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 officers sought the details of books of accounts, income-tax returns, property and assets details held by Anubrata Mandal and his family members.
Following a written instruction from the Union home ministry that based its reports on the initial FIR of Azimganj GRP in Murshidabad district.
We have left the number-8 seat of Phansidewa to support the Congress candidate. The Left Front has fielded its candidates in the remaining eight seats.
Mr Adhikary also tweeted by sharing his letter to the state’s additional CS BP Gopalika, in which he expressed his reason for not attending the meeting.
Avijit Sarkar was lynched on 3 May, 2021, the very day the results for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.
