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.
Accusing the Trinamool Congress of indulging in violence on voting day to save its "corrupt" regime, CPI (M) West Bengal secretary and former MP Mohammad Salim on Thursday appealed the people to cast their vote for peace.
CPI(M) candidate from Kolkata Dakshin constituency, which goes to the poll on Saturday, Saira Shah Halim lashed out at Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "encouraging violence" on the voting day.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Rekha Patra from Basirhat has criticized the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for their alleged hooliganism during elections and expressed confidence in being able to cast her vote this time.
Cricketer-turned-politician and Trinamool Congress candidate from Berhampore, Yusuf Pathan, held a roadshow in support of TMC's Lok Sabha candidate Mala Roy from Kolkata Dakshin on Wednesday.
Accusing the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal of not implementing the central schemes in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the TMC and INDIA bloc parties are taking Bengal in the opposite direction.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and claimed it has "no relation with good governance" while alleging that Mamata Banerjee government is promoting a "corrupt ecosystem" with its politics revolving around "vote bank politics."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal cheated the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state and snatched away their rights to appease the Muslim communities.
The BJP has chosen Rekha Patra, who led the protests against suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali, as the party's candidate. She is pitted against TMC's Haji Nurul Islam and CPIM's Nirapada Sardar.
Taking a swipe at Trinamool Congress', BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday equated TMC with appeasement, dictatorship and Taliban, expanding the party's acronym, to 'Tushtikaran mujhe chahiye', 'Tanashahi mujhe chahiye', 'Talibani mujhe chahiye'.
With just days to go before the election process for the Lok Sabha ends, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP will emerge as the biggest gainer in West Bengal. He said the Lok Sabha election in the state "is one-sided" and Trinamool Congress leaders are "frus