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"You Can Issue 10 Notices But...": Mamata Banerjee To Election Commission

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reacted sharply to the Election Commission's notice over her recent remark in which she had asked Muslims to not divide crucial minority votes among other parties.

Union Minister Takes On Trinamool's Heavyweight In Battle For Bengal's Tinsel Town Tollygunge

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

Tollygunge seat, considered a hub of Bengali film industry, is all set for a clash of titans as Union minister Babul Supriyo is pitted against TMC heavyweight and PWD Minister Aroop Biswas with cine industry's development as their main poll plank.

"Anti-Romeo Squads" In Bengal If BJP Wins Elections: Yogi Adityanath

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

Senior BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath today said that anti-Romeo squads will be formed in Bengal if the party is voted to power in the state.

BJP Workers Protest In Bengal After Mithun Chakraborty's Roadshow Cancelled

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

The BJP was denied permission to hold a roadshow of Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, who had recently joined the party, in Behala area of Kolkata in West Bengal today, following which a group of activists held a demonstration.

Ex-Trinamool Leader Fights For Political Survival In Domjur Constituency

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Domjur

The message Rajib Banerjee, former Trinamool Congress minister, now with the BJP, wants to sell to the people of Domjur in Howrah district is that he may have changed his team jersey colours, but he remains the same man.

In Behala Purba, 3 Women Lead Fight For Former Kolkata Mayor's Turf

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

A noteworthy house in the middle-class locality of Parnasree Pally in south Kolkata is the residence of Ratna Chatterjee, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Behala Purba, who is fighting her first election.

"Mamata Banerjee Should Be Banned From Poll Campaigning": Babul Supriyo

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 08, 2021, Kolkata

Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who is trying his luck from the Tollygunge assembly seat, feels Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be barred from campaigning for making "vitriolic and communal" speeches and taking Bengal's political discourse to an

Central Forces Harass Bengal Voters On Amit Shah's Order: Mamata Banerjee

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Baneswar, West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today alleged that the security personnel of the paramilitary force CRPF are "harassing voters" in the state at the behest of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

BJP To Win 63 To 68 Seats Out Of 91 In First 3 Phases Of Voting In Bengal: Amit Shah

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Domjur, West Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the BJP is confident of winning at least 63 to 68 seats in the first three phases of elections held in West Bengal so far.

Mamata Banerjee, Explain "United Muslim" Appeal: Election Commission

Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday April 07, 2021, New Delhi

Bengal Election: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gets Election Commission notice for "openly demanding votes on communal grounds" while campaigning ahead of third phase of polling in Tarakeshwar in Hooghly district on April 3

Ahead Of 4th Phase Of Bengal Polls, Amit Shah Lunches At Rickshaw Puller's Home

Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Kolkata

With the 4th phase of elections due in three days, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday had lunch at the house of a rickshaw puller in Bengal's Howrah district

Was Cornered In Trinamool For Resisting Cut Money Culture: BJP's Rajib Banerjee

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Domjur

Former minister Rajib Banerjee alleged that he was relegated in the TMC for opposing "cut money culture" and had to face "step-motherly" treatment throughout his second term, which ultimately prompted him to sever ties with the ruling party.

Days After PM Modi, Amit Shah Holds Massive Roadshow In Bengal's Singur, Assures Industrialisation

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Singur, West Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow today in West Bengal's Singur, once a hot spot of the anti-land acquisition movement. He assured rapid industrialisation of the region if BJP is voted to power in the ongoing elections.

Trinamool Leaders Swindled All Central Aid For Bengal: Yogi Adityanath

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Kolkata

Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday flayed the ruling TMC in West Bengal, alleging that its leaders swindled whatever central aid was extended to the state, from "funds to ration supplies".

Election Commission Removes Officers From 8 Kolkata Constituencies For Alleged Bias

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 07, 2021, Kolkata

The Election Commission has removed returning officers of eight constituencies in Kolkata which will go to the polls in the last two phases of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 26 and 29, an official said today.