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Trinamool Attacks BJP Over Central Troop Deployment In Bengal Till May 25

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Questioning the BJP demand for deployment of central forces in West Bengal till the Model Code of Conduct is in place, an upset Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked the Election Commission "if Emergency has been declared" in the state, sources said.

Bengal Elections: BJP Says Trinamool Leaders "Have Lost Their Mind", Demands Re-Polling

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2019

The BJP on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of widespread violence in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, and demanded repolling at several booths in eight out of the nine constituencies.

"Exit Poll Gossip," Scoffs Mamata Banerjee As Predictions Favour BJP

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 19, 2019

The exit polls may have given opposition parties a major shock ahead of counting day, but Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has refused to budge from her position that the country's next government will not be headed by the BJP.

Poll of Exit Polls 2019: BJP Moves To Double Digits - Up From 2 - In Bengal: Poll Of Polls

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Sunday May 19, 2019

Despite Mamata Banerjee's spirited fight, the BJP is expected to win more than a dozen of the state's 42 seats, says the poll of polls, an aggregate of exit polls.

Stop "Telecast" Of PM Modi's Visits To Shrines: Chandrababu Naidu To Poll Body

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 19, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand on Saturday was a violation of the poll code, and asked the Election Commission to ensure that "continuous telecast of his private activities" is stopped with immediate effect.

BJP Candidate Claims Trinamool Placed Special Mark On Voting Machines

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 19, 2019

Bengal's BJP candidate Anupam Hazra has accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of placing a special mark against its election symbol in the Electronic Voting Machine to draw the voters' eye.

Over Trinamool Complaint Against PM, Babul Supriyo's "Tendulkar" Analogy

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday May 19, 2019

The Trinamool Congress's complaint to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his "highly televised" Kedarnath visit was a violation of Model Code of Conduct, has prompted Union Minister Babul Supriyo's clarification in which he has compared PM's popularity with that of iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, saying media cover...

Moon Moon Sen's Gaffe No. 2, Says Kolkata Clashes "Tiny Bit Of Violence"

India News | Reported by Rica Roy, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Sunday May 19, 2019

Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen, a Trinamool Congress candidate for the national election, was again accused of making a comment that undermined the violence in Bengal on the last day of voting for the national election on Sunday. "This is a tiny bit of violence," Moon Moon Sen said as she responded to a question on the vandalism of a statue ...

"Absolutely Unethical": PM's Kedarnath Trip Violates Code, Says Trinamool

India News | Reported by Rica Roy, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday May 19, 2019

The Trinamool Congress has complained to the Election Commission that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "widely televised" visit to Kedarnath shrine in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand was a violation of the Model Code. PM Modi will also visit Badrinath today.

Cars Set Ablaze, Bombs Hurled In Bengal's Bhatpara Day Before Polls

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Stela Dey | Sunday May 19, 2019

Ahead of the last phase of the marathon Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, clashes broke out between BJP and Trinamool Congress workers in Bhatpara, a constituency where Assembly bypolls are due on Sunday.

Hours Before Voting, Mamata Banerjee Urges Poll Body To Be "Impartial"

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 19, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission with hours to go for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, asking it to ensure peaceful and impartial voting in the state without any "interference" from the BJP-led central government.

BJP's "Delhi Voter" Mukul Roy Has To Leave Bengal During Polls: Trinamool

India News | ANI | Saturday May 18, 2019

Trinamool Congress on Saturday urged the Election Commission to direct Mukul Roy to leave the constituencies in West Bengal that are set to go to polls on May 19, stating that the BJP leader is a "Delhi voter."

Elections 2019: Mamata Banerjee's Nephew Abhishek Banerjee Sends Defamation Notice To PM

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 18, 2019

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee today sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly making "wildly fabricated allegations" against him at a rally at West Bengal's Diamond Harbour on Wednesday.

Blog: Is Modi Moving Mamata Banerjee's Cheese In Bengal?

Blog | IP Bajpai | Saturday May 18, 2019

The Modi-Shah plan is to do a Mamata on Mamata and topple the Trinamool using strategy similar to that for the CPM -- with two major differences. One, strong Hindutva, and two, the power and the money of a party in power at the centre.

PM Offers To Build Vidyasagar Statue, Mamata Banerjee Asks What About Ram

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday May 17, 2019

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- accused by the BJP of engineering the vandalism of the statue of 19th Century reformer Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar -- provided a laundry list of such destruction the BJP is allegedly responsible for.