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.
According to commission sources, notices specifying dates and venues were issued to nearly 32 lakh ‘no-mapping’ voters.
West Bengal's ruling Trinamul Congress MLA Manirul Islam on Friday wrote to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) in charge of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, clarifying that his remarks during the 14 January protest at the Farakka BDO office were not intended to undermine the commission or influence the electoral process.
Speculation over possible political realignments ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections intensified on Friday after Left Front chairman Biman Bose did not categorically rule out discussions with the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), floated recently by expelled Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.
Lost in India, found in Nepal over a decade later, six residents of West Bengal still won't figure on the final Electoral Rolls list. Not because their papers are not in order, or their parents are unknown, or their names are mis-spelt.
The Election Commission of India has directed all the special observers that documents of all voters summoned for hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal must be examined thoroughly, with no room for negligence.
