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KOLKATA: Former Mamata Banerjee acolyte Suvendu Adhikari was officially named on Saturday as the BJP candidate who will contest Nandigram’s high-risk seat against her. BJP National Secretary General Arun Singh announced Adhikari’s candidacy at the party headquarters in Delhi and published a list of 57 nominees for the 60 seats …

Suvendu Adhikari was Nandigram’s Trinamool MLA before joining the BJP. New Delhi: The Bengal blockbuster battle has been declared. It will be Mamata Banerjee against her former Lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram. On Saturday, the BJP announced the names of 57 seats in the Bengal polls that will begin later …

Trinamool Congressional Director Mamata Banerjee published a star-studded list of candidates for 291 seats in the assembly on Friday, while announcing she would be contesting Nandigram’s upcoming West Bengal elections in East Midnapore. Shortly after the announcement, protests broke out and sympathizers blocked roads as the names of at least …

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress published a list of 291 candidates for the 294-member West Bengal assembly on Friday, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she will run in the upcoming Nandigram elections. These are the key points of the TMC announcement:Nandigram battlefieldWest Bengal is likely to witness an …

Written by Santanu Chowdhury, edited by Explained Desk | Calcutta | Updated: March 3, 2021 7:22:55 am The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday (March 1) extended their support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress party in their fight against the BJP …

NEW DELHI: Before the 2022 Assembly Elections in Punjab, Political Strategist Prashant Kishor has joined Prime Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as your primary advisor. “Prashant Kishor has joined me as my senior advisor. We look forward to working together for the betterment of the people of Punjab,” Amarinder announced Monday. …

Trinamool is likely to finalize a list of candidates as the polls approach in West Bengal. Calcutta: The new Trinamool Congressional Election Committee, headed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will meet today at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata. The committee includes the head of the Trinamool Youth wing, Abhishek Banerjee, …

Babul Supriyo said that his goodwill towards mothers and daughters was “very strong”. Calcutta: Union Minister Babul Supriyo responded on Sunday to critics who criticized his now-deleted tweet against Mamata Banerjee, as controversy over the post grew. Making fun of her Trinamool Congress party’s election slogan, “Bengal wants her daughter,” …

NEW DELHI: Several opposition parties on Friday questioned the Election Commission’s decision to hold the Bengal assembly election in 8 phases, even as the BJP welcomed the move. While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wondered if the EC had announced the election dates as per the wishes of Prime …

Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of targeting the “country’s only female chief minister” New Delhi: Shortly after the election dates for four states and one Union territory were announced, Mamata Banerjee, furious, alleged that the eight-round vote in Bengal was part of a “conspiracy” by the ruling BJP of the …