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
The development has brought partial relief to the ruling party, with the names of Shyampukur candidate Shashi Panja and Hasan constituency nominee Kajal Sheikh figuring in the latest list.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday raised concerns over what he described as a “disturbing shift” in West Bengal’s administrative and social landscape following recent changes after the announcement of elections, warning of implications for governance and public order.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has warned TMC candidate and sitting Jamuria MLA Hare Ram Singh to ensure that his son stops using a vehicle fitted with a red beacon.
He has been assigned the role of First Polling Officer for election duty, and an official letter summoning him for training has already been issued. The training programme is scheduled to span two days.
There is an ineffable poignancy in recalling how Apu and Durga, in Pather Panchali, wandered through kaash fields and village paths in search of the elusive Nilkantha bird (Indian Roller), glimpsed more as a promise than a certainty in their impoverished yet wonder-struck childhood.
