West Bengal Assembly Elections Highlights: BJP invites Suvendu's brother Dibyendu Adhikari to join party; yet to decide he says

PM Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Purulia today. Reports show that TMC and BJP workers clashed in Nandigram where Suvendu Adhikari was campaigning. Meanwhile, Sisir Adhikari, the TMC leader and father of Suvendu Adhikari, a TMC turncoat now with the BJP, has said that he will join the saffron party if he is asked. Elections to the 294-member assembly will be held in eight phases starting March 27. Meanwhile, BJP, TMC workers clashed in Nandigram. BJP named Mukul Roy and Rahul Sinha in the latest candidate list for the last two phases of assembly polls. Votes will be counted on May 2.

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BJP leader Rajib Banerjee declares net worth of Rs 58 lakh

BJP leader Rajib Banerjee, who is contesting the West Bengal assembly election from the Domjur constituency, has declared that his net worth is Rs 58,02,006.

Banerjee, who quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP in January, mentioned in an affidavit to the Election Commission of India that his movable and immovable assets are worth Rs 18,37,006 and Rs 39,65,000.

I have not decided yet. I have received the invitation from BJP high command but I am yet to make a decision: TMC's Dibyendu Adhikari when asked if he will join BJP.

In Bengal, the Lotus will be hard for Mamata to weed out

The battle for Bengal Assembly has never been more heated up than now. On the one side, BJP's top brass are promising a 'Sonar Bangla,' leaving no stone unturned in their campaigns to win the state. Meanwhile, Didi, on her wheelchair, has indeed brought the game on. As parties exchange jibes and fiercely fight to win the crown, the TMC has to fight the anti-incumbency sentiment as well as the BJP, one whose power seems to only grow as it paints one state after the other saffron.

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Mamata asks "Marxist friends" not to vote for CPI(M), Congress

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee campaigning in tribal Paschim Medinipur district on Thursday for the coming state election asked "Marxist friends" not to vote for either the CPI-M or Congress, who are "cohorts of the communal BJP".

She asked people not to give a single vote to those "who have links with the killers of Gandhiji."

Will remove BJP from Centre after winning Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee

Throwing a direct challenge at the BJP and giving indications of her national political ambitions, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that after winning the Assembly elections, she would go after the BJP at the national level to oust it from power at the Centre.

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Bengal Assembly elections: The women candidates of TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released the list of Trinamool Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly polls for 291 seats on March 5, with emphasis on youths, minorities, women and backward communities. Celebrities, local leaders, IPS officers have been included, while leaders over 80 years of age have bene excluded.

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Sisir Adhikari confirms that he will join the BJP following his son's entry into the saffron party, according to media reports

Dilip Ghosh: The leader Bengal BJP needs, the controversies it does not deserve

‘Desi cow milk contains gold, therefore yellowish in colour’- Dilip Ghosh.

That Dilip Ghosh is a hugely popular BJP leader in West Bengal is probably a well-known fact by now. A man characterised by his swaggering political bravado along with a penchant for controversy, Ghosh grabs headlines more often than not for both popular and unpopular reasons.

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"Every time BJP announce a list of candidates for Bengal Elections 2021 you can make an omelette🤪so much egg on their face," tweets Derek O'Brien.

Didi’s appeasement politics is the main reason behind infiltration: Modi

Launching a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday alleged that her appeasement and vote bank politics was the main reason behind infiltration. Modi further accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of creating a “new breed of Maoists” who were looting public money.

TMC complains to EC over violence at Nandigram.

Bengal Assembly polls: ISF fields candidates from across religions, castes

The ISF, led by Furfura Sharif's influential cleric Abbas Siddiqui, has fielded candidates cutting across religions and castes for the West Bengal assembly elections, in a bid to prove its secular credentials.

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Agnimitra Paul to contest from Asansol Dakshin.

Popular actor who formerly leaned towards the TMC Rudranil Ghosh fielded from Bhowanipore.

BJP fields Raju Bandyopadhyay from Kamarhati.

Rahul Sinha to contest from Habra constituency.

Popular actor Parno Mitra to contest from Haringhata.

BJP fields Shamik Bhattacharyya from Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency.

BJP names Mukul Roy, Rahul Sinha in latest candidate list for the assembly polls.

BJP leaders lure voters with bagful of cash during polls, they are absent during crisis: Mamata Banerjee

Admitting that the relief doled out after Cyclone Amphan by her government might have missed out "one or two" beneficiaries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said BJP leaders were nowhere to be seen during the crisis.

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On May 2, Mamata's 'khela' (game) will be 'shesh' (over): PM Modi in Purulia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for pursuing "appeasement and vote bank politics" which were responsible for infiltration.

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I have a request, during the election if BJP distributes money don't bow your head in front of that money. Remember, this is the public's money: Mamata Banerjee. (ANI)

On May 2, Mamata's 'khela' (game) will be 'shesh' (over): PM Modi in Purulia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for pursuing "appeasement and vote bank politics" which were responsible for infiltration.

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I have been attacked in my life many times. I have undergone operation in my head, in my arms, in my stomach: Mamata Banerjee.

Don't waste your vote by giving it to Congress, BJP, and CPI(M): Mamata

BJP is a gang of Duryodhans, Dushasans: They have even copied our slogan of 'poriborton': Mamata.

Won't allow goons from outside to enter Bengal. Bengal belongs to Bengalis. BJP wants to capture your homes by hiring goons from outside: Mamata Banerjee.

I am like a tiger and I won't bow my head. I only bow my head before the public. But a party like BJP tortures women, Dalits - I don't support them: Mamata Banerjee.

When you cook you use utensils and when these looters come, just chase them with those. Tell them 'we don't want riots': West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Amlasuli.

Injuries, stone pelting reported as BJP, TMC workers clash in Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari shown black flags: media reports.

Mamata Didi should fight elections in a democratic way. After Suvendu Adhikari's 'padayatra' started today, our Yuva Morcha leader was attacked here, in front of me. Appeal to the Election Commission to deploy paramilitary force here: Dharmendra Pradhan.

Iss bar, jor se chap kamal chhap. You all must remember that it is time to liberate this land from the clutches of the tyrannical government: Modi.

Crime is rampant in West Bengal. There criminals and mafias in the state, but not in jail. The government has been protecting them for the last 10 years: Modi.

BJP will form a 'Sonar Bangla' where the old pride of the land will be rejuvenated, where the brothers and sisters will live without fear, where every youth will have jobs, where cut money, tolabaji won't have any place, criminals will be in jail: Modi.

The game of robbery won't go on anymore. Countdown to Mamata's exit has started. Now Bengal will be freed of corruption: Modi.

SSC will be started again in Bengal. The skill of government employees will be developed. TMC is 'Transfer My Commission, we believe in DBT, 'Direct Benefit Transfer': Modi.

TMC leaders looted the rice, dal sent by Centre to Bengal during coronavirus lockdown. They made a scam out of the relief fund sent after Cyclone Amphan: Modi.

Mamata has never considered the Dalits, the OBCs as her own people. For the last ten years, these people have suffered the most because of TMC's corruption: Modi.

Didi may be anrgy with BJP, but she is also a daughter of India, That is why, we were concerned when she was injured. I pray for her quick recovery: Modi.

People of Bengal remember your (Mamata) stand during the Pulwama attack. They remember how you accused the Indian Army of trying to grab power: Modi.

People of Bengal will vote against the corruption, the appeasement politics of the TMC government. After torturing people for so long, Mamata didi is suddenly changed. But she is underestimating the anger of Bengal: Modi.

Didi is saying 'Khela Hobe', BJP is saying 'development hobe'. BJP says 'chakri hobe', 'vikas hobe', everyone will get clean water: Modi.

In the upcoming Bengal elections, 'cut money', 'tolabaj' culture will be defeated: Modi

TMC government has oppressed the people of Bengal for long. Now, you will fight against this government with the blessings of Ma Durga: Modi.

I know how the appeasement politics of the TMC government deprived the youths of jobs, how the OBC community, the Dalits have been oppressed. Bengal knows that how has given protection to coal mafias: Modi.

BJP will improve the road connectivity of Purulia. After May 2, the infrastructure will be developed, employment opportunities of the Dalits will be increased. Those involved in handicraft will get their due: Modi.

If BJP comes to power in Bengal, poverty will be eradicated in Purulia. The condition of the farmers will be improved, water scarcity will be addressed: Modi.

Development in Purulia and Bengal will be possible only when the ruling party at the Centre forms government in the state: Modi.

Mamata didi should give an account of the works she has done in the last 5 years. Not a single has been built in Purulia, and she is talking about development?: Modi

CPI(M), TMC governments have made Purulia one of the most backward places in India: Modi.

Lord Ram, Sita came to Purulia during their 14-years exile. During that time, Lord Ram quenched Sita's thirst by shooting an arrow in the ground and producing a fountain. Now, people in Purulia have to walk a long distance to avail drinking water: Modi

PM Narendra Modi opens his speech by addressing the crowd in Bengali. He said, "How are you? I am feeling stronger after arriving at this holy land."

My name won't be there in the list of candidates contesting polls. Being state chief, the party has decided that poll campaigns in the state will be done under my supervision: BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh. (ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President JP Nadda and party leaders attend the BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for West Bengal state assembly elections, at party HQ in New Delhi. Credit: PTI photo.

PM Narendra Modi is going to address a public rally in Purulia today.

TMC is synonymous with 'politics of violence'. Even after implementation of MCC, goons are hurling bombs and firing bullets there. Election Commission should take it as a warning otherwise we suspect polling would not happen peacefully there: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya. (ANI)

Bengal polls: Jhargram's elderly woman casts first vote through doorstep facility

Eighty-two-year- old Basanti Shit in West Bengal's Jhargram district was among the first to have exercised her franchise in the assembly elections through doorstep voting facility, an official said on Wednesday.

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TMC's poll manifesto promises income for all families, student credit card

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday unveiled a "development-oriented" manifesto for the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal, promising an income scheme for all families, a student credit card and constitution of a task force to examine the inclusion of several communities under the OBC category.

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BJP go on a 'wheelchair rally' in West Bengal

BJP took out a rally in the city on Wednesday with five of its members in wheelchairs apparently mocking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has taken to campaigning that way after being injured in Nandigram.

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Mamata Banerjee appeals to Left supporters to vote for TMC to stop BJP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday appealed to Left Front supporters not to vote for TMC candidates in order to defeat the divisive BJP in West Bengal.

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Bengal polls: BJP names candidates for 4 seats for 3rd phase

The BJP on Wednesday released the names of four candidates for the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections, with actor Paapia Adhikari finding a place in the list.

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