Opposition parties have collected signatures for a notice seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on the ground of “partisan and discriminatory conduct in office” news agency PTI said. The notice is likely to be submitted to both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in a day or two, the agency…
With polls fast approaching in West Bengal, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said that the Election Commission’s primary aim was to ensure the maximum participation of voters in the eastern state and hold elections in an atmosphere free from violence and intimidation. Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata to discuss preparedness…
The Election Commission of India is visiting West Bengal to review preparedness for the upcoming Assembly polls. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, held a detailed and comprehensive review of poll preparedness for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections in Kolkata on Mondaythe first…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stepped up his attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over the treatment meted out to President Droupadi Murmu. The PM said that the “enlightened people” of the state will never forgive the party for “insulting” a woman tribal leader and the President of the…
Now the political rumblings have intensified in West Bengal, which has become a hot spot of politics. Surprising news came out on Thursday, which the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has described as disturbing. West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose suddenly resigned. Mamata Banerjee has posted on X on CV Anand Bose’s decision to resign from…
The Election Commission is set to publish the final voter list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal today, 28 February, months ahead of assembly elections in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state. The voter list to be published today will classify at least 7.08 crore electors in the state as ‘approved’, ‘deleted’ or ‘under…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a letter in Bengali urging people of West Bengal to vote wisely in the upcoming polls. The letter, which begins with ‘Joy maa Kali’, is being distributed door-to-door, months ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls in the state. A Hindi language version was also shared online. Also Read |…
Veteran politician and former railway minister Mukul Roy died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital here on Monday, his family said. He was 71. Roy breathed his last at 1.30 am at the private hospital, his son Subhranshu Roy said, adding that he had been in a coma for the last several days. Roy…
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has suggested that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee should lead the opposition INDIA bloc, saying that without her, the “alliance will be gone”. “Mamata Banerjee is the leader of this alliance. Along with her, there are two or four others who can achieve this position,” Aiyar was quoted…
There is not much time left for the election bugle to sound in four states, from Assam-West Bengal to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, but even before the elections in the election states, the Congress is facing a big challenge to maintain the support of its own people besides fighting with its opponents. Their own leaders…
