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Garga Chattopadhyay was also accused of spreading misinformation and rumours relating to the election process and electronic voting machines.

Akhilesh, who was received by TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and party MP Derek O’Brien, held a meeting with the TMC leadership and hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission (EC).

The ceremony, which coincides with the cultural fervor of Rabindra Jayanti, marks a seismic shift in Bengal's political landscape following the BJP's landslide victory of 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly.

CABINET briefings by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are often loaded with regional flavours, including street food, from different states. Tuesday was no surprise after the BJP’s thumping victory in the West Bengal Assembly polls a day before.

In the 187 seats that saw over 5,000 names deleted, the BJP won or was leading in 119. Of these 187 constituencies, the number of excluded voters was higher than the margin of victory or leads in 47.

AS THE early trends indicated the Congress-led UDF would emerge victorious in the Kerala Assembly polls, the party announced a press conference at its Akbar Road office at 5 pm, to be addressed by Congress’s communication department head Jairam Ramesh.

At the BJP’s office on 6, Murlidhar Sen Lane in Kolkata, however, the mood was more local in flavour as supporters tucked in jhaalmuri, echoing a moment from the campaign trail when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped to eat the snack in Jhargram.

A LARGE number of BJP workers kicked off celebrations in Rajkot city on Monday evening as the poll results in West Bengal were announced and the picture became clear.

“With the defeat of the TMC, infiltration will end. The terror activities which were unleashed for several years will also end,” he added.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Heavy bandobast for Bengal polls: Over 2,300 CAPF companies deployed, surveillance from air and on roads

While TMC has always dominated Kolkata’s 14 seats, BJP gained some ground in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, even though it has never won any seats in the city

Cabinet minister Sujit Bose’s chances in Kolkata suburb have been dented not only by a corruption case but also discontent among several voters over civic problems

Banerjee alleged that BJP has been hiring people for their meetings. “Yesterday some buses came to my constituency (Bhabanipur) also. I gave them sweets…” she said, urging people to keep a watch on all “on religious places and hotels” for outsiders.

NDA insiders claim that BJP’s push for women’s reservation in Lok Sabha and Assemblies may lead to an increase of 3-5% women votes in the alliance's share in Bengal and Tamil Nadu polls