Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday addressed a campaign rally in the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, which is all set to go for repolling on May 21.
After analysing the results of the West Bengal Assembly elections and the electoral process there, the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh has decided to make a major shift in its political strategy ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
India asserted that it expects Dhaka to speed up pending nationality verification cases so that the repatriation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants can proceed smoothly.
The emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the latest West Bengal Assembly elections has not merely altered the arithmetic of power in the state; it has marked the culmination of a long ideological migration that began quietly more than a decade ago when the once-invincible Communist movement started losing its emotional contract with Bengal’s masses.
Following the BJP's historic victories in Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has reiterated the "vote theft" allegation, terming BJP MPs and MLAs "infiltrators".
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that the BJP's decisive victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections shows that women rejected fear and chose good governance, defeating the politics of appeasement and giving their mandate in favour of development and nationalism.
I recall that day fifteen years ago, when Trinamool came to power in the Assembly elections of 2011. The grassroots party did sweep the polls as was predicted by astute political pundits.
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.
Senior Trinamul Congress (TMC) leaders and former ministers suffered decisive defeats across East Burdwan, West Burdwan and Bankura, with the party losing ground sharply in what were once considered strongholds.
Without dwelling on the April 29 theatrics surrounding exit polls after the final votes were cast in the second phase of the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly Elections—with even a leading pollster hesitant to make firm predictions—the larger point is clear: such surveys must be treated with a fair degree of caution.
