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.
Abhishek and Rujira Banerjee had earlier moved the Delhi High Court against the ED summons. On March 11, the high court had dismissed their plea.
Rahul Gandhi was at a nightclub when Mumbai was under siege. He is at a nightclub at a time when his party is exploding. He is consistent.
Former senior Congress leader Ripun Bora had on April 17 joined the TMC in Kolkata alleging that the Congress party from grassroots to top-level was fighting
Fifteen crore Indians were lifted out of poverty in the last 10 years, but 14 crores have been pushed back into poverty in the last two years.
Even as PM Modi claimed overwhelming people’s ‘positive’ response to the Budget, opposition parties including Congress and TMC variously termed it a ‘zero sum’.
