With TMC divided into factions, numbers suggest that the three BJP candidates are almost certain to win the by-elections.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
In West Bengal, the BJP is set to secure victory in all three Rajya Sabha seats as Trinamool Congress may not be in the race due to internal rebellion
Modi said that institutions established during Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s period laid the foundation for the country’s economic and industrial growth.
The SIT investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur has arrested a second accused after overnight raids and detained three others as police await the autopsy report.
While constituting a high-level committee to finalise a binding payment schedule, a Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra partly upheld the 2022 Calcutta High Court judgment, which had ruled in favour of state government employees and directed payment of DA at par with Central government employees.
A few days ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced that she would appeal to the Supreme Court, if necessary, regarding the SIR case. Speculation was rife in Delhi that Mamata Banerjee might approach the apex court in this regard.
The political slugfest in West Bengal intensified on Tuesday after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought time from the Supreme Court to examine the affidavit filed by the state government in connection with the alleged “Green File”.
Senior Congress leader and former West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday squarely blamed the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) for the devastating fire at Nazirabad in Anandapur, alleging large-scale administrative failure and political patronage behind the tragedy.
It also launched two new Urban Health and Wellness Centres, signalling a renewed phase of planned urban renewal in the historic town.
