TMC, BJP Banners Reigniting Bengal Polls Spirit, Why Nandigram Waits with Bated Breath for Bhabanipur Result
3 years, 3 months ago

TMC, BJP Banners Reigniting Bengal Polls Spirit, Why Nandigram Waits with Bated Breath for Bhabanipur Result

News 18  

The big battle in West Bengal is in Bhabanipur but its root lies 130 km away, in Nandigram. We are small people but we hope in Bhabanipur she wins by the highest margin.” Another man named Pulin Dolui passing the spot says: “We feel very sad. Heading towards the TMC party office at Barachira High School, our car had to stop given a huge crowd seen of “Duare Sarkar”, the TMC government camp for providing scheme benefits. At the TMC party office in Nandigram block 2, TMCs Mahadev Bag who was in election charge says: “I have done havan here and prayed to God that the CM should win with her biggest margin from Bhabanipur. I can’t show my face to anyone till that happens.” Sheik Sufian, the CM’s Chief Election agent in Nandigram too said: “It’s our shame, but we are sure Bhabanipur will take the revenge.

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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 …

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 …

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence
5 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a four-hour sit-in demonstration with a group of around BJP 300 workers outside Raj Bhavan on Sunday against the post-poll violence allegedly by the Trinamul Congress in the state. Mr Adhikari however announced the plan of a new agitation by the BJP on July 21, the day when TMC holds …

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims
6 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims

India TV News  

Amid escalating tensions over post-poll violence, the West Bengal police on Thursday prohibited BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from entering the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Ananda Bose. Earlier, Adhikari in his allegations has stated that, "During the election process and after the results were declared, opposition political workers, especially BJP Bengal Karyakartas, are being targeted in West Bengal. …

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 …

West Bengal Election Results 2024: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee set for massive victory in Diamond Harbour
6 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal Election Results 2024: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee set for massive victory in Diamond Harbour

The Hindu  

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TMC ahead in 30 of 42 seats in Bengal; BJP trailing in all seats it won in 2019
6 months, 2 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, …

TMC Leading in 9, BJP in 2 Seats in Bengal
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TMC Leading in 9, BJP in 2 Seats in Bengal

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: The TMC surged ahead of its rivals as it was leading in nine seats, whereas the BJP was leading in two and the Congress in one seat after the initial round of counting, the Election Commission website said. TMC candidate and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee is leading in the Diamond Harbour constituency over his nearest rival BJP's Abhijit Das …

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm

News 18  

Kolkata Uttar is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal that will go to polls in the seventh phase of election on June 1. In the North Kolkata Lok Sabha seat, where the TMC’s “old guard” is pitted against the “new guard”. The BJP dealt a lethal blow to the TMC’s fortunes when Tapas Roy, now the saffron …

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 …

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah
7 months ago

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Slamming West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a day after police raided the house of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Suvendu Adhikari, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the more Banerjee harasses Adhikari, the higher the position BJP would give him. But not even four annas were recovered from Adhikari’s house,” Shah said while addressing a rally at …

'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 …

Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi Holds Massive Road Show In Assam's Guwahati Amid Sea Of People
8 months ago

Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi Holds Massive Road Show In Assam's Guwahati Amid Sea Of People

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 News LIVE Updates: The BJP has approached the Election Commission of India over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “BJP will cause riot two days before Lok Sabha election” remark. Last week, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had claimed that the BJP will “riot” two days before the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 17. …

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 …

In Bengal’s Tamluk, Justice Gangopadhyay faces off against TMC’s Debangshu Bhattacharya of ’khela hobe’ fame
8 months, 3 weeks ago

In Bengal’s Tamluk, Justice Gangopadhyay faces off against TMC’s Debangshu Bhattacharya of ’khela hobe’ fame

Live Mint  

The BJP released its fifth list of candidates on Sunday, setting up a contest between Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and TMC leader Debangshu Bhattacharya in the Tamluk constituency of West Bengal. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday criticized Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a former judge of the Calcutta High Court and current Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha election candidate, for his recent …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhruy Rips Into TMC Mamata Banerjee Yusuf Pathan Candidacy Congress Behrampore
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhruy Rips Into TMC Mamata Banerjee Yusuf Pathan Candidacy Congress Behrampore

ABP News  

New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for nominating Yusuf Pathan to contest from the Behrampore Lok Sabha constituency, which has traditionally been a Congress stronghold. “If Mamata Banerjee had good intentions for Yusuf Pathan, she would have asked I.N.D.I.A alliance for a seat for him in Gujarat. #WATCH | …

Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee to announce TMC's candidates list at mega Kolkata rally today
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee to announce TMC's candidates list at mega Kolkata rally today

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress is set to launch its 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign with a mega rally - ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ - at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Grounds and announce its list of 42 party candidates on Sunday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will take the centre stage during the rally to set the …

Mamata-Modi rematch with INDIA in tatters
9 months, 1 week ago

Mamata-Modi rematch with INDIA in tatters

New Indian Express  

As if to rub salt on the Congress’ wounds, the TMC has fielded popular cricketer Yusuf Pathan from Behampore against the Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. We must not forget that just two years later, in 2021, Mamata managed to sweep the assembly elections, winning a whopping 215 seats. What is more, the voters have shown a …

TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc
10 months, 4 weeks 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, …

'Don't care': Adhir Chowdhury on Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in Bengal
11 months ago

'Don't care': Adhir Chowdhury on Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said he does not care about Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All seats include Adhir Chowdhury's Baharampur too -- though Trinamool is a key member of the opposition INDIA bloc led by the Congress. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury earlier said the Congress …

Mamata Banerjee mounts pressure on Cong, says TMC can contest all Bengal seats
11 months ago

Mamata Banerjee mounts pressure on Cong, says TMC can contest all Bengal seats

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Weeks after offering to honour the INDIA coalition by not contesting the two West Bengal Lok Sabha seats that the Congress won in 2019, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee told her party leaders at a party meeting on Friday that the TMC can contest all 42 seats in the state. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration …

West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari calls for 'encounter' policy, cites Yogi's UP; TMC hits back
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari calls for 'encounter' policy, cites Yogi's UP; TMC hits back

India TV News  

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday drew a parallel between the West Bengal Chief Minister and her Uttar Pradesh counterpart and said that “an able administrator like Yogi Adityanath should have been at the helm” in Mamata Banerjee-led state and advocated for “encounters” of those committing crimes against women. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the law and order …

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 …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence

India Today  

In a symbolic protest against the violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, locked the gate of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata. This protest came after BJP leader Adhikari's meeting with Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, where he had expressed his discontent with the violence that took place in several parts of the …

‘Turmoil because of…': Suvendu Adhikari's attack on Mamata govt amid poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Turmoil because of…': Suvendu Adhikari's attack on Mamata govt amid poll violence

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government over the rising violence in the state amid panchayat polls. “.This is not an election.It's a ‘jungle raj’…today this land is in turmoil because of Mamata Banerjee & his nephew with the connivance of West Bengal Police.” Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West …

‘CM is concerned’: Mamata Banerjee sets up panel to look into Sagardighi defeat
1 year, 9 months ago

‘CM is concerned’: Mamata Banerjee sets up panel to look into Sagardighi defeat

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday constituted a four-member committee of legislators to look into the reasons for the Trinamool Congress’s defeat in the Sagardighi assembly bypoll. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Banerjee formed a committee of four Muslim legislators and ministers to probe the Sagardighi defeat over concerns that it could be a sign that …

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent
1 year, 11 months ago

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent

Hindustan Times  

A court in West Bengal’s East Midnapore has issued arrest warrants against four people including Sheikh Sufiyan, a ruling Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in the Nandigram assembly constituency in 2021, in connection with an alleged post-poll murder. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram seat in the 2021 polls. The Central Bureau …

Suvendu Adhikari And Abhishek Banerjee Show Their Might In West Bengal Ahead Of Panchayat Polls
2 years ago

Suvendu Adhikari And Abhishek Banerjee Show Their Might In West Bengal Ahead Of Panchayat Polls

ABP News  

Ahead of panchayat polls in West Bengal, the political ground of the state is heating up with BJP and TMC showing their might. BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee took on the other's home turf on Saturday, reported PTI. Suvendu Adhikari’s Rally Addressing the meeting in South 24 Parganas's Diamond Harbour, the Lok Sabha constituency of Banerjee, Adhikari asked …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to take out rallies on rival turfs
2 years ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to take out rallies on rival turfs

India Today  

Ahead of the panchayat elections in West Bengal next year, TMC's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and BJP’s Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari are all set to take out rallies on rival turfs on Saturday. Contai is considered to be the 'home' turf of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, while Banerjee is the sitting Lok Sabha member from the Diamond Harbour …

Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home
2 years ago

Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court granted conditional permission to Trinamool Congress MP Abishek Banerjee to hold a political rally in Bengal’s Kanthi at the scheduled venue, less than 200 metres from the residence of the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari. Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday filed a case before the Calcutta High Court against Banerjee’s decision to hold a public meeting …

West Bengal: 7-year-old killed, another injured while playing with crude bomb
2 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal: 7-year-old killed, another injured while playing with crude bomb

Hindustan Times  

A seven-year-old boy was killed while a 10-year-old was seriously injured after a country-made bomb exploded when they mistook it for a ball near Barrackpore, around 35 km north of Kolkata, on Tuesday morning. Police and the Criminal Investigation Department’s bomb disposal squad recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the same spot. Barrackpore MP and former state BJP vice-president Arjun …

BJP, TMC & Congress Gear Up for Mega 2023 Poll Battle in Tripura
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP, TMC & Congress Gear Up for Mega 2023 Poll Battle in Tripura

News 18  

Tripura is gearing up for assembly polls that is expected to be held in 6 months. Ahead of Nadda’s visit, BJP also announced that the state will have a new party chief – Rajeev Bhattacharya. I am sure we will win Tripura polls next year.” From changing the Chief Minister to appointing a new party chief in the state, the …

West Bengal: LoP Suvendu Adhikari Stopped At Tamluk Enroute Violence-Hit Howrah
2 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal: LoP Suvendu Adhikari Stopped At Tamluk Enroute Violence-Hit Howrah

ABP News  

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, was stopped by the police at Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district on Sunday, PTI reported. Earlier in the day, Adhikari headed on a collision course with the West Bengal Police as the law enforcers asked the Bharatiya Janata Party leader not to visit parts of violence-hit Howrah district …

Blow for Bengal BJP as Lok Sabha MP Arjun Singh returns to TMC after 38 months
2 years, 7 months ago

Blow for Bengal BJP as Lok Sabha MP Arjun Singh returns to TMC after 38 months

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a blow in Bengal on Sunday when Arjun Singh, its Lok Sabha member from Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district and a state vice-president, returned to the Trinamool Congress after 38 months. BJP Lok Sabha MP Arjun Singh joins TMC in the presence of party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, in Kolkata on Sunday. TMC …

A year on, Suvendu Adhikari recounts post-poll violence in West Bengal
2 years, 7 months ago

A year on, Suvendu Adhikari recounts post-poll violence in West Bengal

Op India  

On May 2nd last year, Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress returned to power in West Bengal by winning 215 of the total 294 Vidhan Sabha seats. Following TMC’s thumping victory, Bengal saw an orgy of violence in the State as the main opposition party BJP’s workers were brutally targeted across the state. More than a dozen BJP workers lost their lives in …

Bypolls 2022: TMC, Congress, RJD win; BJP draws blank
2 years, 8 months ago

Bypolls 2022: TMC, Congress, RJD win; BJP draws blank

Firstpost  

West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said it is a general trend that the party in power in the state generally wins the by-elections Kolkata/Kolhapur: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday made a clean sweep winning both the Asansol Lok Sabha and the Ballygunge Assembly seats in West Bengal while the Congress and the RJD bagged one constituency each in Maharashtra …

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 …

Will smash polling booths if TMC meddles in Feb 27 municipal polls, says Bengal BJP MP
2 years, 10 months ago

Will smash polling booths if TMC meddles in Feb 27 municipal polls, says Bengal BJP MP

India Today  

BJP will retaliate if violence breaks out in West Bengal during or after municipal elections or if the TMC engages in booth meddling, BJP MP Arjun Singh has said. READ: West Bengal BJP offers rebel TMC party members to join Asked what would be the BJP's response if there is booth meddling during the municipal elections, Arjun Singh said, "Eent …

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 …

Bengal: First time in 36 yrs, no one from Suvendu Adhikari's family contesting Contai Municipality polls
2 years, 10 months ago

Bengal: First time in 36 yrs, no one from Suvendu Adhikari's family contesting Contai Municipality polls

India Today  

For the first time in three decades, no member of BJP leader and Bengal assembly leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s family will be contesting from ward no 21 in the upcoming Contai Municipality elections in East Midnapore district. The elections scheduled to be held on February 12 will see another candidate contesting from the BJP after 36 years of the …

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 …

Trinamool Congress will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, announces Mamata Banerjee
2 years, 10 months ago

Trinamool Congress will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, announces Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

Highlights TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has extended support to Akhilesh Yadav for UP polls. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her party will contest the Lok Sabha or General elections from UP. "In Uttar Pradesh, I am not going to contest Assembly polls but I am going to support SP chief Akhilesh Yadav …

TMC is on a High in Bengal But There's Discontent Brewing in Its Ranks
3 years, 1 month ago

TMC is on a High in Bengal But There's Discontent Brewing in Its Ranks

The Quint  

On 14 November, in the presence of minister Ghulam Rabbani, turncoats and leaders from all nine blocks of North Dinajpur district, party’s district president Kanaia Lal Agarwal said, “Don’t keep your ego. Veteran TMC leader and MP Sougata Roy had also expressed his displeasure on Dutta’s rejoining and said, “If people who attacked our party and Mamata Banerjee, the people …

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 …

Mamata’s march: On West Bengal CM's win
3 years, 2 months ago

Mamata’s march: On West Bengal CM's win

The Hindu  

The victory of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur by-poll in West Bengal has come as no surprise but the margin of the victory and the little resistance put up by the Opposition parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party have come as a shot in the arm for the ruling Trinamool Congress. Ms Banerjee’s record winning margin of 58,832 …

Mamata Banerjee wins prestige battle in Bhabanipur bypoll; 'I am man of match', says BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal
3 years, 2 months ago

Mamata Banerjee wins prestige battle in Bhabanipur bypoll; 'I am man of match', says BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal

Firstpost  

The TMC supremo registered a thumping victory by a record margin of 58,835 votes, eight percent higher compared to her performance in 2011 polls, when she won by 54,213 votes from the constituency Mamata Banerjee on Sunday won the crucial Bhabanipur bypoll in West Bengal, a victory that was both a prestige battle as well as crucial for her to …

Khela Holo: Bhabanipur votes Didi back to power, helps her retain Bengal CM's post
3 years, 2 months ago

Khela Holo: Bhabanipur votes Didi back to power, helps her retain Bengal CM's post

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will remain the chief minister of West Bengal, for the third consecutive time, and the voters of the Bhabanipur assembly constituency ensured that. A Trinamool Congress supporter flashes victory sign wearing a face shield with a photo of party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee outside her residence in Kolkata's Kalighat, on Sunday. …

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