West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (March 18) said that BJP leaders come from outside to the state before the election with bagful of cash to lure voters and loot votes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the TMC of supporting anti-national forces by attacking them from a public meeting in Purulia.
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that he will not contest the upcoming Assembly polls and will focus on the party's campaign in the state.
The Election Commission on Wednesday (March 17) transferred Superintendent of Police, Howrah (Rural) Saumya Roy to a non-election related post after his wife has been declared Trinamool Congress’s candidate for Sonarpur Dakshin assembly seat.
The TMC on Wednesday (March 17) released the manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal elections. The highlights of the manifesto are as follows.
The Prime Minister targeted Mamata Banerjee over what he called corruption and lack of development, often switching to Bengali in the largely rural region.
All India Mahila Congress President and Congress National Spokesperson Sushmita Dev spoke to Asianet Newsable's Yacoob about the party's election strategy in Assam, its next-generation leaders and why it believes it can win the 2021 elections.
TMC MP Sisir Adhikari on Wednesday (March 17) said that he will join the Bhartiya Janata Party if his son Suvendu Adhikari tells him to do so. He also said that he will be present at Narendra Modi's rally in Kanthi on March 20.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had accused Mamata Banerjee of concealing information in the nomination papers. This time, the Trinamool Congress filed a counter-allegation against Suvendu Adhikari.
The EC said, the seizures already surpass the total seizures made in Assembly elections to these states and the union territory in 2016.
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