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.
In a surprising move, the LDF candidate for the Palakkad bypolls, Dr P Sarin, has claimed that Congress candidate Shafi Parambil's previous victory in the assembly elections was largely due to support from leftist voters.
Dr. P Sarin, who was expelled from Congress for anti-party activities on Thursday, is set to become the CPI-M-led LDF candidate for the Palakkad Assembly bypoll.
After the sudden demise of the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury earlier this month, the party will now function through the collective leadership of the exiting politburo with Yechury’s predecessor Prakash Karat acting as the “politburo coordinator.”
A day after he unleashed a blistering attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the left government, CPI-M severed links with independent MLA from the Nialambur constituency PV Anvar.
He even said that if things continue the way they are, the chief minister would be the last Communist chief minister of Kerala.
