJP divided over Suvendu's father joining the party

BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday said he is not supporting Suvendu Adhikari's father Sisir joining the party, adding that the TMC leadercould support if he wanted.

BJP deligation to meet EC over West Bengal violence

BJP old-timers shedding tears as party fielded TMC turncoats: Mamata at poll rally

Branding TMC turncoats as "traitors", party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said it was good riddance that they have left her camp, but the "switch over has left BJP old-timers sulking" as the saffron party has chosen to field the defectors over its loyalists.

Addressing a poll rally at Egra in Purba Medinipur, the West Bengal chief minister accused the BJP of practising "politics of riot, loot and murder", and urged everyone "to be on guard against outsiders appearing in their localities".

Saradha scam: TMC poll nominees Madan Mitra, Vivek Gupta depose before ED officials

TMC assembly poll candidates Madan Mitra and Vivek Gupta on Friday deposed before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials here in connection with the probe into Saradha chit fund scam.

Mitra, who has been fielded by the party from Kamarhati assembly constituency, was, in the past, arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the case, and later granted bail.

Speaking against him is speaking against Bharat Mata: Suvendu Adhikari

You will have to take PM Modi's vaccine against Covid-19. He is the elected PM. Speaking against him is speaking against democracy. Speaking against him is speaking against Bharat Mata. Pakistan and Bangladesh don't have vaccine so you'll have to take PM Modi's vaccine: Suvendu Adhikari, BJP slams Mamata Banerjee.

TMC delegation meets EC over 'free & fair polls' in WB

"We met EC today and we raised 3 points- the rule under which they are proposing to put only central forces withing 100mtrs of the polling booth, only 5% of VVPAT checking as supposed to 100% & the incident involving CM on March 10," TMC MP Mahua Moitra said as the meeting concluded.

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Amit Shah to release BJP manifesto for Bengal on Sunday

BJP manifesto for West Bengal assembly elections will be released by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 21st March at Kolkata, BJP Central Observer for West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Friday.

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Bid farewell to BJP, we don't want BJP. We don't want to see Modi's face. We don't want riots, looters, Duryodhan, Dushasana, Mir Jafar: Mamata Banerjee during a rally in East Midnapore.

To me, 'D' of Didi means Dictator, which she is: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

To me, 'D' of Didi means Dictator, which she is. 'I' is being Insensitive towards people, 'D' means Deed of spreading fear and 'I' means an Incompetent CM. In 1906, the British divided West Bengal and now you have divided Sonar Bangla into Hindus and Muslims: Shivraj Singh Chouhan. (ANI)

Another meaning of TMC is Terror, Murder, Corruption: MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Another meaning of TMC is Terror, Murder, Corruption. I'm warning TMC goons that when Didi leaves on May 2, they will be taught a lesson and none will be spared. BJP won't let this jungle raj continue: MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a rally in Midnapore, West Bengal.

BJP likely to release its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly election on March 21.

West Bengal Polls: A look at Mamata Banerjee's political career

In the run-up to the Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that it is her against the Bharatiya Janata Party in every constituency of the state. The BJP is locked in a heated political battle with the Mamata-ledTrinamool Congress in a bid to make inroads in the eastern stateand dethrone the chief minister of 10years.

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EC full bench likely to visit West Bengal on March 23 to review poll preparedness

The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to visit West Bengal on March 23 to review the preparedness for the ensuing Assembly elections in the state, a poll official said on Thursday. The eight-phase elections to the 294-member assembly will begin on March 27. Results will be declared on May 2.

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In Bengal, the Lotus will be hard for Mamata to weed out

The battle for Bengal Assembly has never been more heated up than now. On the one side, BJP's top brass are promising a 'Sonar Bangla,' leaving no stone unturned in their campaigns to win the state. Meanwhile, Didi, on her wheelchair, has indeed brought the game on. As parties exchange jibes and fiercely fight to win the crown, the TMC has to fight the anti-incumbency sentiment as well as the BJP, one whose power seems to only grow as it paints one state after the other saffron.

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Bengal Assembly elections: The women candidates of TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released the list of Trinamool Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly polls for 291 seats on March 5, with emphasis on youths, minorities, women and backward communities. Celebrities, local leaders, IPS officers have been included, while leaders over 80 years of age have bene excluded.

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BJP leaders lure voters with bagful of cash during polls, they are absent during crisis: Mamata Banerjee

Admitting that the relief doled out after Cyclone Amphan by her government might have missed out "one or two" beneficiaries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said BJP leaders were nowhere to be seen during the crisis.

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BJP announces 148 candidates for West Bengal Assembly polls

The BJP on Thursday released the list of 148 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections, fielding several Trinamool Congress (TMC) turncoats including national vice- president Mukul Roy, another MP and several celebrities.

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West Bengal Polls: BJP's Bankura face, a daily wager’s wife

After having a limited presence in West Bengalfor decades, the BJP has emerged as the ruling Trinamool Congress's main rival in the 2021Assembly elections.

The party has fielded one of the poorest nominees in the pollfor the Saltora Assembly seat in Bankura district. 30-year-oldChandana Bauri has three goats, three cows (one of them gifted by her parents), a mud house with no running water or toilet, and Rs 31,985 in cash and bank deposits, according to a report by The Indian Express.

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Will remove BJP from Centre after winning Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee

Throwing a direct challenge at the BJP and giving indications of her national political ambitions, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that after winning the Assembly elections, she would go after the BJP at the national level to oust it from power at the Centre.

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ED attaches Kolkata asset of TMC youth leader, brother in cattle-smuggling case

The ED on Thursday said it has attached an asset of TMC youth leader Vinay Mishra and his arrested brother Vikas Mishra in a money-laundering case linked to alleged cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.

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