Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress on Saturday approached the West Bengal CEO with their demands on the purported audio link in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard suggesting a rally with bodies of those killed in CISF firing during polling on April 10.
While the saffron party urged Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab to take note of the purported audiotape claiming it could lead to untoward situations in the next phases of the assembly elections, the TMC demanded action against those who released it "violating rules". (PTI)
Questioning the secular credentials of Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that she is only concerned about fake secularism.
Shah also said that the BJP was the only party that could put an end to cross-border infiltration in Bengal. He addressed two back-to-back rallies in Ausgram in East Bardhaman district and Chapra in Nadia district. (PTI)
Polling in 15,789 polling stations spread across 45 assembly constituencies in West Bengal phase 5 elections, by-poll in two parliamentary constituencies and 12 assembly constituencies across 10 states conducted peacefully today, theElection Commission said (ANI)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said he had tried to contact Prime Minister Narendra Modi on phone regarding the oxygen supply for the state but the PM was not available since he was busy campaigning for the West Bengal elections. Speaking to industrialists and representatives of trade bodies like FICCI and CII via video conferencing, the CM also said the Centre was cooperating with the Maharashtra government. (PTI)