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  Mamata Banerjee not daughter of Bengal but 'aunt of infiltrators, Rohingyas': Suvendu Adhikari

  March 07, 2021 14:44 IST

  Mentioning TMC's slogan 'Bangla nijer meyekei chaye' (Bengal wants its own daughter), Adhikari said, "Nobody accepts you (Mamata Banerjee) as their own daughter. You are the 'khala' (aunt) of infiltrators and Rohingyas."

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  Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP in presence of prominent leaders

  March 07, 2021 15:09 IST

  Chakraborty, a former Rajya Sabha member of the TMC, had quit the Upper House in 2016 after his name surfaced in Saradha Ponzi scam.

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  Tamil Nadu Polls 2021: DMK gives 25 Assembly seats, Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to Congress

  March 07, 2021 12:23 IST

  A formal pact for the April 6 Assembly election was signed by DMK president M K Stalin and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief K S Alagiri at the Dravidian party's headquarters Annan Arivalayam'.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Mamata Banerjee to hold protest march against LPG price hike in Siliguri

  March 07, 2021 11:58 IST

  The poll fever in West Bengal is all set to go high on Sunday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in the state capital and the chief minister will hold a protest march in the northern part of the state.

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  Amit Shah to visit Tamil Nadu, Kerala today ahead of Assembly polls

  March 07, 2021 8:49 IST

  Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2. The election for 140-member Kerala Assembly in 14 districts will be held in a single phase on April 6.

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  'Didi itna gussa kyun', PM Modi hits out at Mamata | Highlights

  March 07, 2021 15:51 IST

  After winning 3 seats in the 2016 Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP made deep inroads in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections winning 18 seats and reducing TMC's tally to 22. Out of the total 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Congress won two seats, the Left drew a blank.

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  Bengal polls: Kailash Vijayvargiya meets Mithun Chakraborty ahead of PM Modi's Kolkata rally

  March 07, 2021 7:28 IST

  The Central Observer of BJP for West Bengal, Vijayvargiya met Chakraborty at the latter's residence in Belgachia.

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  TMC knows it will lose Bengal elections this time: BJP's Dinesh Trivedi | Exclusive

  March 07, 2021 0:49 IST

  Former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi, who joined BJP on Saturday, in an exclusive conversation with India TV, spoke in detail on why did he choose to join the saffron party, why he was feeling suffocated in TMC, on the forthcoming elections in the state and other issues.

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  Assam polls 2021: Congress releases list of 40 candidates

  March 07, 2021 0:49 IST

  The Congress on Saturday released its first list of 40 candidates for Assam Assembly elections 2021.

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  Mamata Banerjee will face a big defeat in Nandigram: Suvendu Adhikari | Exclusive

  March 06, 2021 22:37 IST

  BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, the former close aide of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who joined the saffron party and will contest election from Nandigram seat, in an exclusive conversation with India TV has said that he will win by over 50,000 votes.

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  Congress releases first list of 13 candidates for Bengal elections 2021

  March 06, 2021 22:38 IST

  The Congress party on Saturday released its first list of 13 candidates for West Bengal Assembly elections 2021.

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  BJP announces first list of 57 candidates for Bengal, Suvendu vs Mamata in Nandigram

  March 07, 2021 1:01 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released the candidates list for first two phases of the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.

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  If Mamata didi can leave me so why can't I? TMC MLA Sonali Guha hints at joining BJP

  March 06, 2021 18:06 IST

  Sonali Guha, once a close aide of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and a four-time MLA of the party, on Saturday hinted at joining BJP after she was denied a ticket for the coming assembly poll in West Bengal.

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  BJP nominates Pon Radhakrishnan for Kanyakumari Lok Sabha bypoll

  March 06, 2021 13:35 IST

  The BJP on Saturday named senior party leader and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the April 6 by-poll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.

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  Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi joins BJP in presence of party chief JP Nadda

  March 06, 2021 13:14 IST

  Trivedi, who represented West Bengal in Rajya Sabha for the third time and was a former railway minister, announced his resignation in the house during a debate on the Union Budget, saying he cannot speak about the violence in his state.

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  Bengal polls: Mithun Chakraborty likely to share stage with PM Modi

  March 06, 2021 10:21 IST

  West Bengal BJP Vice President has said if Mithun Chakraborty shares the stage with the prime minister on March 7 during the party's rally in Kolkata, then the people of West Bengal will be happier.

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  Tamil Nadu elections: AIADMK gives Kanyakumari Lok Sabha, 20 MLA seats to BJP

  March 06, 2021 10:19 IST

  Days ago, the AIADMK concluded seat-sharing with the Pattali Makkal Katchi and allotted it 23 seats. Out of the 234 assembly seats, the AIADMK is keen to contest from at least 170 seats including 134 it won during the 2016 polls.

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  See you on the battlefield: Suvendu to Mamata after her announcement to contest from Nandigram

  March 05, 2021 23:31 IST

  BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday taunted Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — who will be contesting against him from the Nandigram seat in the forthcoming assembly elections — saying on May 2, she will lose and will have to leave.

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  Assam polls 2021: BJP's first list of 70 candidates out, CM Sonowal to contest from Majuli seat

  March 05, 2021 19:23 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the first list of candidates for Assam elections. The assembly polls in the state will be held in 3 phases beginning March 27.

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  Grand Alliance comprising Left Front, Congress, ISF announces first list of candidates for Bengal

  March 05, 2021 17:25 IST

  Grand Alliance comprising Left Front, Congress and ISF on Friday announced the first list of candidates for Bengal assembly election 2021.

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  Assam polls 2021: BJP, Congress, AIUDF full list of candidates

  March 10, 2021 13:33 IST

  Assam List of Candidates: Assam will go to polls in three phases on March 27 (47 seats), April 1 (39 seats) and April 6 (40 seats). Results will be declared on May 2.

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  Assam polls 2021: BJP, allies finalise sharing of 86 out of 126 seats

  March 05, 2021 14:55 IST

  In the first of the three phases, 47 constituencies will go for polls. In the second phase, polling will be held in 39 constituencies and in the third phase, 40 constituencies. Results will be declared on May 2.

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  Tamil Nadu polls 2021: AIADMK releases first list of six candidates

  March 05, 2021 14:39 IST

  Chief Minister K Palaniswami would contest from Edappadi constituency in his home district of Salem and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from Bodinayakanur in Theni district.

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  TMC releases list of 291 candidates, Mamata to contest from Nandigram

  March 05, 2021 23:29 IST

  Cricketer Manoj Tiwary has been fielded from Shivpur. Interestingly, senior party leader and incumbent finance minister Amit Mitra's name is missing from the candidates' list.

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  What makes Yogi Adityanath a superstar campaigner in Bengal

  March 05, 2021 13:52 IST

  Yogi Adityanath, who is also the head priest of sacred Gorakhnath math seat of the Nath sect, has lakhs of followers spread across different parts of Bengal and Assam.

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  Bengal polls 2021: BJP finalises list of 60 candidates, likely to release today

  March 05, 2021 12:33 IST

  West Bengal Polls 2021: Elections to the 294-member assembly will be held in eight-phase from March 27 to April 29. Results will be declared on May 2.

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  Mamata Banerjee's 'khela hobe' remark irks BJP, party approaches EC urging fair polls

  March 04, 2021 19:01 IST

  ‘Khela Hobe’, meaning ‘Game On’, is a slogan first given by Trinamool Congress as scores of its leaders switched to the BJP, pitching Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against all the opposition faces.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: BJP, TMC, Congress, Left parties' full list of candidates

  March 23, 2021 9:37 IST

  Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in eight phases on March 27, April 1, April 6, April 10, April 17, April 22, April 26 and April 29. Results will be declared on May 2. The term of West Bengal Legislative Assembly will expire on May 30.