WEST BENGAL ELECTIONS

“BJP Reveals Candidates for By-Elections In Four Bengal Assembly Seats”

18 Jun 2024

BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls on Monday, with particular attention on the Bagdah assembly segment in North 24 Parganas district. The party's Central Election Committee emphasized choosing Binay Kumar Biswas to contest against Trinamool Congress' Madhuparna Thakur, daughter of TMC Rajya Sabha member Mamata...

From Controversy to Triumph: Mahua Moitra’s Political Journey Beyond Expulsion

06 Jun 2024

Mahua Moitra, representing the Trinamool Congress, emerged as a prominent female MP in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Moitra secured victory in the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, triumphing over BJP's Amrita Roy by 56,705 votes. Despite being expelled from Parliament in December 2023 amidst cash-for-query allegations, Moitra...

‘TMC workers drove BJP polling agent from booth’ claims BJP’s Agnimitra Paul

25 May 2024

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Lok Sabha from Medinipur, Agnimitra Paul, accused the West Bengal Police of arresting several party polling agents and forcibly removing one from the booth on voting day. "They (TMC) have removed our polling agent. The TMC kidnapped him and took him away. When...

DECODING UP ASSEMBLY POLLS AND THE CURRENT GROUND SITUATION IN STATE

20 Jan 2021

Lately news coverage has been dominated by the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. Along with this, we have seen coverage about national parties (and other parties) and the preparations they are making to gear up for elections in another part of the country: Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Assembly...

UNCOVERING POLITICS OF WEST BENGAL ELECTIONS FROM 1972 ONWARDS

30 Dec 2020

In the past few weeks, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and Bharatiya Janata Party Senior leader Amit Shah have been leading roaring rallies across the state of West Bengal. The upcoming West Bengal state elections expected to be held April 2021 are likely to witness a three-way...