West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday welcomed the removal of West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar by the ECI, saying that Kumar's removal was inevitable due to his compromised position and inability to conduct a fair election.
Home Secretaries in six states-namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been asked to step down. Additionally, the secretaries of the General Administrative Department in Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh have been removed.
Two people died and 13 others were rescued after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area, said West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose on Monday.
In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Shatrughan Sinha denounced the party's recent slogan "Ab ki baar 400 paar," suggesting it stemmed from fear rather than confidence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she is "saddened" after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area, adding that the rescue operation is underway.
"I am telling all the BSF, paramilitary to stay within the law. We will also stay within the law. Let the elections be free and fair. If paramilitary tries to intimidate, tell them that I am Prasun Banerjee. Main hoon na'," Banerjee said while campaigning on Sunday, a video of which was s
Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell head Amit Malviya slammed Trinamool Congress's Lok Sabha candidate from Malda North seat, Prasun Banerjee, over his remarks on the central forces and the poll body and said he exemplifies all that is wrong with the West Bengal police.
Meanwhile, the general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday. The counting will be held on June 4.
TMC leader Shashi Panja on Friday dismissed rumours that someone pushed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from behind and said that she felt a bit dizzy and then collapsed.