Tag: rural polls

‘Resist organised atrocities, overcome fear’

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chattopadhaya, former city mayor Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, theatre personalities Rudraprasad Sengupta and Koushik Sen, poet Mandakranta Sen on Wednesday gave a call to the people to resist “organised atrocities” by some ruling party activists which have come to the fore during the rural polls. Addressing a Press conference during the …

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May 17, 2018

Panchayat poll: Repoll in 572 booths, HC seeks documents on poll deaths

The State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday ordered re-poll in 572 booths in 19 districts following recommendations of the district magistrates. “Today(Tuesday) we have conducted post-poll scrutiny in many booths on the basis of violence, arsons, snatching of ballot boxes and capturing of booths during yesterday’s rural poll. All sorts of security measures have already …

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May 16, 2018

Rebel candidates won’t affect party poll show: Minister Deb

State tourism minister and MLA of the Dabgram- Fulbari constituency in Jalpaiguri, Gautam Deb, has said that rebel party members contesting the rural polls in the area will not have even one percent impact on the other party candidates. As Mr Deb said this on Monday, his party also released a booklet (election manifesto) that …

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May 8, 2018

Bickering among Trinamul activists on

While the battle for rural election tickets may have finally come to an end, a squabble among activists of the ruling Trinamul Congress still remains. The activists are now still fighting after the Trinamul leadership in Siliguri and Jalpaiguri gave tickets and symbols to candidates in the fray for the forthcoming three-tier rural polls. The …

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May 3, 2018

Opposition slams continued violence over rural polls

Despite an interim order of Calcutta High Court to stop the panchayat election process, violence continued unabated in different parts of the state on Saturday. Cutting across ideologies, leaders of different Opposition parties felt that the ongoing violence is part of a game plan to retain the belligerence of the criminals allegedly backed by the …

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April 15, 2018

A’duar brothers to battle it out in upcoming rural polls

Former Sabhadhipati of the Alipurduar zilla parishad and the present president of the Alipurduar district Trinamul Congress Committee, Mohan Sharma, on Monday filed his nomination papers for seat No-9 of the Alipurduar zilla parishad, along with his cousin brother, Dipak Sharma. Sixty-two-year-old Dipak Sharma, who is 10 months younger than Mohan Sharma has filed his nomination …

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April 10, 2018

Rural polls: Malda Trinamul readies list of candidates

The Trinamul Congress’ final list of candidates for the Zilla Parishad seats is likely to be out tonight or Friday morning. The list has been finally made after state minister and party observer for Malda, Subhendu Adhikary, cleared the hurdles last night, party sources said on Thursday. Members who had recently switched over to the …

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April 6, 2018

SEC tells Guv: ‘Central forces needed for rural polls’

Amidst reports of violence and allegations of harassment during the nomination process, State Election Commissioner AK Singh on Wednesday met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and reportedly apprised him of the requirement of Central forces to conduct the rural polls. Earlier, Mr Tripathi, who had summoned state chief secretary Moloy De and home secretary Atri Bhattacharya …

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April 5, 2018

TMC downplays Amit Shah’s N Bengal visit

The Trinamul Congress has said it does not want to give much importance to the proposed visit of BJP national president Amit Shah to north Bengal on 8 April. Mr Shah is scheduled to hold a booth-level meeting in Siliguri and meet tea workers at Nagrakata ahead of the rural polls. Though the BJP camp …

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March 31, 2018

Mamata may not campaign for rural polls

Following the frequent visits made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to north Bengal of late, people are hoping that she would be here as the ruling Trinamul Congress campaigns for the upcoming rural elections. However, if official sources close to the party chief are to be believed, Didi will not be campaigning for the polls. …

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March 22, 2018

Ready for rural polls, says Biswas

PWD, Sports and Youth Affairs minister Aroop Biswas has said that the Trinamul Congress will be in the ‘number one’ position in the upcoming threetier rural elections. Mr Biswas arrived in Siliguri on Wednesday to address a meeting of the Trinamul Women Congress to be held in Jalpaiguri on Thursday. Giving examples of studious pupils …

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March 8, 2018