Curtain Raiser: Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat sees hectic activities before polls on Friday
People of three parliamentary constituencies in north Bengal will exercise their franchise in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls on 26 April.
People of three parliamentary constituencies in north Bengal will exercise their franchise in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls on 26 April.
Cooch Behar, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century, during the British Raj it was ruled by the Koch dynasty until 1949, is highly sensitive politically compared to two other LS seats in northern north Bengal.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday said 1,625 candidates are in the fray for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls to be held on April 19.
Now these 91 candidates will try their luck on eight seats where polling will be held on April 26.
Speaking at an election rally, Saha disclosed that as part of the Special Economic Development Package for indigenous people of Tripura, the central government has earmarked Rs 100 crore for the former NLFT members
The former Congress president may file his nomination from the Amethi seat after the polling in the Wayanad seat to be held on April 26
The party decided to field Satyapal Singh Sikarwar Neetu from Morena, Praveen Pathak from Gwalior and Narendra Patel from the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency.
“The way the BJP government played with democracy and their leaders are pledging to change the constitution it becomes clear that if they come to power, both these institutions will be in jeopardy,” he said.
One year has passed but the cops have failed to crack the two high-profile murder cases of two hoteliers of West Burdwan district as law and order is going to be a key issue in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The Union minister was addressing a series of election meetings in the upper reaches of Ramban and Banihal across the Pir Panjal.