BJP show-causes leader who contested against TMC scion

June 20, 2024

Less than 24 hours of the visit by the party’s fact-finding team probing post-violence in West Bengal on the instructions of party president Jagat Prakash Nadda, the Bharatiya Janata Party today issued a show-cause notice to Abhijit Das (Bobby), who was the party candidate from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool Congress...

TMC ‘bought off Central forces’, alleges BJP

June 13, 2024

Jagannath Sarkar, the two-term BJP MP from West Bengal’s Ranaghat, today alleged that the Central forces, sent to the State to ensure free and fair elections, had been “bought off by the Trinamool Congress”. He also alleged that the Election Commission officials had adopted a passive role for similar reasons....

‘Political earthquake’ within 6 months of results, warns PM

May 30, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today warned that a “major political earthquake” is expected within the next six months beginning June 4, the day of the Lok Sabha election results. “Your one vote will help to change the political di rection of the nation. Af ter June 4, in the next...

PM goes hammer and tongs against Mamata

May 29, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched his harshest attack on the Mamata Banerjee Government in Kolkata. Addressing two rallies on the outskirts of Kolkata and participating in his first roadshow in the heart of the city before the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, Modi criticised the manner in...

ALL OBC status given by Mamata Govt void: HC

May 23, 2024

In a stinging blow to the Mamata Banerjee Government in the middle of the election season, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010. A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Rajasekhar Mantha delivered the verdict in a...

EC censures BJP pick and ex-HC Judge for ‘low-level attack’ against Mamata

May 22, 2024

The Election Commission of India has censured and debarred former judge of Calcutta High Court and BJP candidate from Tamluk, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, from campaigning for 24 hours finding his comments on Mamata Banerjee to be “low-level personal attack”. It also directed BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda to issue an...

Mamata expresses regret over Sandeshkhali, slams BJP

May 22, 2024

For the first time since the women of Sandeshkhali rose in protest against the sexual harassment, torture, and land-grab by local Trinamool Congress leaders, West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee today expressed regret about the happenings in the small riverine island bordering Bangladesh. She had gone to...

Modi has already won 270 seats, says Shah

May 15, 2024

On the campaign trail in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that after four phases of polling, “I can say PM Modi has already won 270 seats.” Amit Shah said: “Four phases of polling have been completed. Elections for 380 seats have been completed. Elections for...

BJP peddling fake narratives on Sandeshkhali, Trinamool tells EC

May 10, 2024

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party was “peddling a false narrative regarding Sandeshkhali”. It demanded that the poll panel order the police to initiate criminal proceedings against BJP leaders including Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and...

Big relief for Mamata amid polls as SC stays HC order

May 8, 2024

In a huge relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid the Lok Sabha polls, the Supreme Court today stayed a Calcutta High Court order scrapping 26,000 jobs due to the widespread irregularities in the recruitment process. Many Trinamool Congress leaders, including Ministers and MLAs, are in CBI and...