The Tripura State Election Commissioner has said that approximately 12,95,086 voters across 35 blocks are eligible to vote in the upcoming panchayat polls.
The CPI(M) and the Congress, partners in the INDIA bloc, have not yet finalised whether they would continue their alliance for the Panchayat polls expected to be held in Tripura in August. But both parties are currently preparing independently, indicating readiness to face the elections rega
Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) has started preparations for conducting the Three-tier Panchayat elections in the state by initiating the process of compiling the voter list and finalizing polling stations.
The High-Level Committee on 'One Nation One Election' in its report recommended that there should be a single electoral roll and Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) for use in elections to all three tiers of the government.
Amid allegations of ‘corruption’ by the Opposition, Trinamool Congress national general secretary and the party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said that his surname is neither “Modi” nor “Mallya” and he is not a person to escape in face of any pressure.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda, who is on a two-day visit to West Bengal, reached Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata on Sunday.
JP Nadda launched a blistering attack on the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee for the poll violence during Vidhan Sabha polls earlier and the recently concluded Panchayat poll elections.
BJP National President JP Nadda on Saturday met panchayat election-winning candidates and congratulated them for their achievement in adverse conditions and took a jibe at CM Mamata Banerjee saying that she was concerned about other states while violence was spreading in Bengal.
"They do anything required to ensure that no BJP candidate can file nomination…they not only threaten BJP workers but also the voters. Contracts are given out to capture booths...This is their way of doing politics in the state," the prime minister said.
BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress Party vandals, aided and abetted by the police and administration have unleashed violence and today Susanta Ghosh, Khanakul MLA, was attacked with his fault being t
"I would sincerely request you to desist from using Police and goons by torturing, terrorizing and forcing other party's candidates and supporters to monopolize TMC's dominance," Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote in the letter.
Launching a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government over "large-scale violence" in West Bengal panchayat polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the civic polls were held peacefully in Uttar Pradesh and asked if Trinamool Congress “wants to make the country Wes