Storm Modi sweeps Bengal
According to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the BJP had won 176 seats and was leading in nearly 32 constituencies as counting progressed across 293 Assembly segments till 9.30 p.m.
According to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the BJP had won 176 seats and was leading in nearly 32 constituencies as counting progressed across 293 Assembly segments till 9.30 p.m.
Tensions escalated in South 24-Parganas ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, as Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan and police observer Ajay Pal Sharma came face to face on Tuesday amid protests by ruling party supporters.
Ridiculing the BJP’s claim that a Bengali-speaking person would become Chief Minister if it forms the government in West Bengal, Trinamul Congress leader Bratya Basu says the saffron outfit lacks a credible face and will have to import someone if such a situation ever arises in the state.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress (TMC) national general secretary today launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pandua, Tushar Majumdar, alleging that he had falsely claimed to be a doctor and was involved in corruption.
Coming down heavily on the BJP, Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said the saffron party has converted the election, a festival of democracy, into a festival of atrocity.
The CBI move follows revelation by Tapas Mandol, the alleged close-aide of the former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya in connection with a Trinamul youth leader’s alleged involvement in raising money to the tune of Rs 19cr from aspirants of private colleges allegedly as grafts.
The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi had on Monday issued a production warrant for Mr Mondal on a plea of the ED in connection with the West Bengal cattle smuggling money laundering case.
Anubrata Mondal was on Tuesday remanded to seven days police custody by a Dubrajpur court after being arrested by Dubrajpur police in connection with an attempt to murder charge filed against him by a Trinamul Congress activist only yesterday, The Opposition BJP, CPIM and Congress launched an offensive against the ruling party over its “efforts”
A day after a Delhi court allowed ED prayer to take Mondal into their custody
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was on Sunday conducting raids and search operations at the residence of Subodh Adhikari.
