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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a massive roadshow in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, urging voters to support BJP's ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The rally, attended by party workers and supporters in large numbers, marked a high-profile show of support for the BJP in the key constituency. Earlier, speaking at the nomination filing event of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, Shah highlighted issues he said were aff ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday alleged that infiltration has increased to such an extent that Bengal's existence is at stake. Addressing an election rally here, he also accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of reducing West Bengal to a state of lawlessness when incidents of firing and bombing take place almost every day. "A storm is raging everywhere in Bengal; a storm for Poriborton (change) and say goodbye to Mamata Banerjee," Shah said. "There is corruption eve ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged the people of West Bengal to vote fearlessly and remove the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power ahead of state Assembly elections. Speaking at the nomination filing event of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, Shah electrified the crowd with his declaration, "This time no one should fear; no goon can stop the voters of Bengal. Everyone must vote without fear to uproot and throw TMC into the Bay of Beng ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will be filing his nomination from the Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate on Thursday in the presence of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah. HM Shah had arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday night. He will be participating in a mega roadshow within the Bhabanipur constituency along with Adhikari before the latter files his nomination. "HM Shah and ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will participate in BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing from the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in the city and accompany him during a roadshow in the area on Thursday, party leaders said. Shah will join Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, in a show of strength in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political bastion. According to BJP leaders, Shah and Adhikari will begin a roadshow from Hazra Crossin ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday attend the nomination filing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and take part in a major roadshow at Bhabanipur. His presence at the programme and a rally near the residence of Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee sets the stage for the most prestigious electoral showdown between the Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Adhikari is scheduled to submit his nomination papers at the Survey Building before leading a proces ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Assembly elections have been announced; however, the process of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list remains incomplete. The status of hundreds of thousands of voters is still under review. Amidst this situation, all eyes are now fixed on the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). On Tuesday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) staged a protest there. Tension also flared during the demonstration following the presence of BJP workers and supporters. Security outside ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday faced protests from TMC supporters while campaigning in his Nandigram constituency in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district and later in Bhabanipur in south Kolkata. Adhikari, who is also the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, is contesting both Nandigram and Bhabanipur, the home turf of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. At both locations, TMC supporters shouted slogans such as 'Joy Bangla' and 'Sisirbabur Chheleta' (fai ...Read More >
New Delhi: The high-voltage battleground of Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in April election comes as a reminder of the 2016 clash in the same seat that also was much hyped as allegations flew, churning the political waters of West Bengal. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had then faced challenges from Congress candidate Deepa Dasmunshi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Chandra Kumar Bose. The latter, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose, joined the BJP in 2 ...Read More >
Nandigram Constituency 2026: A Prestige Seat At The Heart of Bengal Politics West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: The Nandigram assembly seat is seen as a prestige battle between the BJP and TMC, with implications beyond the constituency. Nandigram Constituency 2026: Nandigram remains one of the most closely watched assembly seats in West Bengal, known for shaping wider political narratives in the state. Located in Purba Medinipur district, it is a general constituency (No. 210) under the Tamlu ...Read More >
Following allegations of voter enrolment irregularities by the Trinamool Congress against the BJP, the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has promised to review CCTV footage to investigate potential violations of electoral regulations. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsWest Bengal CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal promises to review CCTV footage after TMC alleges BJP misconduct in voter enrolment.TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee claims BJP submitted 30,000 Form 6 applications in violation of Supreme Court dire ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Trinamool Congress on Tuesday alleged an "attempt to loot votes" in West Bengal ahead of assembly polls, and claimed that a large number of Form 6 were being submitted in the state. Addressing a press conference here, TMC Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose referred to a letter written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and said democracy is under "severe threat." "We are here to expose a systematic assault on democracy in Bengal and a systematic attempt ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 31 (PTI) In the face of the TMC's allegations of electoral roll manipulations through applications under Form 6 in the run-up to the Assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Tuesday clarified that his office has no software to add or delete names of any voter. Form 6 is filled for the inclusion of first-time voters in the electoral rolls or for shifting a voter from one constituency to another. The ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday alleged the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 31 (PTI) A group of booth-level officers (BLOs), perceived to be backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday protested outside the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office here over alleged voter list manipulation, and scuffled with the police and BJP workers. During the protest, stones were allegedly thrown towards the central forces personnel who were posted there guarding the CEO's office, while two-wheelers parked nearby were damaged before senior police officers, includi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 31 (PTI) Tension prevailed outside the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office here on Tuesday after a confrontation broke out between Trinamool Congress-backed booth-level officers (BLOs) and the police over allegations of voter list manipulation. Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had earlier in the day visited the office of the CEO to lodge a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of instigating unrest, a senior police officer said. Shortly after his dep ...Read More >
West Bengal Elections 2026: Key Leaders Who Could Shape Bengal Assembly Polls Outcome Completely West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 Key Candidates: 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls will feature key battles featuring Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari and others. As West Bengal heads into a high-voltage Assembly election, the contest is once again being shaped not just by party symbols but by a handful of powerful political faces whose battles could define the state's future. The 2026 election w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: "Consider me your candidate in all 294 constituencies," Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said in a poll rally, urging voters to look beyond individual nominees and rally behind her leadership.As Mamata Banerjee took the stage in Paschim Medinipur's Chandrakona on, her message cut through the campaign noise with a clear pitch: leadership over labels. In poll-bound West Bengal, where assembly elections are scheduled in two phases on April 23 and April 29, the Trinamool Congress supremo positi ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday (March 30) put up a united front as Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Former BJP State president Dilip Ghosh accompanied the Leader of Opposition as he filed his nomination for his candidature in Nandigram. For these high-stakes polls, the BJP has fielded him from two seats, one in Nandigram, from where he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2021. He is also contesting from Bhawanipur, the home const ...Read More >
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: West Bengal votes in two phases on April 23 and 29, 2026. All 294 seats mapped, candidates declared. Results on May 4. Full breakdown here. West Bengal is gearing up for one of the most fiercely contested state elections in recent years. The Election Commission of India announced the schedule on March 15, 2026, confirming that voting across all 294 assembly constituencies will be conducted in two phases, on April 23 and April 29, 2026. Results will be declare ...Read More >
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 31 (PTI) The BJP on Tuesday released its fourth list of 13 candidates for the West Bengal assembly polls, fielding recent Congress entrant Santosh Pathak from Chowringhee and Union minister Shantanu Thakur's wife Soma from the Matua-dominated Bagda seat as it sought to fine-tune its social arithmetic and political messaging. With only six seats left undeclared, the party named candidates for 13 more constituencies, taking the total number of nominees declared so far to 28 ...Read More >
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will contest from Baharampur. The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 284 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, fielding former state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Baharampur and ex-TMC MP Mausam Noor from Malatipur. The Congress, which is going solo in the polls for the 294 assembly seats in the state, announced the names of 284 candidates in one go. While Chowdhury has been fielded from Baharampur and Noor, who joined the Congress ...Read More >
Haldia: With Dilip Ghosh by his side, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination from Nandigram on Monday, in an apparent display of unity between the old guard and the new as the party heads into the 2026 assembly elections.Across Bengal, 79 nominations were submitted on Monday, the first day of filing poll papers. Adhikari's rise in BJP after his 2021 Nandigram win coincided with Ghosh -- the party's former state president -- losing his clout. Ghosh was asked to vacate h ...Read More >
Kolkata: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday claimed that CM Mamata Banerjee's poll campaign agenda was weak, which was possibly the reason why she has been relying on trivial issues to hit out at BJP. He was referring to her statements that BJP will prevent people from eating non-veg food if voted to power. Pradhan said he had a sumptuous meal of fish despite being a BJP leader himself. "This time, Mamata Banerjee has no issues. There is no employment for the youth, women have no safet ...Read More >
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], March 30 (ANI): Congress leader and Berhampore Assembly constituency candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday expressed confidence of regaining public support in the upcoming elections, stating that people in the region have always trusted him. Speaking to ANI, Chowdhury said that his defeat in the last Lok Sabha elections was due to communal polarisation, and claimed that people later felt it was a mistake. Also Read | Liquor Policy Case: ED Moves Delhi Hi ...Read More >
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], March 30 (ANI): Congress leader and Berhampore Assembly constituency candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday expressed confidence of regaining public support in the upcoming elections, stating that people in the region have always trusted him. Speaking to ANI, Chowdhury said that his defeat in the last Lok Sabha elections was due to communal polarisation, and claimed that people later felt it was a mistake. "It has never happened that the people here did n ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and sitting BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari submitted nomination for Nandigram assembly constituency and expressed confidence that the party would register a decisive victory in the upcoming polls in Bengal. Adhikari on Monday submitted his nomination papers before the sub-divisional officer (SDO) at Haldia in East Midnapore district. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh were p ...Read More >
Kolkata: Alleging violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday had visited the office of Election Commission of India (ECI) at the national capital and sought ban on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's campaign. Notably, a delegation comprising Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Kiren Rijiju, and Sukanta Majumdar, BJP national general secretary and MP Arun Singh among others had visited the ECI office. In its complaint, the saffron camp said that the Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
Officers posted in key constituencies such as Bhabanipur in Kolkata and Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district were included in the reshuffle that was effected on Sunday. The transfers also involved inspectors and sub-inspectors assigned as ICs and OCs in districts, including Cooch Behar, Malda, Murshidabad, Birbhum, Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, and North and South 24 Parganas. According to the order, Soumitra Basu, previously with the Special Task Force (STF), will take charge as IC of the Bhaba ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court against the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it removed officers-in-charge (OCs) of 170 police stations, including Bhabanipur where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a candidate, and block development officers (BDOs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) of 83 blocks ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The petition has been filed in the court of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday filed his nomination for Nandigram constituency and expressed confidence that the party would register a decisive victory in the West Bengal Assembly polls. Adhikari submitted his papers before the sub-divisional officer (SDO) at Haldia in Purba Medinipur district in the presence of senior BJP leaders, including Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former state BJP president Dilip Ghosh. Two other BJP candidates from the district also filed their ...Read More >
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