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".
As Bengal celebrates 'Poila Baisakh', the first day of the Bengali calendar, a vibrant expression of the culture of this riverine land, electoral battle lines are hardening over that very sense of 'Bangaliana' (Bengali-ness) that its people, regardless of their mother tongue, hold dear.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that a total of 2,926 candidates remained in the fray for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections following the completion of the nomination and withdrawal process for both phases of polling.
The LF's vote share has shrunk to between 5 and 7 per cent, with the seat tally dropping to 2 in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, and further plummeting to zero in the 2019 and 2024 general elections and the 2021 Assembly contest.
Statistics show West Bengal remains India's sixth largest state in terms of economic size, with a projected Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Rs. 20.31 lakh crore (USD 236.56 billion) for 2025-26.
TMC alleged that the "EXPLOSIVE sting operation video" of Humayun Kabir exposes the BJP's "dirty conspiracy against Bengal."
