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.
Mithun Chakraborty at a press meet at BJP election office at Hastings said if elections are held in a free and fair way in Bengal then BJP would come to power in the state.
BJP national IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya said how Partha had earned so much cash that he donated so many flats to his close aides.
On July 1, Mamata had dropped a bombshell and said that had BJP divulged that Draupadi Murmu would be their presidential candidate she would have supported her wholeheartedly as she was a tribal woman.
“Desist from taking money from anybody in the name of the party. We run the party on funds derived from memberships. Trinamul Congress is a disciplined party,” Mamata Banerjee said.
BJP national IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya today said a large number of the TMC MLA are against Mamata Banerjee's anti-tribal stand.
