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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday referred to chief minister Mamata Banerjee's loss in Nandigram in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections and said the same would be repeated in Bhabanipur, her constituency in Kolkata, and the rest of the state on the cusp of change after 15 years of Trinamool Congress (TMC) rule. "Nandigram in East Midnapore showed the path for change five years ago. Now, the entire West Bengal has started walking in that direction. The feat, which Nandigram achieved f ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) published data by districts for the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) adjudication process for six million electors in West Bengal on Tuesday. The fate of all but 22,163 of the 6,006,675 electors who were put through the adjudication process has been decided: 45% of those under adjudication have already been found ineligible as voters. These electors will not be able to vote in the forthcoming elections, although there is still a possibility that they m ...Read More >
"I am saddened. Several voters have been deleted. Around 3.2 million of the six million doubtful cases under adjudication were included in the voter list because I moved the Supreme Court," Banerjee said. She said the remaining 2.7 million should be given voting rights. She questioned what purpose it would serve if they were included after the April 23-29 elections. "They would not be able to vote." Banerjee noted that the Supreme Court said that voters, whose names are deleted, may move the a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Pitching for "double-engine government" in Bengal after 2026 assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, charted out a six-point "Modi's guarantee " in Bengal from his Haldia public rally, with promise to weed out infiltrators and vowing that all government employees will get the benefits of the Seventh Pay Commission, which will be implemented once BJP is voted to power. Modi's guarantee will also ensure that the new BJP government will be accountable to people; and faci ...Read More >
Kolkata: The 2021 electoral results of Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district of West Bengal will be replicated this time in the entire state, especially Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, the Prime Minister said on Thursday. "East Midnapore, especially Nandigram, in 2021, first proved that change is possible in West Bengal. The body language of the people of West Bengal this time is a signal that the results at Nandigram in 2021 will be replicated in the ent ...Read More >
Haldia (West Bengal) [India], April 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reiterated his "nirmam sarkaar" criticism of the Trinamool Congress-led (TMC) West Bengal government, while emphasising the "storm of poribortan (change)" across the state. Addressing a public rally here, the Prime Minister praised the enthusiasm of the public, calling it a reflection of the BJP's victory in the upcoming elections. Referring to West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari's victory against CM Mamata Bane ...Read More >
There has been a striking pattern in voter list deletions in West Bengal's Nandigram, with Muslims, who make up about 25% of the population, accounting for 95.5% of removals across seven supplementary lists. Non-Muslims, who constitute roughly 75% of the population, accounts for just 4.5%, according to data sourced from the Election Commission of India (ECI). The figures are based on an analysis by the Sabar Institute, a Kolkata-based public policy research organisation, which examined ECI vote ...Read More >
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], April 9 (ANI): BJP National President, Nitin Nabin, on Wednesday alleged that "ruthless government" of the ruling Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has created "complete anarchy" and "encouraged the growth of infiltrators". "The utter abuses of the TMC, including verification, harassment of women, corruption, and cut-throat politics, are now about to be drowned by the people of West Bengal. I believe that Mamata Banerjee's ru ...Read More >
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday had filed nomination from Bhabanipur constituency. After filing the nomination, Mamata expressed her confidence in winning back that constituency against Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. "From my childhood I have been in Bhabanipur. People are aware of me. Not just ahead of the election but I am with the people of Bhabanipur throughout the year. This is my 'karmabhumi'. I extend my warm greetings to the people of Bhabanipur. I appeal t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared assets worth Rs 15.37 lakh in her affidavit for the 2026 Assembly polls from Bhabanipur, reflecting a marginal decline from Rs 16.72 lakh disclosed during the elections five years ago. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, also reported no liabilities and no criminal cases, the same as in 2021, according to the affidavit. It shows that the value of her total movable assets stands at Rs 15,37,509.71, down by a ...Read More >
Kolkata: The forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal later this month are a challenge not just for the Trinamool Congress but also for the common people of West Bengal, since all will be forced to turn vegetarian if the BJP comes to power in the state after the polls this time, claimed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday. "We have to win the battle this time at any cost. Otherwise, consumption of non-vegetarian foods like eggs, meat, and fish will be banned in the state. The ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Wednesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling her the Didi and the daughter of the people of Bengal, ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. In a post on X, the party recognised it as a "decisive step" towards serving the people. As ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 8: Nearly 91 lakh voters' names have been deleted from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the completion of the SIR exercise in the State, according to the Election Commission figures, sharpening an already polarised campaign, and turning the SIR from a bureaucratic exercise into the defining political flashpoint ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls on April 23. While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the poll body of undertaking "targeted deletions of Matua, ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): Congress on Wednesday released its second list of eight candidates for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, replacing seven candidates named in the first list. In its list of candidates for eight constituencies for the second phase of West Bengal polls, Congress named Tahir SK from Nakashipara seat, replacing Golam Kibria Mandal; Asif Khan replaced Rahidul Mandal on Chapra seat, Sunayana Biswar replaced Barnali Naskar on Minakhan (SC) seat, Chan ...Read More >
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls. Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state. "You will not be able to defeat the TMC by deleting names. We will move a court agai ...Read More >
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination papers from Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata on Wednesday for the West Bengal Assembly elections, vowing to carry forward her fight against the deletion of names from the voters' list. Expressing sympathy for those unable to exercise their democratic rights due to complications in the electoral rolls arising out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Banerjee issued a stern warning. "If necessary, we would once agai ...Read More >
Bhabanipur: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said that the party will move to the court if the names of valid voters are not restored in the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections, from where she ...Read More >
West Bengal is set to vote in two phases on April 23 and 29, with counting scheduled for May 4. "When even judicial officers are not safe, how can you expect that common people will be safe under TMC rule? What happened in Malda is an example of TMC's maha jungle raj," Modi said, referring to the incident where judges were allegedly held for hours during protests over voter roll revisions. He further alleged that "democracy is bleeding every day on the sacred soil of Bengal" and accused the Ma ...Read More >
Bhabanipur: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari had also challenged Mamata from Nandigram in the 2021 West Bengal polls, from where h ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Also Read | Delhi Water Cut: Parts of National Capital Fa ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said that the party will move to the court if the names of valid voters are not restored in the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from her native Assembly constituency of Bhabanipur in South Kolkata. The list of proposers in her nomination form reflected the "cosmopolitan" nature of Bhabanipur, which is considered a cauldron of people from almost the entire country. The proposers in her nomination form include Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim's wife, Ismat Hakim (representing the Muslims), actress-turned-politician and Trinamool Congre ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from Bhabanipur, staging a show of strength with a road march from her Kalighat residence to the Alipore Survey Building in Kolkata. Flanked by supporters chanting slogans in her favour, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief walked nearly 800 metres, greeting party workers with folded hands as she sought to project confidence ahead of a high-stakes contest.Soon after filing her papers, Banerjee launched a sharp ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination papers as the TMC candidate for the Bhabanipur assembly seat, and said everything in her life began from here. Amid a sea of supporters raising slogans of 'Mamata Banerjee zindabad' and 'TMC zindabad', Banerjee led a roadshow from her Kalighat residence to the Alipore Survey Building, where she filed the nomination papers. She walked nearly 800 metres with folded hands and her trademark smile, gre ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari had also challenged Mamata from Nandigram in the ...Read More >
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 Live Updates: The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election is set to be a key political contest, with voting scheduled in two phases on 23 and 29 April and counting on 4 May. All 294 seats are at stake, and parties will need 148 seats to form the government. The battle is mainly between the ruling All India Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state under Suvendu Adhikari. Also See: Elections 2026 Live Updates Tight Conte ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the unnecessary police harassment faced by its local party leaders and workers at one of the crucial Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress' National Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha member, Derek O'Brien, had written a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking protection of party leaders and workers ag ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, has accused the Kolkata Police of deputing covert cops to shadow him during his ongoing campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where he is pitted against Trinamool Congress candidate and Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. The LoP has sent an email communiqué to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), where he has also named three police personnel, including a ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday emphasised that a legal recourse exists for any legitimate citizens affected by the deletions of their names in Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Speaking to the media, he said, "Those who believe that their names have been wrongly deleted may go to the tribunal," Adhikari stated, referring to the Appellate Tribunals set up by the Election Commission of I ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) The EC's disclosure on Tuesday that around 91 lakh names had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral rolls after the Special Intensive Revision triggered a political slugfest, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of targeting Matuas and minorities, and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari claiming the exercise had merely exposed "Muslim infiltrators" protected by the ruling TMC. The EC figures, which pushed the total deletion to over 90.83 lakh names from an ...Read More >
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