TMC promises better drainage, traffic management at Jadavpur
Jadavpur, once considered a stronghold of the Left, the CPI-M has fielded former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
Jadavpur, once considered a stronghold of the Left, the CPI-M has fielded former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
The CPI-M has also fielded Sabina Yasmin, the mother of Class V student Tamanna Sheikh, who was killed allegedly during a bypoll victory celebration last year, from Kaliganj in Nadia.
The Left Front on Thursday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly election in West Bengal, taking its total tally of declared nominees to 234 out of 294 seats.
Allegations of assault on a CPI-M worker have been levelled against the Trinamul Congress, as unrest erupted once again over wall writing campaigns.
During a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar earlier this week, majority of players, including the BJP, Congress and CPI(M), reportedly demanded that the polls be held in one or two phases.
Lok Sabha MP John Brittas has criticised the foreign policy of the Union government, alleging that they have effectively become a "cheerleader" for Israel and the USA while the country faces a commercial LPG cylinder supply disruption.
The meeting, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, was attended by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer and senior officials of the Commission.
The battle over welfare schemes has intensified in West Bengal, with CPI-M state secretary Mohammed Salim on Sunday taking a sharp swipe at the Trinamul Congress government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme and promising higher financial assistance for women if the Left returns to power.
The CPI-M’s internal churn over former student leader Pratikur Rahaman has now widened, with fresh speculation surrounding the political future of leader Dipsita Dhar.
Seat-sharing talks ahead of the forthcoming polls have triggered unease within the Left camp, with CPI-M state secretary Muhammad Salim reaching out to multiple political players, including ISF MLA Naushad Siddique, Congress leader Humayun Kabir, and representatives of the AIMIM.
