bangladesh assembly polls
PM Modi: TMC will be ‘mahal punished’ by mothers and sisters
KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up his attack on the Trinamool Congress party, claiming at rallies across Bengal that “mothers and sisters” would punish the Congress party for blocking the passage of the women’s reservation bill and urging voters to impose “big punishment” on what he called “maha-jungleraj”, reports Rohit Khanna. On Sunday, Modi … Read more
TMC has maximum number of women, don’t preach on quota: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: ‘Don’t lecture me on women’s reservation’, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that she had raised the issue in parliament as early as 1998. She said Prime Minister Modi’s speech was “full of lies” and he was “forced” to address the nation because “their (BJP’s) downfall started yesterday”. Banerjee pointed out … Read more
4 days after Bangladesh’s rolling freeze, court begins hearing today
KOLKATA: A 19-seat appeal tribunal will begin hearing appeals on the inclusion or exclusion of voters at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation in Kolkata on Monday, four days after the electoral roll for the second phase of Bengal Assembly polls was frozen on Thursday. The arbitral tribunal was constituted … Read more
Many of you will be arrested: West Bengal CM Mamata warns TMC workers
KOLKATA/KHANDAGHOSH: Chief Minister of Bengal Mamata Banerjee warned that an “operation” would begin on Sunday night to arrest Trinamool workers with less than two weeks to go until the assembly polls, and urged them to be careful under the current European Commission-led government. Mamata has vowed to resist the BJP’s attempt to “break the delimitation … Read more
27L Bangladeshi voters on suspicious list denied request, unable to vote
Representative Photo (PTI) NEW DELHI: In a particularly intensive revision exercise, nearly 2.7 million people seeking inclusion in West Bengal’s electoral roll were put in the “suspicious” category and nearly 2.7 million of them may not be able to vote in the ensuing assembly polls, with judicial officials overseeing the ruling dismissing their demands. The … Read more