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.
With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, BJP national spokesperson and Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Wednesday extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the Darjeeling Hills, Terai and Dooars region.
Today at the Lok Sabha, Trinamul Congress MP and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today tore down on the central government over the Union Budget and said that it punishes the genuine taxpayers.
The West Bengal unit of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Federation has called for an indefinite relay hunger strike in food shops in or adjacent areas to Kolkata from 16 February against the Centre’s plan to scrap subsidies in the ration system and introduce Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), food coupons, and e-rupee.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that the final electoral roll for West Bengal under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be published on 28 February.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced a revised schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal, in accordance with directions issued by the Supreme Court on 9 February, in a pending writ petition.
