As trends showed a saffron surge in Bengal, the residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in South Kolkata's Kalighat wore a deserted look on Thursday with just a handful of Trinamool Congress supporters gathered outside.
As votes come in, decisions are turning over its head in Bengal. Earlier, BJP`s candidate was leading but now Asansol is trailing behind TMC`s Moon Moon Sen.
A senior party leader said, "We do not have to worry about these exit poll reports, which in most cases do not match."
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Babul Supriyo is likely to win on West Bengal's Asansol seat. He contested against Trinamool Congress' Moon Moon Sen.
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Violence reported in West Bengal in last phase of polls, TMC workers protest against BJP candidate Rahul Sinha
Of the 716 women candidates analysed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 100 (15 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 78 (11 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against their names, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Senior IPS officer and former Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar on Thursday reported at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a day after he was relieved from duty in West Bengal by the Election Commission, officials said.
The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday criticised the Election Commission for curtailing campaigning in West Bengal by 20 hours, throwing its weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
May 16 was full of political activities as expected. All political camps are gearing up to take a shot at government forming as counting day (May 23) approaches. Take a look at what happened.
Accusing the BJP-RSS of systematically attacking Bengal and its ethos, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the saffron party was opposed to the very ideas propagated by social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose statue was desecrated in the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
The reaction from the TMC came close on the heels of BJP president Amit Shah accusing the West Bengal's ruling party of indulging in violence in the state and alleged that the Election Commission has been a "mute spectator".
Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien has blamed BJP Chief Amit Shah for the vandalisation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's iconic bust in the premises of Calcutta University. Derek O'Brien also went on to call Amit Shah a "liar".
Amit Shah, while addressing mediapersons, on Wednesday said: "Their [TMC's] workers vandalised the [Vidyasagar] bust themselves. This is nothing but a desperate measure adopted by the TMC to gain sympathy. Mamata [Banerjee] didi knows she's losing the election."
A bust of the 19th-century social reformer was vandalised allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers during clashes at party chief Amit Shah's rally in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Parts of the city plunged into a welter of violence as his convoy was attacked with stones by alleged TMC supporters from inside the hostel of Vidyasagar College, triggering a clash between supporters of the two parties, officials said.
"If our leader and minister Madan Mitra can be arrested for just having a picture with Saradha scam boss Sudipta Sen, then why won't Prime Minister Narendra Modi be arrested for posing with fugitive businessman Nirav Modi?" he said at an election rally here.
For PM Modi, even sweatmeat made of mud and mortar was a blessing, leave alone anything of a less degree. And when we talk of that, we talk of a slap.
The convoy of West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh was allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers days before the sixth round of polling in West Bengal.
PM Modi attacks Mamata Banerjee over violence during fifth phase of polling in West Bengal
"I will call a thousand people from Uttar Pradesh to beat you up," said Bharati Ghosh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Ghatal, West Bengal.
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