Tag: Mamata
Trinamool MPs Meet EC, Demand Probe Into Nandigram Attack On Mamata Banerjee
A six-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission on Friday and raised the issue of "attack" on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram where she was injured while campaigning. ....
Mamata Banerjee To Hit Campaign Trail On Wheelchair From Monday
As promised by her for the hospital bed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her poll campaign on a wheelchair from Monday. ....
BJP Urges EC To Censure Mamata Banerjee For Speeches, Prevent More Breaches
The BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to censure West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for using unparliamentary language and levelling baselesss allegation against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. ....
55.76% Polling In Bengal In 8 Hours Amid Skirmishes
Eight hours after voting began for Assembly polls on Saturday, West Bengal seems to be showing an unprecedented enthusiasm for the electoral exercise, with around 55.76 per cent voter turnout already recorded in the first phase of polling. ....
‘Unite Against BJP’: Mamata Writes To Sonia, Uddhav, Kejriwal, Others
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in a letter to several non-BJP leaders, accused it of trying to establish a “one-party authoritarian rule” in India, calling for a plan of action to be formulated against the BJP after the conclusion of the ongoing assembly elections. ....
Impressive Voter Turnout In High-stakes Assembly Elections, Highest In Assam
Voting for the crucial third phase of Assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal, and the single phase elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, ended on Tuesday with all the major political parties -- BJP, Trinamool Congress, Congress, AIADMK and Left -- having high stakes. ....
EC Issues Another Show Cause Notice To Mamata Banerjee
The Election Commission (EC) has again issued a show cause notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking a written explanation for her "attempt to berate and vilify the central forces by making false, provocative and intemperate statements". ....
Modi To Mamata: Inciting People Against Central Forces Won't Save You
Hours after the death of four people in the firing by central forces at Sitalkuch in Cooch Behar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing condolences over the deaths said that inciting people against the central forces and creating hindrances in the poll process won't be able to save you Didi (Mamata). Modi said this while addressing a rally at Jalpaiguri in North Bengal on Saturday. ....
Will Spare None, Mamata Banerjee After Meeting Cooch Behar Victims' Families
With the end of the deadline set by the Election Commission for not entering the boundaries of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the families of the victims who were killed at Sitalkuchi during the fourth phase of polling. Four people were killed in the firing by the central forces in Sitalkuchi in Bengal on April 10. ....
BJP's Dilip Ghosh Barred From Campaigning For 24 Hours
After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Thursday barred West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours, charging him with making "provocative" public statements that can "seriously incite" emotions and lead to "breakdown" of law and order affecting the Assembly election process in the state. ....
