Election News

"I have taken this decision after long deliberations. I am fed up with the factional wars in the party and hence decided to resign," Rosakutty said, ending her over 37-year association with the grand old party.

There was a face-off between Left Front and Congress after both the parties declared candidates from the same constituency in Samsherganj. The Left Front has declared Modassar Hossain as a candidate to contest from Samsherganj. On the other hand, the Congress had chosen Mohammad Rezaul Haque to contest from the same constituency.  

The BJP leadership has not nominated a single Matua for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls. This issue raised anger among the Matuas and they demanded the BJP to field a candidate from the Matua community. Union home minister Amit Shah held an emergency meeting with Matua community leader Shantanu Thakur to discuss this issue.  

Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee slammed PM Modi from a public meeting in Daspur. Abhishek claims that Modi only keeps news about Facebook and does not stand by the people in danger nor does he do any work for the development of the people.  

West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim on Monday (March 22) resigned from his post as the Chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) after Election Commission’s order for the upcoming Assembly polls.  

Kerala BJP President K Surendran speaks exclusively to Asianet Newsable's Yacoob on the party's prospects in the April 6 assembly election.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah gave a strong message to BJP workers amid continuous protests across the state over the BJP candidate. He made it clear that the party will not tolerate any protest against the election candidate.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the BJP's manifesto for the West Bengal polls offers a comprehensive vision of the party's agenda for transforming the state.  

The Left and the Trinamool called the BJP's election manifesto 'Joomla' (fraud). After Amit Shah released the BJP's manifesto on Sunday (March 21) afternoon, the Trinamool claimed that the manifesto was made to imitate them.  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday (March 21) released the Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto for Bengal polls at the Eastern Culture Center near Kolkata. The home minister said that the BJP has decided to call their manifesto a 'Sankalp Patra' because it is not just a manifesto but a resolution letter for West Bengal by the country's largest party. The highlights of the manifesto are as follows.