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.
A day when the Congress officially announced its decision to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections on its own, the CPI-M said that it was still keen on forging a broader front of forces opposed to both the Trinamul Congress and the BJP, even as the prospects of a pre-poll understanding with the Congress appeared uncertain.
It is meaningless to set out to identify the one culprit who has brought about the abject fall of the CPI-M in Kerala but there are two broad categories that may be identified.
While the CPI-M has clarified that Salim’s meeting with Humayun was held as part of a party decision, differing comments by senior leaders have fuelled a debate
With the 2026 Assembly polls drawing closer, Malda has once again emerged as a crucial political battleground, witnessing aggressive mobilisation, defections and sharp exchanges among the Trinamul Congress (TMC), Congress and the CPI-M.
Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief and Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddique on Wednesday strongly advocated an immediate alliance of the Left Front, Congress and the ISF in West Bengal, asserting that only such a united front could effectively challenge what he described as the “binary politics” of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
