In a setback for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, the exit polls on Saturday predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will move ahead of Mamata Banerjee's TMC in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Voting on the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held tomorrow on May 13 which will cover 96 seats across 10 states and union territories.
"TMC isn't even winning 15 seats in the country. Now tell me, can TMC form the government with just 15 seats?" PM Modi said while speaking at a rally at West Bengal's Krishnanagar on Friday.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday summoned Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai and others in a defamation suit filed by BJD MP and Senior Lawyer Pinaki Mishra for levelling allegations of corruption against him and using defamatory words by calling him "Canning Lane", "Odia Babu" and "Dalal of Puri"
"Thank you, honourable chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In February this year, she increased the amount given to the women of Bengal under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 for general category women and from Rs 1000 to Rs 1200 for SC/ST categories
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in cash-for-query row case, sources said.
"Have you seen what they (BJP) did with Mahua (Moitra)? She has been thrown out of the Lok Sabha because she used to talk loudly (in Parliament). She used to speak against the BJP," the Chief Minister said addressing a public meeting at Nadia.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Maitra launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister-led Narendra Modi government in the centre over the concerns expressed by the United Nations on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP)
Reacting to the BJP fielding Krishnanagar royal family's 'Rani Maa' Amrita Roy against Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress leader said that the only 'Raja' Bengalis know of is Raja Ram Mohan Roy, and the only 'Rani' we know of is Rani Rashmoni.
Moitra, who is fighting the Lok Sabha election from Krishnanagar, has communicated her decision to the central probe agency, saying that she would not be able to present before the federal agency due to her presence in her constituency for her ongoing election campaign.
After speaking to the BJP's pick from Basirhat, who was among the first to come out against the alleged atrocities of jailed former TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjan in Sandeshkhali; Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday rang up Rajmata Amrita Roy, the party's candidate from Krishnanagar,