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.
AITC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee landed in the national capital on Tuesday and joined the protesting MPs in Parliament premises in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue.
“We should not forget that in Bangladesh, elections are on the anvil, so Muslim fundamentalists forces in Bangladesh are trying to discredit the Sheikh Hasina government by disrupting communal harmony,”
Goa Forward party president Vijai Sardesai whose patience has been put to the test by the Congress party over possible alliance formation, has taken recourse to paying homage to Durga, invoking a 'new dawn'.
The ministers reportedly covered several areas of the state meeting various people and Basu said 70 per cent of the people are in favour of Trinamul Congress for the 2023 polls.
The Statesman had earlier reported that Prashant Kishor and his I-PAC will work with Mamata Banerjee and the party's all India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee till 2026.
