In Erstwhile Red Belt Jangalmahal, TMC Hopes to Halt Saffron Plans, Courtesy Chhatradhar Mahato
3 years, 9 months ago

In Erstwhile Red Belt Jangalmahal, TMC Hopes to Halt Saffron Plans, Courtesy Chhatradhar Mahato

News 18  

Chhatradhar Mahato, surrounded by security guards with AK-47 rifles, greets visitors at the local Trinamool Congress office in Jhargram. The BJP is also citing issues such as rampant corruption in government schemes under the TMC rule and irregularities in allotment of jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. At a rally in Bhelapahari in Jhargram on Monday, Union minister Arjun Munda put emphasis on the BJP’s manifesto promise of Rs 3.72-lakh cash benefit for each girl child from reserved communities. Tribal people were misled by the BJP in 2019, but they now understand the “BJP practises politics of Hindutva” that does not benefit the SC /ST community, Birbaha Hansda, the TMC’s first-time candidate from Jhargram, says. A senior TMC leader, however, countered this argument, saying the PM’s rally in Kharagpur was not up to the mark despite it being the constituency of BJP state president and parliamentarian Dilip Ghosh.

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Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers
1 month ago

Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers

Live Mint  

Despite the ongoing protest over RG Kar rape case and demands for CM Mamata Banerjee to step down, Trinaamool Congress made a clean sweep in six assembly constituencies in West Bengal that went into polls this year. Check early trends here: In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy won by 1,65,984 beating her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray …

Bengal Bypoll Results: Despite RG Kar Protests, Mamata's TMC Leading In All 6 Seats, Set For Clean Sweep
1 month ago

Bengal Bypoll Results: Despite RG Kar Protests, Mamata's TMC Leading In All 6 Seats, Set For Clean Sweep

ABP News  

Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress has taken commanding leads in all six assembly seats in West Bengal bypolls, with counting underway since Saturday morning. These elections, held after the RG Kar rape-murder case that had the state on the boil, are being viewed as a litmus test for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's leadership and the TMC's political dominance. Watch ABP …

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends
Top News
1 month ago

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an unassailable lead in the bypolls held for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with counting underway since 8 am on Saturday. In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading by 73,452 votes, a margin of 60,493 votes over her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP, who has so far …

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats
1 month ago

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

India TV News  

The counting of votes for the bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am, following the elections held on November 13. Madarihat - In the Madarihat bypoll, Bikash Champromary of the Indian National Congress contested against Jayprakash Toppo of the All India Trinamool Congress and Rahul Lohar of the Bharatiya …

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
1 month ago

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress candidates are leading by significant margins in all six assembly constituencies where by-elections were held in West Bengal. Key trends from the bypolls In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste seat, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading with a massive 73,452 votes, holding a commanding margin of 60,493 votes over BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray, who has secured 12,959 votes. In Madarihat, …

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account
1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account

India TV News  

In a stunning show of strength, the Trinamool Congress has secured a clean sweep in the West Bengal assembly bypolls, winning all six contested seats, including the crucial Madarihat constituency in the Alipurduar district. Despite the BJP's stronghold in the region, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo triumphed in Madarihat by over 28,000 votes, further consolidating the party’s influence in North Bengal. In …

TMC cutting off water, power supplies in areas where it was losing in polls: BJP
6 months ago

TMC cutting off water, power supplies in areas where it was losing in polls: BJP

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Ajay Kumar Poddar, the Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Kulti in West Midnapore district, on June 16, staged a sit-in demonstration while blocking the GT Road along with a group of his party supporters, alleging that the Trinamool Congress -run Asansol Municipal Corporation has stopped supplying adequate drinking water in the area after the BJP got the lead in …

TMC, BJP gear up for bypolls at Bengal assembly seats won by turncoats
6 months, 1 week ago

TMC, BJP gear up for bypolls at Bengal assembly seats won by turncoats

Hindustan Times  

The bypolls to be held at four assembly seats in West Bengal on July 10 has prompted both Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party to prepare for a tough battle since three of these constituencies were wrested by the saffron camp in the last 2021 state elections but the winners, who had switched over from the ruling party, changed …

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress registered a massive victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, winning 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats till reports last came in on Tuesday evening, and final results are awaited. Key player With an emphatic victory in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee has emerged as …

TMC ahead in 30 of 42 seats in Bengal; BJP trailing in all seats it won in 2019
6 months, 3 weeks ago

TMC ahead in 30 of 42 seats in Bengal; BJP trailing in all seats it won in 2019

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicted that his Bharatiya Janata Party would show its best performance in West Bengal, where it had targeted 30 of the state’s 42 seats, the saffron camp trailed Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress at 32 seats as the first round of counting was coming to its end around 11am. In the 2021 assembly polls, …

Mid-day trend indicates big victory for TMC in Bengal; Congress, Left in crisis
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mid-day trend indicates big victory for TMC in Bengal; Congress, Left in crisis

Hindustan Times  

T Police personnel escort election officials as they carry an EVM inside a counting centre in Delhi As West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress left its principal adversary Bharatiya Janata Party behind at 30 of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats till 2pm on Thursday, the trend indicated that the saffron camp failed to retain the ground it gained five years …

Exit poll predicts BJP would breach Trinamool's South Bengal fortress
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exit poll predicts BJP would breach Trinamool's South Bengal fortress

India Today  

The India Today-Axis My India exit poll has predicted a massive setback for the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. According to the exit poll, while the BJP would likely get 26–31 seats out of the total 42, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC would likely get around 11-14 seats. The exit poll predicted that the vote share of …

TMC fighting for survival in Bengal elections, BJP getting maximum success in state: PM Modi
6 months, 3 weeks ago

TMC fighting for survival in Bengal elections, BJP getting maximum success in state: PM Modi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exuded confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party securing maximum success in West Bengal in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. "TMC party is fighting for survival in the Bengal elections. BJP is getting maximum success in West Bengal. PM Modi on Calcutta High Court order on OBC certificates When asked about the …

Bengal Lok Sabha elections: BJP's Jhargram candidate alleges mob attack, TMC hits back
7 months ago

Bengal Lok Sabha elections: BJP's Jhargram candidate alleges mob attack, TMC hits back

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from West Bengal's Jhargram Pranat Tudu was allegedly attacked in Garbeta area of West Midnapore district. Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE coverage BJP candidate Pranat Tudu claimed his convoy was attacked by TMC cadre in Garbeta area of West Midnapore district "We could have been murdered if Central forces would not have been there.We did not …

BJP-TMC workers clashed during voting in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh's car vandalised
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP-TMC workers clashed during voting in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh's car vandalised

India TV News  

West Bengal witnessed violence amid the polling for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Monday. BJP candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, Dilip Ghosh had reached Kalnagate Kopi Bagan Shishu Shiksha Kendra in East Bardhaman district during voting. Till the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, the voting has been concluded at 18 out of 42 seats of …

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday accused senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, of allegedly endorsing voting for the BJP in a poll-bound rally saying that it is better to vote for BJP than TMC in West Bengal. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury In the purported video shared by the Trinamool's official X handle, the …

BJP may edge past Mamata's TMC in Bengal, Mahua Moitra likely to lose: India TV Opinion Poll
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP may edge past Mamata's TMC in Bengal, Mahua Moitra likely to lose: India TV Opinion Poll

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party may script history in West Bengal as the party is likely to go well past Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with the projection to win 23 seats out of 42 for the first time in the state since its inception. The BJP, which won 18 seats in …

‘Not just another election’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP in north Bengal rallies
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Not just another election’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP in north Bengal rallies

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: India will lose her independence and witness dictatorship if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins the coming Lok Sabha election, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told voters on Monday at two back-to-back rallies in north Bengal. TMC chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in support of party candidate Jagadish …

‘Don't complain if anything happens…’: TMC leader's warning to voters
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Don't complain if anything happens…’: TMC leader's warning to voters

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MLA Hamidur Rehman on Thursday stirred a controversy by issuing a veiled threat to voters in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district saying that if they do not vote for his party in the Lok Sabha election, then they should not complain if “anything were to happen” to them. Trinamool Congress MLA Hamidur Rehman “The supporters of the BJP, …

Bengal Lok Sabha polls | Discontent grows in TMC, BJP ranks over ticket distribution
9 months ago

Bengal Lok Sabha polls | Discontent grows in TMC, BJP ranks over ticket distribution

The Hindu  

Discontentment seems to be increasing by the day in sections of the BJP and the TMC in West Bengal with several leaders of both camps expressing displeasure over the selection of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. At least five senior TMC leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Benazir Noor and party spokesperson Santanu Sen, who were seeking nomination …

West Bengal: TMC MP Arjun Singh set to re-join BJP after denial of Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore
9 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: TMC MP Arjun Singh set to re-join BJP after denial of Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore

India TV News  

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress received a fresh blow ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as MP Arjun Singh, who was apparently miffed at being denied a ticket from Barrackpore constituency, said he will return to the Bharatiya Janata Party. TMC on Sunday named Naihati MLA and state minister Partha Bhowmick as the candidate from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat giving a big …

TMC gamble in going solo in West Bengal
9 months, 1 week ago

TMC gamble in going solo in West Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The INDIA bloc seems dead and buried in West Bengal with the Trinamool Congress declaring candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state. At the outset, chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee has taken a big gamble to go alone in the general elections, where her party’s primary opponent is the BJP. The Congress high command was …

‘Unilateral announcement’ : Congress hits back at Mamata Banerjee’s list
9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Unilateral announcement’ : Congress hits back at Mamata Banerjee’s list

Live Mint  

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, dealing a blow to the Congress party which had hoped to stich up an alliance with the party for upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Indian National Congress has always maintained that such an agreement has to be finalised through negotiations and not …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Check Full List Of TMC Candidates Fighting Polls In West Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Check Full List Of TMC Candidates Fighting Polls In West Bengal

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress, under the leadership of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has unveiled its list of 42 candidates in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Among the notable selections, TMC stalwart Abhishek Banerjee has been nominated to run for the Diamond Harbour constituency, while Yusuf Pathan will contest from the Bahrampur seat. The candidate …

TMC to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal, Congress hoping for seat-sharing arrangement
10 months ago

TMC to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal, Congress hoping for seat-sharing arrangement

Op India  

On Friday, Trinamool Congress politician Derek O’Brien announced that the party will contest from all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, thereby ruling out possible seat-sharing arrangement with I.N.D.I. TMC leader Derek O'Brien says 'no change' in party's stand of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, a few in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya, amid …

TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc
11 months ago

TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc

India TV News  

In a major setback to the Opposition bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mamata's statement on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra The Bengal Chief Minister also claimed she had not been informed of Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra passing through Bengal, …

TMC ready to go solo in Lok Sabha polls in Bengal if 'due importance' not given: Mamata
11 months ago

TMC ready to go solo in Lok Sabha polls in Bengal if 'due importance' not given: Mamata

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Amid rumblings within the INDIA bloc in West Bengal over seat sharing, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that her party is ready to independently contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state if not given “due importance”. Another TMC leader, requesting anonymity, said, “The party chief said that we need to make preparations to win all …

Amid war of words, TMC says it has 'open heart' for Congress, but ready to go solo in West Bengal if needed
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid war of words, TMC says it has 'open heart' for Congress, but ready to go solo in West Bengal if needed

India TV News  

Amid the war of words between TMC and Congress over seat-sharing in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress on Saturday said that it has an “open heart” for the grand old party over the issue in the state for the Lok Sabha elections, however, also did not rule out the possibility of going solo if the talks did not reach a logical …

The Didi supremacy in West Bengal
1 year, 5 months ago

The Didi supremacy in West Bengal

India Today  

As expected, the ruling Trinamool Congress has swept the three-tier panchayat polls in West Bengal and re-established its dominance over Opposition parties. On July 8, over 200,000 candidates competed for 73,887 seats in 3,317 gram panchayats, 341 panchayat samitis and 20 zilla parishads. Out of 63,229 gram panchayat seats, the TMC has so far won 34,901—nearly double the combined tally …

West Bengal: BJP predicts Mamata govt's collapse in near future, TMC reacts sharply
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bengal: BJP predicts Mamata govt's collapse in near future, TMC reacts sharply

India TV News  

BJP's tall claim: The BJP on Sunday upped the ante against the ruling TMC in West Bengal and said that it was just a matter of time before the Mamata Banerjee government in the state collapsed. Reacting sharply to the BJP leaders’ remarks, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen said that they want to please the party’s top brass through …

​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres
1 year, 5 months ago

​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres

India TV News  

War of words: The TMC and Opposition BJP engaged in a war of words on Thursday, as the ruling party emerged victorious in the West Bengal panchayat polls with massive margin, over the violence that rocked the state on the polling day. The ruling TMC secured victory on all 20 Zila Parishads in the three-tier panchayat system, winning 880 seats, …

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee sets target of winning 40 Lok Sabha seats
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee sets target of winning 40 Lok Sabha seats

Live Mint  

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on 6 May called upon the party's workers and leaders to ensure that the TMC wins 40 of the total 42 seats in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Banerjee claimed that if TMC had won 34-35 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections, the BJP government at the Centre would not have …

Trinamool Congress prepares for Mamata Banerjee rally in Meghalaya
1 year, 11 months ago

Trinamool Congress prepares for Mamata Banerjee rally in Meghalaya

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to sound the poll bugle for the Trinamool Congress in Meghalaya on January 18, days after three of the 12 party MLAs quit to join rival parties. Banerjee, also the TMC chairperson, would be addressing a public rally at Mendipathar in the North Garo Hills district,” a party spokesperson said. “This …

West Bengal: BJP leader wields trishul, warns Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress
2 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal: BJP leader wields trishul, warns Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress

Firstpost  

Referring to Trinamool Congress workers as ‘servants’ of Mamata Banerjee, the BJP leader recalled his victory against the West Bengal chief minister in the Nandigram constituency during the assembly polls last year Durgapur : Wielding a ’trishul’ while attending a Jagaddhatri Puja function at Durgapur in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari issued a threat …

Bengal by-polls: Clean sweep in sight for TMC in Asansol, Ballygunge
2 years, 8 months ago

Bengal by-polls: Clean sweep in sight for TMC in Asansol, Ballygunge

Deccan Chronicle  

The Trinamool Congress is on way to a clean sweep as it demolished rivals in the Asansol Lok Sabha seat where movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is leading by an unassailable margin of nearly 2.3 lakh votes, while it's candidate Babul Supriyo is on way to win the prestigious Ballygunge constituency. In Asansol former Union minister and popular veteran Bollywood …

By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha
2 years, 8 months ago

By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha

Hindustan Times  

By By-poll results 2022 highlights: In a massive victory, the Trinamool Congress has swept the by-elections in Bengal from the Asansol lok sabha seat and the Ballygunge assembly seat. TMC leader and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha waves towards supporters as he arrives at the party office after winning Asansol parliamentary constituency by-elections, in Asansol, Saturday. By-poll results 2022 highlights: The …

By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha
2 years, 8 months ago

By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha

Hindustan Times  

By By-poll results 2022 highlights: In a massive victory, the Trinamool Congress has swept the by-elections in Bengal from the Asansol lok sabha seat and the Ballygunge assembly seat. TMC leader and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha waves towards supporters as he arrives at the party office after winning Asansol parliamentary constituency by-elections, in Asansol, Saturday. By-poll results 2022 highlights: The …

With No Base among Tribals, Mamata’s Bengal Team Can’t Wing It for TMC in Tripura
2 years, 8 months ago

With No Base among Tribals, Mamata’s Bengal Team Can’t Wing It for TMC in Tripura

News 18  

Recently, the only councillor of the Trinamool Congress in Tripura, Suman Paul, joined the BJP after meeting chief minister Biplab Deb. Before this, the TMC suffered a big setback in February when rebel BJP MLAs Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Saha joined their old party, the Congress. Mamata Banerjee’s party had claimed last year that the state would see a …

West Bengal civic poll: As TMC makes clean sweep, BJP says it does not accept the result
2 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal civic poll: As TMC makes clean sweep, BJP says it does not accept the result

India Today  

The BJP, decimated in the just-concluded civic poll in West Bengal by the ruling TMC, Wednesday said that it does not accept the result claiming that it does not reflect the true feelings of the people of the state and the election was a "farce". State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress had resorted to intimidation, …

West Bengal BJP offers rebel TMC party members to join
2 years, 10 months ago

West Bengal BJP offers rebel TMC party members to join

India Today  

Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal unit vice president, Soumitra Khan, on Saturday invited the expelled Trinamool Congress party members -- who did not get tickets in the upcoming civic polls -- to join the saffron party. READ | Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar writes to Mamata Banerjee for interaction at Raj Bhavan He said, "If rebel TMC leaders, who were denied …

Bengal municipal corporation election results: Mamata's TMC makes clean sweep in 4 corporations
2 years, 10 months ago

Bengal municipal corporation election results: Mamata's TMC makes clean sweep in 4 corporations

India TV News  

Highlights The four municipal corporations are Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandannagar & Asansol Mamata Banerjee has thanked people for TMC's thumping win in the civic polls The Trinamool Congress on Monday made a clean sweep in the civic polls to four municipal corporations in West Bengal -- Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandernagore and Asansol -- as per data available on the State Election Commission's …

TMC to Contest 2024 Lok Sabha Polls from UP, Says Mamata Banerjee as She Urges Regional Parties to Stay United
2 years, 10 months ago

TMC to Contest 2024 Lok Sabha Polls from UP, Says Mamata Banerjee as She Urges Regional Parties to Stay United

News 18  

Mamata Banerjee, who became the chairperson of Trinamool Congress unopposed on Wednesday, gave a call for unity of regional parties to take on the BJP, and said the TMC will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh. Emphasising that unitedly all regional parties can defeat the BJP, Banerjee said she will visit Uttar Pradesh on February 8, and …

Mamata Banerjee to meet Narendra Modi today; development of state, BSF jurisdiction on agenda
3 years, 1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee to meet Narendra Modi today; development of state, BSF jurisdiction on agenda

Firstpost  

The West Bengal chief minister’s visit to the capital is taking place days ahead of the winter session of Parliament that is scheduled to begin on 29 November Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Kolkata on Monday, Banerjee said, “I am going to Delhi today …

Abhishek Banerjee to Visit Agartala Before Civic Polls as TMC Preps Hard for Its '1st Exam Outside Bengal'
3 years, 1 month ago

Abhishek Banerjee to Visit Agartala Before Civic Polls as TMC Preps Hard for Its '1st Exam Outside Bengal'

News 18  

Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee is likely to visit Agartala on November 22, right before the Tripura capital city holds its civic elections on November 25, sources told CNN-News18. The TMC, which has fielded its candidates in all 51 seats, is very serious about the polls, it being the party’s ‘first exam outside’ Bengal, sources said. So if …

Khela sesh: TMC snatches 2 assembly seats from BJP, retains 2 in Bengal bypolls
3 years, 1 month ago

Khela sesh: TMC snatches 2 assembly seats from BJP, retains 2 in Bengal bypolls

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party in all the four assembly seats in West Bengal, the results of the assembly bypolls declared on Tuesday showed. Trinamool Congress general secretary and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee campaigns in support of party candidate Udayan Guha for the Dinhata assembly bypolls at Dinhata in Cooch Behar district. The …

TMC, BJP gear up for close contest in four Bengal bypolls
3 years, 1 month ago

TMC, BJP gear up for close contest in four Bengal bypolls

Hindustan Times  

As West Bengal registered a rise in Covid-19 cases post Durga Puja, the ruling Trinamool Congress and its main contender, the Bharatiya Janata Party, geared up for a close contest in the assembly bypolls to be held on Saturday, October 30, at Dinhata in Cooch Behar district, Santipur in Nadia district, Khardah in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South …

West Bengal Bypolls: Lacklustre BJP Campaign Makes it Advantage TMC
3 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal Bypolls: Lacklustre BJP Campaign Makes it Advantage TMC

The Quint  

The upcoming by-elections in four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal is hardly making any headlines. While ruling Trinamool Congress is pulling out all stops, the principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign has been uncharacteristically muted. The saffron party named Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, union ministers like Smriti Irani and Giriraj Singh along with 17 leaders from Bengal as …

Bhabanipur bypoll result: Mamata Banerjee wins landslide victory from home turf
3 years, 2 months ago

Bhabanipur bypoll result: Mamata Banerjee wins landslide victory from home turf

Deccan Chronicle  

Five months after her controversial defeat to Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP at Nandigram in the West Bengal Assembly elections, a wounded Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday bounced back, winning as an MLA from Bhowanipore again in a byelection by breaking all her past records of victory margins on her home turf to continue as the state’s chief …

After Goa, Tripura, TMC's 'Mission India' in Meghalaya; Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 13 Cong MLAs May Switch
3 years, 2 months ago

After Goa, Tripura, TMC's 'Mission India' in Meghalaya; Ex-CM Mukul Sangma, 13 Cong MLAs May Switch

News 18  

Former Meghalaya chief minister and current leader of opposition, Mukul Sangma, and 13 other MLAs are likely to quit the Congress on Friday and join the All India Trinamool Congress. Sources confirmed to News18 that Sangma had visited to Kolkata last week and met the top TMC leaders during his stay. He is expected to make an official announcement after …

Bypolls in Bhabanipur, Samserganj, Jangipur and Pipili to be held today
3 years, 2 months ago

Bypolls in Bhabanipur, Samserganj, Jangipur and Pipili to be held today

Hindustan Times  

Bypolls will be held in three seats in West Bengal - south Kolkata's Bhabanipur, Samserganj and Jangirpur in Murshidabad district - and Pipili in Odisha on Thursday. In the assembly election held earlier this year, Banerjee, a resident of the Bhabanipur constituency, contested from Nandigram, against her former protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party in his home turf. …

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