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State election 2021

Election Commission bans roadshows, vehicle rallies for remaining phases of West Bengal Assembly polls

The Election Commission on Thursday banned roadshows and vehicle rallies in the state with immediate effect and said no public meeting having more than 500 people would be allowed, in view of the COVID safety norms being flouted during the poll campaign in West Bengal.

Apr 22, 2021, 21:31 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi cancels West Bengal visit, to chair COVID-19 review meetings on April 23

PM Modi said that he will chair high-level meetings on Friday due to which he will be unable to visit poll-bound West Bengal.

Apr 22, 2021, 19:42 PM IST

West Bengal gears up for phase VI Assembly polls tomorrow amid rising COVID cases

The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of `Khela` as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.

Apr 21, 2021, 15:00 PM IST

‘Second wave of COVID-19 is Modi-made disaster’: CM Mamata Banerjee hits out at PM

Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (April 21) alleged that the second COVID-19 wave in the country and its management is a "Modi-made disaster".

Apr 21, 2021, 14:24 PM IST

West Bengal election 2021: BJP limits crowd at PM Narendra Modi, others’ rallies, 500 allowed

The BJP has decided to hold only small public meetings and to cap the maximum number of people allowed at public rallies to 500.

Apr 19, 2021, 21:57 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges EC with 'folded hands' to curtail poll schedule amid COVID-19 crisis

WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Election Commission to curtail the poll schedule for the remaining three phases of the ongoing Assembly election in the state.

Apr 19, 2021, 18:00 PM IST

West Bengal election 2021: Silence period extended to 72 hours, campaign timings reduced amid COVID-19 surge

In an order, the Election Commission curtailed the time for the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections campaign up to 7 pm. Earlier it was up to 10 pm.

Apr 16, 2021, 22:51 PM IST

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Six candidates test COVID-19 positive, one dies ahead of fifth phase

Rezaul Haque, Congress nominee from Samsherganj assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, who had been infected with the virus, died at a hospital early on Thursday (April 15).

Apr 16, 2021, 15:44 PM IST

West Bengal assembly election: Polling to be held in 45 constituencies in fifth phase, 342 candidates in fray

Voting will be held at 15,789 polling stations in the 45 constituencies 16 seats in North 24 Parganas, eight each in Purba Bardhaman and Nadia, seven in Jalpaiguri, five in Darjeeling and one in Kalimpong district.

Apr 16, 2021, 14:15 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee urges EC to hold elections for remaining phases at one go citing COVID surge

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged the Election Commission to think about conducting polls for the remaining assembly seats at one go, in view of rising cases of COVID-19 in the state.

Apr 15, 2021, 21:52 PM IST

Election Commission cracks whip on 2 BJP leaders, puts 24-hour campaign ban on Dilip Ghosh

After taking action against TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Thursday evening (April 15) imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on the BJP's West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh for his remarks that "there will be Sitalkuchi in several places".

Apr 15, 2021, 20:16 PM IST

COVID-19 is rising in Bengal due to ‘outsiders’ brought by BJP: Mamata Banerjee

Speaking at a rally in the Dabgram-Fulbari constituency in the Jalpaiguri district, the TMC supremo ridiculed PM Modi's recent claim that BJP had already won 100 seats in the four phases of the election to the 294-seat assembly.

Apr 15, 2021, 07:34 AM IST

BJP wants to destroy Bengal's culture, heritage and divide it: Rahul Gandhi in a West Bengal rally

Rahul Gandhi said, "BJP wants to destroy Bengal's culture, heritage and divide it. In Assam, they are doing the same thing; in Tamil Nadu, they are trying to do the same thing with their alliance partner AIADMK."

Apr 14, 2021, 19:11 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set to start his campaign in West Bengal from April 14, ahead of phase 5 polls

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will finally begin his campaign in poll-bound areas of West Bengal on Wednesday (April 14) with two public meetings in Goalpokhar and Matigara-Naxalbari, the party revealed on Tuesday.

Apr 14, 2021, 06:46 AM IST

EC issues notice to Dilip Ghosh, seeks explanation for remark on Cooch Behar firing

The EC issued a notice to BJP's West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh over his remark on Sitalkuchi killings of four men at Cooch Behar district. The poll panel has sought a clarification on the issue by Wednesday.

Apr 13, 2021, 16:38 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stages 'dharna' in Kolkata to protest EC's 24-hour campaign ban

Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo road here around 11.40 am and began her sit-in next to a Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the venue.

Apr 13, 2021, 12:42 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee to hold dharna against EC's decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours

The TMC chief had called the EC move “undemocratic and unconstitutional” and vowed to protest it. The apex poll panel had on Monday barred the Trinamool Congress supremo from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday.

Apr 13, 2021, 07:47 AM IST