Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress, accusing the party of sowing division among people and misruling West Bengal. Speaking at an election rally organised in support of Hiranmoy Chatterjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candid
"Everyone expects me to visit them during elections...I will definitely go everywhere. I will visit Sandeshkhali too...As soon as our candidate Haji Nurul wins Basirhat, I will visit Sandeshkhali within a few days," Mamata Banerjee said.
She alleged that one group is threatening people through fatwas (religious rulings) while the other group is threatening in the name of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Pandian statement comes after, BJP leader and party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra clarified that his remark was a "slip of the tongue", and also announced to undertake penance by observing a fast for three days from Tuesday.
"The dictatorship of the BJP across the country has angered the people, and they're ready to respond. People are fed up with how the opposition and dissent are being silenced, how threats are used to withdraw candidatures in other states, and how democracy and the Constitution are being erod
"You are not taking any interest in organisational work and election campaigning ever since the party declared Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat. You did not even feel the need to exercise your vote. The party's image has been maligned because of your conduct
Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, landed in a row in Odisha on Monday after he told a local news channel that "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." He later described it as a "slip of the tongue."
Independent candidate from Rampur Lok Sabha seat, Mehmood Pracha has urged the SC to pass direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately publish voter turnout data after the election.
After Congress workers showed black flags to BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut, Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Jairam Thakur urged the Election Commission of India to take cognisance of the incident, saying that the Model Code of Conduct has been v
The Commission will also, after the scrutiny and depending on the number and schedule of repolls, publish the updated voter turnout along with a gender-wise breakdown by May 24.