West Bengal Assembly Elections highlights: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury releases Congress' manifesto

Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled BJP's election manifesto "Sonar Bangla Sankalpa Patra" for West Bengal. PM Modi said that he will not allow the TMC supremo to play with Bengal’s development and the dreams of its people. Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP after disgruntled TMC MP Sisir Adhikari joined BJP at Home Minister Amit Shah's rally in Bengal. Sources in the BJP said that his other son Dibyendu, a TMC MP from Tamluk, may also follow suit. Trinamool Congress MP Dev on Sunday claimed that the work done by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is unparallel, asserting that she would score 10 goals in the upcoming elections even with a broken leg.

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TMC member dies under mysterious circumstances in tribal Jhargram district

A Trinamool Congress anchal committee member died under mysterious circumstance in poll-bound West Bengal's tribal Jhargram district on Monday triggering a blame game between the party and BJP.

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Sachin Pilot, Manish Tewari among Congress's star campaigners for 3rd phase of Bengal polls

TheCongresson Monday released a list of its 'star campaigners' for the West Bengal assembly polls the third phase and it includes Sachin Pilot who had revolted against the party's government in Rajasthan and Manish Tewari who along with 22 leaders had written to Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul.

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BJP hired goons to threaten voters, claims Mamata Banerjee

Hitting out at the BJP over its promise to dole out "free" rice and pulses to people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said that the saffron party makes "tall promises" ahead of elections, and never delivers.

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West Bengal Assembly polls: 'Syndicate Raj', BJP's favourite weapon against TMC

You must have repeatedly heard these two words in certain rallies, even if you are following the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election with a sense of lethargy. More specifically, these words have frequently played their parts in the BJP rallies where the party has accused the Mamata Banerjee-helmed government of practising and fostering the 'syndicate raj'.

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Bengal Assembly polls: BJP promises Rs 1500 crore package for jute in order to retain vote bank

BJP's election manifesto for West Bengal has promised a Rs 1500 crore package for the ailing jute sector whose workers and farmers are seen as a vote bank for the party.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of making a false promise to supply free ration ahead of the assembly elections in the state and said the saffron party will "never fulfil this".

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Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commissioners along with senior officials to visit West Bengal to review poll preparedness ahead of the first phase of West Bengal Assembly poll

Mamata should first look after her 'Tolabaj Bhaipo': Suvendu Adhikari

She didn't take my name. She should first look after her 'Tolabaj Bhaipo': BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's reported statement "Adhikari family has looted crores without her knowledge"

Congress' West Bengal chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury releases party's manifesto

West Bengal is probably the only state where Durga idol immersion is stopped by govt, alleges Piyush Goyal

Didi wants to make 'Bhatija' CM of West Bengal: Amit Shah

Hurling the dynastic politics barb at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that she wants to make ‘bhatija’ (nephew) the Chief Minister West Bengal.

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CAA will be implemented in West Bengal, refugees staying here for 70 years will be given citizenship: Amit Shah

After dodging questions on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the BJP on Sunday announced in its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly elections that the decision of implementing the CAA will be taken in its first Cabinet meeting when it forms government in the state.

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Reservation for women, implementation of CAA: Key takeaways from BJP's West Bengal poll manifesto

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday unveiled the BJP's manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Calling it a 'Sankalp Patra', Shah saidthe manifesto is a resolution letter for West Bengal by the BJP.

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Implementation of CAA, one government job per family announced in BJP's West Bengal manifesto

The BJP on Sunday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal elections, promising to build a "Sonar Bangla" by providing employment, strengthening social security schemes and vowing to clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting of the new government.

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BJP's promise of Bengal tea worker wage hike false; it did not keep pledge in Assam: Tea trade union leader

The BJP's vow to increase the minimum wage of tea garden workers in West Bengal to Rs 350 is false, as the party did not keep a similar promise made to tea labourers of Assam five years ago, a tea trade union leader claimed.

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'Didi' will score 10 goals even with broken leg: TMC MP Dev

Trinamool Congress MP Dev on Sunday claimed that the work done by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is unparallel, asserting that she would score 10 goals in the upcoming elections even with a broken leg.

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