West Bengal Election

BJP's "Polarisation Politics" Helped Mamata Banerjee: Adhir Chowdhury

India News | Asian News International | Sunday June 20, 2021

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the BJP's "polarisation politics" has damaged the Congress massively, but helped Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the recently held Assembly elections.

Bengal Congress Meets To Discuss Assembly Election Results

India News | Asian News International | Sunday June 20, 2021

The West Bengal unit of Congress party on Saturday held a meeting with all the district presidents of the state to discuss the recently concluded state Assembly election results.

Congress Should Have Aligned With Trinamool In Bengal: Veerappa Moily

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 19, 2021

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said his party should have struck an alliance with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool in the recent West Bengal elections, even as he expressed anguish over "ad-hocism" in the grand old outfit.

All 77 BJP MLAs In Bengal To Have Central Security Cover: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 11, 2021

All the newly elected 77 BJP MLAs in West Bengal are being provided a cover of central security forces in view of potential threats to them, official sources said on Monday.

Veterans, First-Timers Take Oath, Join Mamata Banerjee's New Cabinet

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday May 10, 2021

Forty-three ministers weresworn in todayas part of Mamata Banerjee's team as she begins her third term as Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee For PM? What She Said To NDTV

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday May 4, 2021

The Bengal election results have proved that the BJP can be defeated and people have shown the way, Mamata Banerjee said today on her remarkable victory. "They need political oxygen," she quipped in an exclusive interview to NDTV. The Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee Appeals For Calm After 12 Killed In Post-Poll Violence

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday May 4, 2021

Within 24 hours of elections results, at least a dozen people have been reported dead in post poll violence in Bengal, a figure that may be higher than the number of those killed during the month-long polls.

"BJP Lost And Corona Won": Shiv Sena On Bengal Results

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the West Bengal election results have proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are not invincible.

What State Election Results Mean For PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi

India News | Bibhudatta Pradhan, Bloomberg | Monday May 3, 2021

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.

Opinion: Modi-Shah Meet Their Match - Federalism

Opinion | Mihir Swarup Sharma | Monday May 3, 2021

These assembly elections are a victory for regionalism, yes. But they are also a reminder of why those who care about a federal India need greater unity of purpose if they are to survive.

BJP Will Continue To Work For Dream Of "Sonar Bangla": JP Nadda

Assembly West Bengal | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

With the hard work of party workers, the BJP has been established as the main opposition party in West Bengal and it will continue to take spread its ideology and work for the dream of "Sonar Bangla", party president JP Nadda said on Sunday.

Bengal Results To Impact UP Assembly Poll, 2024 General Election: Yashwant Sinha

Assembly West Bengal | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

Trinamool Congress vice-president Yashwant Sinha on Sunday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah following the outcome of West Bengal assembly poll.

Rahul Gandhi Congratulates Mamata Banerjee For "Soundly Defeating BJP"

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday May 2, 2021

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her party's win in the state elections.

BJP's Chandana Bauri, Wife Of Daily Wage Labourer, Wins Saltora

Offbeat | Written by Sanya Jain | Sunday May 2, 2021

Congratulatory tweets are pouring in for BJP's Chandana Bauri, the wife of a daily wage earner, who is has won from the Saltora constituency in West Bengal.

Opinion: BJP's Principal Assets - Modi And Shah - Are In Trouble

Opinion | Sudheendra Kulkarni | Sunday May 2, 2021

Much of this criticism will be on account of the BJP's abysmal failure to dethrone Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.