West Bengal Elections Highlights: Is Mamata trying to create anarchy? questions Amit Shah

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea for investigation by an independent agency into the March 10 incident where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured after an alleged attack on her in Nandigram. Three of the eight phases of polling have been completed. Stay tuned on DH for more latest updates.

It's minister versus minister in the star-studded Tollygunge seat

The Tollygunge constituency in Kolkata will witness a battle of political heavyweights between BJP Union Minister Babul Supriyo and Trinamool Congress (TMC) Minister and three-time MLA Arup Biswas. The constituency,known as the hub of the Bengali film industry called Tollywood, is known for the political jostling among parties for control over the industry.

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Mamata alleges Shah trying to incite violence in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged Home Minister Amit Shah was trying to incite violence in the state and egging the police to engage in unethical acts.

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Shah knocks on doors in Mamata's backyard Bhabanipur to campaign for actor Rudranil

On a door-to-door electioneering drive, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday went around the city's Bhabanipur assembly constituency, considered to be a backyard of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Shah was here to drum up support for actor-turned-BJP candidate Rudranil Ghosh, a political newbie fielded from the south Calcutta area which has a sizeable Gujarati population.

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People of West Bengal have decided to end TMC's rule: J P Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda on Friday claimed that the people of West Bengal have decided to end the rule of the Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scared of losing the assembly election.

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Supreme Court refuses plea for probe into Mamata's alleged Nandigram attack

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea for investigation by an independent agency into the March 10 incident where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured after an alleged attack on her in Nandigram.

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While campaigning, people told there's no development or job. People say opp to Mamata Banerjee's claim. Bobby Hakim's goon threatened them with knives & pistols. They tried to kill me when we were going to file complaint: Rudranil Ghosh, BJP.

'I want Mamata to have some common sense,' says Amit Shah

Coming down hard on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday her fulminations against central forces betrayed frustration over "impending defeat" in the Assembly elections.

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13 years after protest, industrialisation issue may come back to haunt TMC in Singur

Thirteen years after the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) agitation against the erstwhile Left Front government’s acquisition of farmlands for the Tata Motor’s Nano car factory which catapulted the party to power in West Bengal, the situation in Singur is a bit ironic.

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The curious case of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi's absence

The ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections 2021 have seen the most high-profile battles this political season. On the one hand, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is looking to counter the anti-incumbency wave and come back to power for a third consecutive time. On the other hand, BJP is trying to grab power in a state that has to date rebuffed all its attempts.

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Battle of nerves between TMC and BJP amid changing political equations in North Bengal

North Bengal, with its 54 seats spread across seven districts, has all the wherewithal to be a game-changer this election, with the BJP striving hard to hold its fort in the region, and the TMC seeking to recover its lost ground amid changing political equations.

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Vital tea garden workers' votes hinge on minimum wages, land rights

The fourth and fifth phases of the West Bengal Assembly elections will present a politically crucial section of the electorate the opportunity to exercise their franchise -- around 4.5 lakh tea garden workers -- who are harbouring hopes of a better minimum daily wage and rights to their land.

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Babul Supriyo's electoral fate on stake in Phase IV of West Bengal Assembly elections

The electoral fates of Union Minister Babul Supriyo and West Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee and Arup Biswas will be decided on Saturday when votes will be cast for the fourth phase of the high octane poll in West Bengal, for which is stage is set.

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TMC MP Mahua Moitra calls Home Minister Amit Shah "Mr Jumla Shah"

Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacts with the media on the eve of 4th phase of State Assembly polls, in Kolkata, Friday, April 9, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

Nothing will be left if those two from Gujarat win in West Bengal: Mamata at rally

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses rally

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PM campaigns in Bengal on polling days, yet there is no ruling that he has violated election conduct code: Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Purba Bardhaman

(PTI)

Sonar Bangla Abhiyan will begin from Kolkata: Amit Shah

Sonar Bangla Abhiyan will begin from Kolkata. Kolkata will remain the 'City of Joy' & we will also work to transform it into 'City of Future'. We will make a Rs 22,000 crore Kolkata Development Fund for infrastructural strengthening: Home Minister& BJP leader Amit Shah in Kolkata

(ANI)

Have never seen a CM or party chief use words Mamata Banerjee is using against central forces, is she trying to create anarchy? : Amit Shah

Amit Shah pledges 'Kolkata Development Fund' of Rs 22,000 crore for infrastructure projects if BJP wins state Assembly elections.

TMC's frustration over impending defeat evident from Mamata's outbursts against central forces: Home Minister Amit Shah

(PTI)

Amit Shah holds Press Conference

West Bengal: Convoy of Rantidev Sengupta, BJP candidate from South Howrah was allegedly attacked by unidentified persons, yesterday.

Election Commission of India issues notices to CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee. This is the second notice issued to her by Election Commission.

Election Commission of India issued notices to CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee asking her to explain her stand by April 10, regarding her statements against Central Forces on March 28 and April 7. This is the second notice issued to her by Election Commission.

(PTI)

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from Nandigram in West Bengal, for alleged communal overtones in his speech made last month. He has been asked to respond to the notice within 24 hours.

The notice said the poll panel received a complaint from Kavita Krishnan of CPI-ML Central Committee in which it was alleged that on March 29 Adhikari delivered a "hate speech" in Nandigram while addressing a public meeting.

(PTI)

Crowd of supporters during West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's election campaign rally in support of party candidates Ratna Chatterjee and Partha Chatterjee, ahead of the 4th phase of State Assembly polls, in Kolkata.

Credit: PTI Photo

Campaigning for the high-decibel fourth phase of polling, for 44 assembly seats scheduled in five districts of West Bengal on April 10, ended at 5 pm on Thursday. 1,15,81,022 voters will decide the fate of 373 candidates in Saturday's polling.

Campaigning for the high-decibel fourth phase of polling, for 44 assembly seats scheduled in five districts of West Bengal on April 10, ended at 5 pm on Thursday. A total of 1,15,81,022 voters including 58,82,514 men, 56,98,218 women and 290 members of the third gender, will decide the fate of 373 candidates in Saturday's polling in constituencies spread over Howrah (Part II), South 24 Parganas (Part III), Hooghly (Part II) in south Bengal and in north Bengal's Alipurduar and Coochbehar.

The polling will be held between 7 am to 6.30 pm in 15,940 polling stations. At stake are nine Assembly constituencies in Howrah, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar, nine in Coochbehar and ten in Hooghly.

(PTI)

CPI(M) doubts EC's neutrality; says TMC, BJP may join hands in case of hung Assembly

The CPI(M)'s West Bengal secretary Surya Kanta Mishra on Thursday questioned the Election Commission's impartiality and claimed that the Trinamool Congress and the BJP may join hands if both the parties fall short of requisite numbers to form the government.

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