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.
At a time when the poll-bound West Bengal has already launched ‘Yuva Sathi’ ~ a scheme to provide financial assistance to unemployed youths ~ a government official has issued a public warning about a counterfeit job racket operating in the name of his office in East Burdwan.
A minimum gap of 25 days will be maintained between the announcement of the election dates and the polling day, with voting expected to be held in the first week of April, most likely between April 3 and April 7.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to participate in a religious function at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur in West Bengal's Nadia district later in the day and also address a gathering on the occasion.
Aiming the development of the slum areas in the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is planning to construct 1,800 Banglar Bari houses under the Uttaran scheme at a cost of over 164 crore.
The 21 February deadline for completing the verification of identity documents submitted during hearings on the draft electoral roll in West Bengal is likely to be extended by two to three days, officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) indicated.
