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Statesman News Service

Bengal’s Missing Debate

The electoral sky over battleground Bengal is thick with the dust raised by the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, occasionally punctuated by politics of cultural belonging, with candidates campaigning with fish in hand to prove their Bengali identity.

Himanta Biswa Sarma addressing media in Guwahati amid Assam election row

Assam CM Himanta says BJP will win 200 seats in Bengal

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday led a roadshow from the town’s iconic Curzon Gate to Rajbati, accompanied by BJP’s Bardhaman Dakshin candidate Moumita Biswas Mishra and Bardhaman Uttar candidate Sanjay Das.

Use EVMs to keep anti-Bengal BJP away: Mamata

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today addressed a public meeting at Nalikul at Hooghly in support of Trinamul Congress candidates from Singur, Haripal and Chanditala constituencies.

139 deleted voters reinstated after tribunal clearance

The names of about 139 voters of Bengal, which had previously been deleted by judicial officers while adjudicating cases from the “under adjudication” list as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, were restored to the electoral rolls today after being cleared by the appellate tribunal.