West Bengal Elections highlights: What mistake did I do by appealing to everyone to vote unitedly, asks Mamata on EC ban

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee conducted a dharna at Kolkata as a mark of protest against the Election Commission of India's decision to impose a ban on her for 24 hours from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm of April 12 till 8 pm of April 13, while J P Nadda slammed her behaviour as that of a 'defeated player'. Assembly polls in West Bengal began on March 27, and the remaining four of the eight phases of elections will be held between April 17 and April 29. Stay tuned for updates.

Mamata Banerjee has realised TMC will lose the election : Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has realized that Trinamool Congress will lose the ongoing assembly poll to the BJP in the state and was therefore inciting people to resort to violence.

Singh said that Banerjees political strategist (Prashant Kishor) had accepted that BJP is getting the majority in Bengal and also that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the country. (PTI)

BJP knows that they will lose the election, so they take help from all central agencies to stop me from campaigning: Mamata Banerjee in Bidhannagar

What mistake did Mamata Banerjee do by appealing to everyone to vote unitedly? I want votes from Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Chrisitians, mothers, sisters, students, and youth: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Barasat

Calcutta HC orders compliance of Covid protocol during poll campaigning in WB

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that in view of resurgence in Covid-19 cases, all health-related guidelines be maintained in the strictest possible manner with regard to campaigning by political parties for the West Bengal assembly elections.

Hearing two PILs in this regard, a division bench presided by Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan ordered that all district magistrates will ensure that the guidelines laid down by the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer are strictly implemented in true letter and spirit and if necessary, with the aid of the police authorities. (PTI)

"Narendra Modi said at a meeting in Krishnanagar that Mamata didi did nothing for Matua community. I'm publicly asking him to accept the challenge, if I haven't done anything for them then I will leave politics, if you are lying then you will do situps holding ears,"Mamata Banerjee said in a rally.

Would like to ensure ongoing assembly polls are held in peaceful and fair manner: CEC Chandra

Sushil Chandra, who assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, said he would like to ensure that the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal are held in a very peaceful and fair manner so that voters in even the vulnerable areas can cast their votes without any fear.

Chandra was appointed as the CEC on Monday, the day Sunil Arora demitted office. (PTI)

The transformation we are aiming to do cannot be done by a cut-money and syndicate government and a government that is busy in developing the 'nephew': Amit Shah in Nagrakata, West Bengal

We will form a Sonar Bangla Museum at par with international standards. An Artist Street will also be made in Kolkata.A 3-day festival 'Banglar Alo' will be started as well to familiarize tourists from the world about Bengali culture: Amit Shah

If things continue the same way, Kolkata will face the problem of infiltration. Communists, Congress and Mamata Didi all have vote banks in these infiltrators. Only BJP can stop infiltration in Bengal: Amit Shah in Nagrakata, West Bengal

The real transformation will only happen after May 2,which means making Bengal safer, to uphold Bengal's culture to the highest pedestal, to protect women, to provide employment opportunities and strengthen Kolkata's infrastructure: Amit Shah in Nagrakata, West Bengal

"Mamata Banerjeecan go (to Cooch Behar), it's democracy but she said nothing about Anand Burman, a 22-yr-old youth who was killed. We spoke about everyone, the 4 people who were killed, Anand Burman andeven the Bihar SHO who was beaten to death in Uttar Dinajpur,"BJP chief J P Nadda said inHaringhata, Nadia.

"She is the CM but she said nothing. She looks at everything through the glasses of politics. We look at society from a development point of view and we speak of taking everyone together."

BJP leaders face EC's ire in West Bengal

The Election Commission on Tuesday barred BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours and slapped a notice on its West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh over their "provocative" remarks on the killing of four people in firing by CISF during poll violence in Sitalkuchi, saying such statements could have a serious impact on law and order.

Strongly condemning Sinha's reported remarks that central forces "should have killed eight rather than four people", the EC said he made "highly provocative statements mocking human life and inciting the forces that could have serious law and order implications". (PTI)

Mamata's plight same as that of defeated player: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda, taking at dig at TMC's 'khela hobe' (game will be played) slogan, said on Tuesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plight is that of a "defeated player".

Nadda, who led a roadshow at Kalna in Purba Bardhaman district, also said that the TMC supremo, who has her accusatory finger pointed at the BJP and the Election Commission, seems to have forgotten that she has done anything creditworthy for the people of the state. (PTI)

Gorkhas have a very rich history. Whenever the names of patriot communities are taken, name of Gorkhas is taken first of all proudly...Trio of Congress-Communists-TMC did injustice to Gorkhas across the country, for years: Amit Shah.

Today, on this auspicious day, I promise to all of you that a lasting political solution to the problems of the Gorkha community will be arranged with the cooperation of the BJP government, at the Centre and the state: Amit Shah.

I know all of you are thinking about what can be the permanent political solution to the problem of Gorkhas, but our Constitution has the solution to all the problems: Amit Shah in Darjeeling.

Election Commission of India has asked West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh to explain his stand by 10 am tomorrow, over his statement on Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar violence. (ANI)

Rajnath Singh to address three public meetings in Karimpur, Swarupnagar and Madhyamgram assembly constituencies

Those threatening more Cooch Behar-like killings should be banned politically: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

"Some political leaders are threatening of more Sitalkuchi-like incidents, while others are saying that the death toll should have been higher. I am stunned and shocked to see such reactions. What are these leaders up to? They should be politically banned," Banerjee told an election rally at Ranaghat in Nadia district.

She raked up the isuue at a meeting at Basirhat. "A BJP leader is saying not four but eight persons should have been shot dead point blank range by central forces. I wonder why his comments are not censured by EC.

TMC writes to EC, seeks strict action against BJP leaders for 'inflammatory' remarks

The TMC on Monday urged the Election Commission to take strict action against BJP leaders who allegedly made inflammatory remarks over the Cooch Behar firing incident that claimed the lives of "four unarmed civilians", shortly before the poll panel barred party supremo Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours.

In a letter to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab, the party said several BJP leaders, including party state Dilip Ghosh, were "instigating" violence with their warnings of more Cooch Behar-like episodes.

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BJP ahead in 92 of 135 seats after 4 phases of poll in Bengal, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the BJP is ahead in 92 of the 135 seats that went to polls in the first four phases of the West Bengal assembly elections, and asked people to give a grand farewell to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by handing over 200 plus seats to the saffron party.

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Mahima Chaudhry campaigns for both BJP and TMC

In a bizarre incident, Bollywood actor Mahima Chaudhry was reportedly seen campaigning for both BJP and TMC in West Bengal.

According to reports, Chaudhry was spotted alongsideTMC candidate Madan Mitra in Kamarhati during a roadshow a few days ago.

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Sitalkuchi firings spurs war of words between BJP, Didi

A war of words between the BJP leaders and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the deaths of four people in a firing by Central forces in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchicontinued on Monday.

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Mamata Banerjee to stage dharna in Kolkata in protest against EC's decision to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours

Lashing out at the Election Commission over its decision to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would stage a dharna in the city on Tuesday to protest against the poll panel's "unconstitutional decision".

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