Bengal Campaign

On the very second day of his job, the BJP's new Bengal chief had a run-in with the police as he campaigned in Kolkata's Bhowanipore area for his party's candidate who is contesting a by-poll against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her neighbourhoo

The BJP on Thursday complained to the Election Commission (EC) alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee violated Covid norms set by the EC while campaigning for the Bhabanipur by-poll.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kicked off her election campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency with a low-key meeting of party workers.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a day after saying that his party would challenge Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, today reversed the stand. He said the High Command had decided against even campaigning the West Bengal Chief Minister.

Mamata Banerjee is meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence. This is the Bengal Chief Minister's first meeting with the Prime Minister after the acrimonious Bengal election campaign in which the two clashed frequently.

Mamata Banerjee today skipped a meeting with PM Modi to assess the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, choosing instead a quick 15-minute interaction at the airbase where the PM's flight landed after an aerial survey.

Of course the party has lavished its own corpus of 'donations' on the polls, but in the still of the night, when ambulance sirens wail, does the BJP brass wonder if its Bengal mission was worth it?

PM Modi's party lost an election in a key state he visited frequently before the recent virus surge forced him off the campaign trail, adding to growing signs of a backlash over his government's handling of the world's worst Covid-19 outbreak.

The Trinamool Congress's Victory is a message to all opposition parties that "they too can stand up to the BJP and give them a contest", poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who crafted the party's campaign, told NDTV.

As the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in West Bengal, politicians from several parties praised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for steering her party to success despite an aggressive poll campaign by the challenger, BJP.

If the results of the Bengal election force the government to focus more on the pandemic and less on politicking, campaigning and legislator-purchasing then India will have gained. And lives will be saved.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday attacked the BJP for allegedly organising campaign rallies, flouting the Election Commission's (EC) Covid safety protocols amid a massive surge in cases, and urged the poll panel to take note.

No public rallies, foot marches or roadshows can be held in Bengal for the last two rounds of the assembly elections, the Election Commission said this evening -- hours after it was ordered to take action in view of the rising Covid cases by the Calc

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to Bengal on Friday to campaign for the ongoing state election citing urgent meetings to review the Covid situation in the country.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Sunday tweeted that Mamata Banerjee will not campaign in Kolkata anymore.

On the very second day of his job, the BJP's new Bengal chief had a run-in with the police as he campaigned in Kolkata's Bhowanipore area for his party's candidate who is contesting a by-poll against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her neighbourhoo

The BJP on Thursday complained to the Election Commission (EC) alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee violated Covid norms set by the EC while campaigning for the Bhabanipur by-poll.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kicked off her election campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency with a low-key meeting of party workers.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a day after saying that his party would challenge Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur, today reversed the stand. He said the High Command had decided against even campaigning the West Bengal Chief Minister.

Mamata Banerjee is meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence. This is the Bengal Chief Minister's first meeting with the Prime Minister after the acrimonious Bengal election campaign in which the two clashed frequently.

Mamata Banerjee today skipped a meeting with PM Modi to assess the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas, choosing instead a quick 15-minute interaction at the airbase where the PM's flight landed after an aerial survey.

Of course the party has lavished its own corpus of 'donations' on the polls, but in the still of the night, when ambulance sirens wail, does the BJP brass wonder if its Bengal mission was worth it?

PM Modi's party lost an election in a key state he visited frequently before the recent virus surge forced him off the campaign trail, adding to growing signs of a backlash over his government's handling of the world's worst Covid-19 outbreak.

The Trinamool Congress's Victory is a message to all opposition parties that "they too can stand up to the BJP and give them a contest", poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who crafted the party's campaign, told NDTV.

As the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in West Bengal, politicians from several parties praised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for steering her party to success despite an aggressive poll campaign by the challenger, BJP.

If the results of the Bengal election force the government to focus more on the pandemic and less on politicking, campaigning and legislator-purchasing then India will have gained. And lives will be saved.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday attacked the BJP for allegedly organising campaign rallies, flouting the Election Commission's (EC) Covid safety protocols amid a massive surge in cases, and urged the poll panel to take note.

No public rallies, foot marches or roadshows can be held in Bengal for the last two rounds of the assembly elections, the Election Commission said this evening -- hours after it was ordered to take action in view of the rising Covid cases by the Calc

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to Bengal on Friday to campaign for the ongoing state election citing urgent meetings to review the Covid situation in the country.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Sunday tweeted that Mamata Banerjee will not campaign in Kolkata anymore.