Bengal Assembly Election

"You Brought Covid And Ran Away": Mamata Banerjee Slams BJP At Rally

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday April 15, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blamed the BJP for the resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of the state and said had the government vaccinated everyone in time, there wouldn't have been this second outbreak of the pandemic.

"BJP Never Calls For Trinamool-Mukt Bharat": Rahul Gandhi's Dig In Bengal

Assembly West Bengal | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday April 14, 2021

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made his first campaign appearance in Bengal and tried to pitch the election - widely seen as a shoot-out between the ruling Trinamool and the BJP - as a three-way scrap that includes the Congress

"Hatred Starts To Intensify" Wherever BJP, RSS Go, Says Rahul Gandhi

India News | ANI | Wednesday April 14, 2021

Ahead of the fifth phase of elections in West Bengal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the BJP and RSS, saying that they start intensifying hatred among people wherever they go.

Light Warning For BJP's Suvendu Adhikari For "Mini Pakistan" Remark

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 13, 2021

Suvendu Adhikari -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's bitter rival in Nandigram -- was let off with a light warning by the Election Commission today. The decision coincided with the Commission's 24-hour campaigning ban on the Chief Minister --

Trinamool, Congress, Left Depend On Outsiders To Win Election: Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 13, 2021

Amit Shah today slammed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her repeated "outsider" jibe against him and PM Modi and accused her of lack of knowledge and said it is the Trinamool Congress, Left and Congress who have to depend on outsiders.

Congress Will Spring Surprise In Polls: Party's Bengal In-Charge BK Hariprasad

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 13, 2021

A triangular contest is playing out in the West Bengal Assembly polls and the results will spring a surprise with a strong undercurrent against both the TMC and the BJP and in favour of the Left-Congress-ISF alliance, senior Congress leader BK Haripr

"Unconstitutional": Mamata Banerjee's Dharna Today Over Campaign Ban

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday April 13, 2021

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will "protest the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission" - to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours - at noon tomorrow

Bengal Polls: 28% Phase 6 Candidates Have Criminal Record, Says Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 12, 2021

Of the 306 candidates contesting in the sixth phase of the Bengal Assembly polls, 28 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

NRC Will Have No Impact On Gorkhas: Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 12, 2021

Seeking to allay fears created among the people of the hills by TMC's "lies", Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted today that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will have no impact on the Gorkhas.

"Didi O Didi... Clean Bowled In Nandigram": PM Attacks Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 12, 2021

Mamata Banerjee has been "clean bowled" and her entire team has been asked to leave the field, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared today while campaigning in Bengal.

PM Modi, Amit Shah To Hold Multiple Rallies In Poll-Bound West Bengal Today

India News | ANI | Monday April 12, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs in poll-bound West Bengal today.

Rahul Gandhi To Campaign In West Bengal From April 14: Report

India News | ANI | Sunday April 11, 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will begin campaigning in West Bengal from April 14 and address rallies in Goalpokhar and Matigara-Naxalbari in the state, the party sources told news agency ANI today.

"Will Be There On 4th Day": Mamata Banerjee On Cooch Behar Ban, Violence

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday April 11, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who blamed the centre on Saturday for violence in Cooch Behar district's Sitalkuchi constituency, this morning hit out at the Election Commission over the three-day ban on politicians for three days. Four p

BJP Can't Give Citizenship To Matuas, They Already Have It: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 10, 2021

Accusing the BJP of giving false promises to the members of the politically significant Matua community on citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that those people have already been given all rights as citizens.

"No Effort To Incite Electorate": Mamata Banerjee On Central Forces Remark

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday April 10, 2021

Mamata Banerjee today said she did not try to incite or influence voters against central security forces with her comments at an election rally.