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  Bengal polls 2021: Plea filed against BJP's 'Rath Yatra' in Calcutta High Court

  India | February 05, 2021 11:05 IST

  A plea has been filed in Calcutta High Court against Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed 'Rath Yatra' in West Bengal ahead of assembly elections in the state. 

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  Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui announces party for Bengal Polls, says 'Want to be Kingmaker'

  Special Report | January 21, 2021 23:08 IST

  Months before the West Bengal assembly elections, Pirzada of Furfura Sharif Abbas Siddiqui on Thursday floated a new political party ‘Indian Secular Front’.

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  Bengal Polls 2021: Who will be BJP's CM face? Here's what party says

  National | January 20, 2021 17:16 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday ruled out projecting any chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly election in West Bengal.

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  Mamata Banerjee should get a letter pad ready with words 'former CM' written on it: Suvendu Adhikari

  India | January 19, 2021 17:13 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari, former Mamata's aide and TMC leader who joined BJP ahead of the upcoming election in the state this year, has hit out at Bengal Chief Minister saying he will defeat Mamata Banerjee over 50,000 votes, and if failed, will leave politics.

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  EXCLUSIVE | TMC has become a company with Mamata as chairman, Abhishek as MD: Suvendu Adhikari

  India | January 08, 2021 23:31 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, who was once considered to be a close aide of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, has described his former party — Trinamool Congress (TMC) — as a 'private limited company'.

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  Congress, Left parties to hold mega joint rally in poll-bound Bengal

  Elections | January 08, 2021 10:02 IST

  The parties decided to jointly hold a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground either in February or in March, Bose said after the day's meeting.

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  West Bengal Election: Massive crowd in support of Suvendu Adhikari may worry Mamata Banerjee

  Politics | January 01, 2021 7:46 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari hold a mega roadshow in North 24 Parganas days back. There was a muge crowd in support of the rebel TMC leader. This could be enough to show Mamata that BJP is all set to give a tough fight to TMC in West Bengal.

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  Bengal polls 2021: BJP appoints district observers, co-observers | check list

  India | December 28, 2020 8:24 IST

  Ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday appointed district observers and district co-observers for the organisation. As per an official release, for Kolkata Zone, the party has appointed Sovan Chatterjee as the observer, while Debjit Sarkar has been appointed as convenor.

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  Trinamool Congress and Suvendu Adhikari’s supporters clash in Medinipur

  News | December 23, 2020 16:04 IST

  Days after Suvendu Adhikari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, violence broke out between Adhikari’s supporters and Trinamool Congress workers in Medinipur.

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  After wife Sujata Mondal joins TMC, BJP MP Saumitra Khan says, 'sending her divorce notice'

  India | December 21, 2020 17:20 IST

  Sujata Mondal Khan, wife of BJP MP Saumitra Khan, switched over to the TMC from the saffron camp on Monday, claiming that she did not get her due recognition even after taking several risks to get her husband elected from Bishnupur during 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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  Amit Shah to make inroads in Mamata Banerjee's turf amid rebellion in TMC

  News | December 18, 2020 23:11 IST

  Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Kolkata on Friday night on a two-day visit to take stock of the BJP's affairs in the state as the assembly elections draw near, amid a rebellion within the ruling Trinamool Congress.

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  Mamata's allegation is baseless and she is restless: Owaisi

  Politics | December 16, 2020 13:40 IST

  "Never was a man born who can buy Asaduddin Owaisi with money. Her allegation is baseless & she is restless. She should worry about her own home, so many of her people are going to BJP, has insulted the voters of Bihar & the people who voted for us".

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  Watch Actual ground report on Political Battle of West Bengal | Haqikat Kya hai

  Hakikat Kya Hai | December 24, 2020 15:56 IST

  why the Political violence is rapidly increasing in West Bengal, Watch Actual ground report on Political Battle of West Bengal | Haqikat Kya hai

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  MP minister Narottam Mishra meets Amitabh Bachchan's mother-in-law in Bhopal

  News | December 12, 2020 13:20 IST

  The BJP had roped in Narottam Mishra, its troubleshooter in Madhya Pradesh, for the Bengal elections and assigned him the responsibility of 48 assembly seats in the state.

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  Challenge to democracy in West Bengal is like nowhere else in the country: Jagdeep Dhankhar

  India | December 11, 2020 21:42 IST

  West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in an exclusive conversation with India TV spoke about the situation in West Bengal, the state of its administration, how the rule of law is being politicised, and raised the alarm that there is a challenge to democracy in the state.

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  Amit Shah's focusses on Mission Bengal amid Bihar election, BJP chief on 2-day state visit

  National | November 04, 2020 20:02 IST

  The Bhartiya Janta Party leader on Wednesday announced his two-day visit to West Bengal where the assembly polls are due next year.

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  West Bengal's Sabar tribe boycotts Lok Sabha 2019 polls due to no electricity supply

  India | May 06, 2019 7:41 IST

  The Sabar tribals have decided not to poll for these 2019 Lok Sabha elections as they are being cheated by the government, who had promised free electricity to every house.

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  BJP will do well in West Bengal elections: Naqvi

  National | February 09, 2015 17:50 IST

  Kolkata: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said all those involved in the Saradha scam should be punished as public money was looted, even as he expressed confidence over BJP doing well in the coming

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  Choppers Used During Heavy Polling In Maoist-Hit Areas Of Bengal

  India | May 10, 2011 16:39 IST

  Kolkata, May 10: Seventy per cent votes were polled till 1 PM  today in the sixth and last phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal in 14 Maoist-hit constituencies spread over three districts amid tight

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  81 PC Polling In Fifth Phase In Bengal

  India | May 07, 2011 19:26 IST

  Kolkata, May 7: Eighty one per cent turnout was recorded in the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, which ended peacefully in four Maoist-affected districts today.Election office sources said there was 81 per cent