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PM Modi pens emotional note for Bengal voters

In a reflective final outreach before campaigning ended on Monday for the second phase of West Bengal’s crucial Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned to the written word, releasing an open letter that fused political messaging with personal reflection, invoking both faith and civic duty to make his closing pitch to voters.

Abhishek’s ‘development vs deception’ pitch at Haringhata

In a high-pitched final push ahead of the 29 April polling, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday cast the Haringhata contest as a decisive choice between “development and deception,” urging voters to hand the party a margin of over 30,000 votes and promising to “personally safeguard” the constituency’s growth trajectory.

WB poll crackdown intensifies as seizures cross Rs 510 crore

The Election Commission of India on Monday said seizures of illicit inducements in poll-bound West Bengal have crossed Rs 510 crore, marking a sharp escalation in enforcement efforts ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections and already exceeding the total recoveries made during the 2021 polls in the state.