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NEW DELHI: A meeting between TMC and Election Commission on Wednesday expectedly ended in acrimony, lasting barely 7-8 minutes and sparking a bitter war of words. EC sources accused party MP Derek O' Brien of "shouting at EC functionaries and not allowing chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to speak", while TMC slammed the CEC for reportedly asking the party delegation to "get lost". The meeting took place against the backdrop of deletion of lakhs of voters in West Bengal and the rejection ...Read More >
TMC MP Derek O'Brien said, "Today, we went to the Chief Election Commissioner. He told us 'get lost' within 7 minutes of the meeting. The meeting started at 10:02 AM and ended at 10:07 AM," he said. "When we told him that you are transferring officials, and how you would want to conduct a free and fair election? And then he said, leave from here... What I saw today is a shame. I challenge the Election Commissioner to release the video or audio of what happened today," he said. "One of our coll ...Read More >
The BJP has petitioned the Election Commission to impose a temporary ban on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's campaigning during the ongoing Assembly elections. The BJP accused her of making inflammatory statements against central security forces, including claims that CRPF vehicles were being used to attack people and transport money. Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a plea to impose immediate ban and campaign restr ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8: The BJP on Wednesday raised concerns with the Election Commission over the alleged "inflammatory" statements of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her associates, saying an atmosphere of "lawlessness and fear" was being created in West Bengal, and demanded strict action against them to ensure fair and intimidation-free polling. The party urged the poll panel to register an FIR for remarks against central police forces, impose a temporary campaign ban on Banerjee, issue a pub ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 8: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation's meeting with the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday to discuss alleged voter disenfranchisement during West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ended in acrimony, with both sides trading sharp accusations. The session, lasting just seven minutes, reportedly saw TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien interrupting proceedings and allegedly shouting at the commissioners. In response, TMC leaders claimed that Chief Election Commiss ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Bhowanipore assembly constituency - the high-profile seat where Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is pitted against BJP's Suvendu Adhikari - has seen its electorate shrink by nearly 25% following the SIR of the electoral roll.Of the total 51,004 deletions, 23.3% are Muslims and 76.7% are non-Muslims.Before the SIR process, Bhowanipore had 2,06,295 voters. In the first phase, 44,787 names were removed under categories such as absent, shifted, deceased, duplicate, or unmapped. A second round ...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, April 9 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a plea ... Kolkata, April 9 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a plea to impose immediate ban and campaign restrictions on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a specific period of time amid the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state later this month. In the letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyan ...Read More >
The people who failed adjudication and live in the 152 constituencies voting in the first phase on April 23 will not be able to vote this time because the rolls were frozen on Monday. For those in the second phase, there is a slim chance some can make their way back via a tribunal hearing though these are yet to become fully operational. With roughly 11.6% of its pre-SIR electoral roll now removed, Bengal has seen the third highest deletions among the nine states where the controversial process ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a plea to impose immediate ban and campaign restrictions on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a specific period of time amid the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state later this month. In the letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday, the BJP had accused the Chief Minister of incitement to violence against the cen ...Read More >
New Delhi: A ten-minute meeting between a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation and the Election Commission's top brass turned stormy on Wednesday, with the party alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked them to "get lost". EC sources, however, claimed it was the TMC members who disrupted the meeting and shouted at officials. The acrimony spilled onto X within minutes, with the poll panel issuing a "straight talk to Trinamool Congress", asserting that the West Bengal polls wo ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday had alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told him to "get lost" during a meeting at the national capital in ECI's office. Notably, the delegation comprised Derek along with TMC Rajya Sabha MPs Sagarika Ghose, Menaka Guruswamy, and Saket Gokhale. "What the CEC told us after a seven minute meeting is to 'get lost'. We took two-three minutes to give examples of the removal and posting of officers and the ...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 >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said BJP will form a government in West Bengal under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as people of the state want development, industry, women's safety and good governance. During the long period of the Left rule and now under the present government in West Bengal headed by Mamata Banerjee, "industry and employment have suffered", he claimed, adding that people want change. "Due to issues such as atroc ...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 >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) "At times, I feel like starting practising law again," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, targeting the BJP and the poll panel over large-scale name deletions from voter rolls under the SIR, while asserting the TMC would move court over the issue. Banerjee, who has an LLB degree, argued in the Supreme Court on February 4, urging it to intervene in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to "save democracy", alleging that We ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): In the run-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of turning "Indian democracy into a cruel joke" over SIR in the state. In an X post, the party claimed that they are "selectively targeting and deleting genuine voters" in the process to "rig" the election results in their favour, calling it a "shameless bid". "Even Suprabuddha Se ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday to raise issues related to SIR in West Bengal saw acrimonious exchanges, with the party leaders claiming the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the poll panel accusing them of "shouting". The meeting, which barely lasted seven minutes, was followed by a terse statement from the Election Commission (EC), saying it gave a "straight-talk" to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 8 (UNI) In a major reshuffle of the Tamil Nadu bureaucracy, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday shunted out Chief Secretary N Muruganandam, replacing him with senior IAS officer M Saikumar with immediate effect. Following the EC directive, Saikumar, a 1990 batch officer who was Personal Secretary to former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, assumed office at the Secretariat. Prior to this he was Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Pap ...Read More >
Kolkata (PTI): 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 cour ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on an acrimonious note, with the leaders saying the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the commission accusing them of "shouting." A TMC delegation -- comprising its Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, deputy leader Sagarika Ghose, MPs Saket Gokhale and Menaka Guruswamy -- met the full bench of Election Commission as West Bengal goes to polls amid charges of disenfranchisemen ...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 >
NEW DELHI: The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting". After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kum ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on an acrimonious note, with the leaders saying the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the commission accusing them of "shouting". A TMC delegation -- comprising its Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, deputy leader Sagarika Ghose, MPs Saket Gokhale and Menaka Guruswamy -- met the full bench of Election Commission as West Bengal goes to polls amid charges of disen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After a short and stormy meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) came out swinging, calling Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar "a chor, a criminal" and accusing him of a "partisan attitude." According to TMC leaders, the "seven-minute" meeting ended abruptly with the CEC telling their delegation to "get lost."TMC leader Derek O'Brien outlined the details of the encounter, saying the party's delegation included Rajya Sabha MPs Sagarika Gho ...Read More >
Kolkata/New Delhi: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool supremo, filed her nomination from the Bhawanipur assembly constituency on Wednesday. "I have lived here since my childhood -- everything I have is here. I thank and salute the people of Bhawanipur'. I have filed my nomination, and I wish victory to all Trinamool Congress candidates. We will form the government..." she said. Ahead of the polls in Bengal, a meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the Electi ...Read More >
Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], April 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that the identity of West Bengal has been destroyed by "illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators" and the BJP is the only option to "kick them out" upon forming the government. Speaking to ANI, the BJP MP claimed that the cultural legacy of Bengal's iconic figures, including Maharishi Arvind and Syama Prasad Mukherjee, has been des ...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 >
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