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.
From Kangsabati to the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin, experts warn of ecological imbalance, sediment crisis and rising climate vulnerability
In Tamil Nadu also the BJP has promised a monthly Rs 2,000 to women heads of families, along with a one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 to every household.
Setting the tone for an increasingly polarised electoral battle in West Bengal, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of pursuing a politics of “detention and deprivation”, positioning the Trinamul Congress (TMC) as a guarantor of “security and welfare” ahead of the Assembly polls.
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that within 45 days of a BJP government coming to power in West Bengal, land would be handed over to the Centre to facilitate fencing and construction of barriers along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border to curb infiltration.
Chowringhee Assembly Constituency is headed for a tough two-cornered battle between continuity and a wave of change, this election.
After a brief one-day pause, the political temperature in North Bengal has begun to rise again.
