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
Why did Kejriwal not announce free bus and Metro rides for women earlier?
Chouhan on Sunday also equated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah with 'Lord Krishna and Arjun' over the Centre's move to scrap Article 370.
A turf war is being fought after most of the local offices of the TMC were taken over by BJP activists soon after their party candidate Arjun Singh won from Barrackpore constituency
In a resignation letter sent to Rahul, Nagra said that he would not be interested to continue as party secretary if Rahul Gandhi has decided to resign from the post of president.
Terming the Lok Sabha polls, which were swept by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as "scandalous", Banerjee said that if needed, the opposition parties should hold demonstrations outside the Election Commission's (EC) office in New Delhi.
