Politics
Campaigning Ends for the Seventh Phase of Poll
Curtains came down on Friday over the campaigning for 34 assembly seats in West Bengal which are scheduled to go to the poll on April 26 in the seventh phase of election being held amidst the surge in coronavirus cases across the country. The campaigning for the seventh phase...
UP Panchayat Election 3rd Phase on April 26, Poll Panel Warns against Any ‘Disturbance’
State election commissioner Manoj Kumar has instructed Uttar Pradesh police and administrative officials of 20 districts to keep a close watch on elements likely to cause disturbance in the third phase of the ongoing panchayat elections on April 26. Kumar said on Friday that polling booths in sensitive areas...
Mamata Alleges EC Working on Centre’s Orders, BJP Says She’s Neglecting Covid Crisis
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Election Commission (EC) of working on the instructions of the Centre, as she lashed out at the poll panel for allegedly staying silent on the matter of banning public rallies in the state amid the Covid-19 crisis for several...
PM Modi in Virtual Poll Meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who cancelled his visit to West Bengal for the last leg of his campaign on Friday, addressed the state voters virtually. He reiterated BJP’s promise to bring about ‘Asol Poriborton’ in West Bengal. “These polls are not just to change a government but it is...
Cong Takes Dig at EC Over Restrictions Announced on Poll Campaigning in West Bengal
After the Election Commission (EC) imposed strict restrictions on holding public rallies and poll campaigning in West Bengal, the Congress said the direction has come late as the Assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory are almost over. ”Ha! Ha! Ha!. What a strong direction by ECI...
Over 79 Pc Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 Pm
The sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly election held on Thursday for 43 seats recorded a voter turnout of 79.09 per cent till 5 pm, the Election Commission (EC) said. A total of 7,466 out of the 14,480 polling stations across the constituencies were monitored live through webcasting,...
Telangana Political Parties In A Tizzy As Voters Reluctant To Meet Campaigners During Siddipet Municipal Polls
Reluctant voters put banners against the house-to-house campaign for Siddipet Municipal polls. (Image: News18) Some of the residences have put up banners at their gates requesting political parties not to visit their houses for any campaigning. CNN-News18 Hyderabad Last Updated:April 22, 2021, 18:22 IST FOLLOW US ON: Ahead of...
Polling Begins in 43 Seats, 306 Candidates in Fray
West Bengal Election 2021 Voting Live Updates: In West Bengal, 43 constituencies will go to the polls on Thursday with 306 candidates in the fray in this phase. Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of the candidates. The polls are being held amid...
BJP Banks on Two Former TMC Heavyweights, Matua Voters in Key Sixth Phase of Bengal Polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pins its hopes on two former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, Mukul Roy and Arjun Singh, in the sixth phase of West Bengal’s assembly elections on Thursday. The BJP is depending on them to deliver seats in North 24-Parganas, the state’s biggest district. Another key...
43 Constituencies Go to Polls in Sixth Phase, Fate of 306 Candidates on The Line
Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 306 candidates on Thursday, when 43 assembly constituencies go to polls in the sixth phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19. Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases,...
Rahul Gandhi Lying About Cancelling His Poll Meetings, Had No Schedule in Bengal Anyway: Vijayvargiya
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Wednesday targeted Rahul Gandhi’s statement of cancelling rallies in West Bengal amid covid-19 surge and said the Congress leader was not scheduled to address any rallies in the state anyway. “Congress party has its base intact in only two districts –...
EC on TMC’s Request Amid Covid
The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Trinamool Congress that its suggestion to club the remaining three phases of West Bengal assembly polls was not implementable. In a letter to the Trinamool Congress, the poll panel cited election law and various steps it has taken to ensure safety of...
5 Mathura Cops Injured While Trying to Stop Party Hosted by UP Panchayat Poll Candidate, 10 Held
Five police personnel, including an SHO, were injured in an attack by supporters of a panchayat poll candidate when they tried to stop a party which was organised in Mudaliya village in this district to seek the favour of voters, officials said on Wednesday. Ten people have been arrested...
No Injections or Oxygen, Second Covid-19 Wave Modi-made Disaster, Says Mamata
Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the second COVID-19 wave in the country and its management is a “Modi-made disaster”. Addressing an election rally at Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district, the TMC chief asserted that West Bengal will...
How Covid Took Centre Stage in Fierce TMC-BJP Battle as Cases Spiked in Bengal Amid Polls
Until a few days ago, Covid-19 was not an issue during election rallies in West Bengal. However, as cases rose, amid a fierce campaigning battle, the pandemic made an entry into the political discourse. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took up the issue of the severe surge in...
26% Candidates Contesting Phase 7 West Bengal Polls Declared Criminal Cases Against Themselves: ADR
Twenty-six per cent of the 284 candidates contesting in the phase seven of the West Bengal Assembly polls this year have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms stated. The West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the...
Bengal Poll Observers Write to EC on Merging of Last Two Phases, Seek More Forces: Report
Amid demands by several political parties in Bengal to club the last two phases of voting-scheduled for April 26 and 29- poll observers stationed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) have reportedly indicated that the last polling can be merged if extra security forces are provided, a report...
Mamata’s TMC Banks on Four Muslim-Dominated Districts to Trump BJP in Crucial Last Stretch
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is now focusing on Muslim-dominated Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur, going to the extent of telling people in these four districts that she will be able to form the next government in the state only if she wins seats there. This...
