Bengal Election  

Former Rajya Sabha MP and Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi joined the BJP on Saturday (March 6).
 

Several TMC leaders were upset over being denied a ticket for the West Bengal assembly elections. Supporters of TMC leader Arabul Islam torched wooden chairs outside the party office in North 24 Parganas after he was denied nomination
 

Six BJP workers were injured after some miscreants hurled crude bombs at them in West Bengal. The condition of two of them is critical.

Actor Mithun Chakraborty is likely to share stage with PM Narendra Modi in Kolkata on Sunday (March 7).
 

Left Front President Biman Basu on Friday (March 5) announced the list of candidates for the first two rounds of the Assembly elections. The Left Front announced candidates in the presence of its alliance partners Congress and Indian Secular Front.

 Mamata Banerjee-led government will form the Legislative Assembly if it gets a majority in the Assembly elections. Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee said this after announcing the list of candidates on Friday (March 5).

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday (March 5) that she will fight from BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s stronghold Nandigram seat. Meanwhile, Suvendu Adhikari welcomed her to the battlefield in a mocking manner.

During a meeting at Trinamool Bhavan on Thursday (March 4), West Bengal's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim announced that if any councillor from the wards where the Trinamool Congress is lagging behind can bring the lead, he will be given Rs 1 crore as prize money.

On Friday (March 5), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee announced the list of candidates for 291 Assembly seats for the upcoming elections in the state.

 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari may contest against TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram constituency. 
 

Ahead of polls, TMC MLA Samir Chakraborty has written to Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (March 4) stating that he is not willing to contest the assembly polls this time. He also mentioned in the letter that he wants to spend more time campaigning for the party.

Union Minister Babul Supriyo is likely to contest against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Bhowanipore Assembly constituency in the upcoming Bengal polls. 

The Left Front, Congress and Indian Secular Front on Thursday (March 4) have finalised their seat-sharing deal for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls.
 

Special observer Ajay Nayak and police observer Vivek Dubey will visit West Bengal on Friday (March 5) to overview preparations for the assembly polls.

The Trinamool Congress has demanded the removal of Sudeep Jain, the deputy election commissioner in-charge of West Bengal. A letter was written to the Chief Electoral Officer on Thursday (March 4) recommending Sudeep Jain’s removal. The letter was delivered by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien.