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Women made up 15% of the outgoing House and will comprise only 12.5% of the new Assembly; TMC has 18% women legislators, while BJP’s number stands at 11%

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.

BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday met the acting Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala in Nabanna. Sources in the administration said the party leader informed them about shifting the secretariat once the new chief minister is sworn in.

On post-poll violence in the 2021 elections, Adhikari said, “BJP made 355 safe houses in 2021. 1,10,000 were forced to leave their homes.

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.

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

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: ‘What Modi does in Delhi, Mamata does in Bengal’: Rahul says CM ‘opening the road’ for BJP

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

In 2021 polls, TMC maintained its dominance in 142 second-phase seats by winning 123, with BJP now looking to breach Mamata's South Bengal fort