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Mukul Roy lashes out at Mamata, says BJP will abide by EC order barring ca
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy on Wednesday said that his party will obey the Election Commission's decision to cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
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BJP workers hold countrywide protest against Kolkata violence, Mamata's 'a
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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Campaigning in WB to end tomorrow after EC's unprecedented action
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): In an unprecedented action, the Election Commission on Wednesday cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in view of the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow on Tuesday.
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Congress' allies jail commoners in WB for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram': Irani l
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): In a veiled attack at TMC, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that if a common citizen is heard chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', "allies of Congress" will put that individual behind bars.
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BJP's Priyanka Sharma released, SC censures WB government over delay
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP youth wing member Priyanka Sharma was freed by West Bengal authorities on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered her immediate release.
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EC to hold meeting with WB observers on poll violence today
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): Election Commission will hold a meeting with West Bengal observers on poll violence in the state at 11.30 am today via video conferencing.
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WB: Amit Shah holds roadshow in Mamata's turf, clashes break out
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): It was a sea of saffron in Kolkata on Tuesday when BJP president Amit Shah held a roadshow taking the battle against arch-rival TMC to Mamata Banerjee's den.
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WB govt writes to EC, asks to reconsider decision of not having local offi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Monday wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Aariz Aftab, asking for the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the state for 7th phase of Lok Sabha elections. The government further req
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WB: BJP worker Priyanka Sharma's family distributes sweets, thanks SC for
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): The family of West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma distributed sweets and thanked the Supreme Court for granting her bail in connection with posting a morphed picture of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook.
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Police raid BJP worker's house after TMC accuses him of distributing money
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): West Bengal Police on Monday raided home of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker on complaint of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar in Basarat, North 24 Parganas district.
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WB: BJP approaches CEO after their leaders denied permission to hold ralli
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): After BJP president Amit Shah was denied permission to hold a rally in Jadavpur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday met the state's Chief Electoral Officer accusing TMC of using the state's police and administration to suppress the BJP.
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WB: 710 companies of central forces to be deployed for last phase
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): After West Bengal witnessed violence during the ongoing elections, "as many as 710 companies of central forces will be deployed in the state for the seventh phase," said Vivek Dubey, Special Police observer for West Bengal.
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