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Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: A BJP delegation comprising Union Minister Piyush Goyal and party general secretary Bhupender Yadav on Friday met Election Commission officials, and demanded an independent inquiry into the incident in which TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee got injured. The BJP delegation met poll panel officials hours after a six-member group of TMC leaders met the EC demanding a high-level probe into the alleged attack on Mamata in Nandigram, in which she sustained injuries. Party leaders Sambit Patra, Anirban Ganguly and Swapan Dasgupta were also in the BJP delegation. Addressing reporters after the meeting, Yadav said the BJP has demanded an independent inquiry into the incident. Yadav, a general secretary of the BJP, said, “The party also requested the election commission to make public the video of Banerjee’s rally in which she got injured.” Former Kerala Congress leader Vijayan Thomas, who was a general secretary in the party, joined the BJP on Friday. The BJP has been looking to make inroads among the Christian voters in the southern state. It may field Thomas, who hails from the minority community which has a sizeable presence, in the Assembly polls. Elections in the state are scheduled to be held on 6 April. Thomas took a swipe at his former party, claiming that it does not have a regional-party presence in many parts of the country and that its leadership does not know what is happening. Echoing the views of P C Chacko, another Kerala Congress leader who quit the party recently, that the party is divided into two factions in the state, he said a lot of its senior leaders may leave soon. The BJP on Friday accused the TMC of trying to stir a political crisis in West Bengal by floating conspiracy theories on the 10 March Nandigram incident, in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured, as the ruling party in the state “is losing ground from under its feet”. Asserting that the BJP has demanded a full-fledged inquiry into the incident and wished a speedy recovery of Banerjee so that she can participate in her electoral campaigning, party spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya said even senior TMC leaders are “distorting the state administration’s version” of the incident to give credence to the conspiracy angle for political gains. “However hard the TMC leaders may try to float conspiracy theories, they are only dishing out false information on the Nandigram incident. They are trying to create a political crisis. Their insinuations of EC are akin to showing disrespect to the Constitution,” Bhattacharya told reporters. TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari on Friday filed his nomination from the Nandigram Assembly constituency as a BJP candidate. He will fight the election against Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Assembly chief minister Mamata Banerjee. He said he was “100 percent” confident of his win, The Indian Express reported. “I am 100 per cent confident of my victory in Nandigram. The people of the area are with me. I am the son of the soil,” the report quoted him as saying. DMK president MK Stalin is set to fight the upcoming Tamil Nadu polls from the Kolathur constituency, while son Udhayanidhi will venture into the poll fray for the first time. The Opposition party is pitted in a direct fight with arch-rival AIADMK in over a 100 seats. Nearly half of the 173 nominees were sitting MLAs representing various constituencies, according to the list released by Stalin at a press conference at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam, on the day the nomination process started. Udhayanidhi will fight from the Chepauk-Triplicane constituency, represented by the late J Anbazhagan who succumbed to COVID-19 last year. TMC delegation met the Election Commission (EC) on Friday and demanded a high-level probe into an alleged attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, while claiming that it was not an “unfortunate incident”, but a conspiracy. The six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met the full EC team, including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, for over an hour and submitted a memorandum to it, highlighting how BJP leaders in West Bengal had threatened the chief minister through tweets and other remarks. “Injuries to Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram were not a result of an unfortunate incident but that of a conspiracy. The events leading up to the attempt on her life leave no doubt that the attack was part of a deep-rooted conspiracy,” TMC MP Saugata Roy told reporters after meeting the EC. The list includes party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh, party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Abhijit Mukherjee and Mohd Azharuddin. The BJP delegation will include Bhupender Yadav, Piyush Goyal, Sambit Patra, Swapan Dasgupta, Anirban Ganguly, Om Pathak, Neeraj Kumar and Shishir Bajoria, India Today reported. While the AIADMK is eyeing a record third straight term, the DMK is keen to dethrone its traditional rival and stage a comeback to the ruling saddle after a gap of a decade. Makkal Needhi Maiam’s Kamal Haasan will contest from Coimbatore South assembly constituency in the Tami Nadu Assembly election. The party has released a first list of 70 candidates who will contest in the single phase polls. The BJP leader on Friday said that there was no question of any competition against BJP and that his party will emerge victorious in the West Bengal Assembly polls by a “huge margin”. He further criticised the government for lack of employment opportunities in the state. ‘To bring change, we need to remove TMC,’ said BJP’s Nandigram candidate. He further claimed that TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee only remembered the people of Nandigram ahead of elections and asserted his victory from the constituency. Arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK on Thursday almost sealed their seat-sharing deals with allies for the coming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu on the eve of opening of nominations, with both set to contest in over 170 segments each out of the total 234 at stake. TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari participated in a ‘havan’ in Nandigram on Friday. He will file his nomination as the party’s candidate from the constituency today. The Election Commission on Thursday sent a strongly-worded letter to the Trinamool Congress on its memorandum over injuries to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during campaign, saying it looks “undignified to even respond” to allegations that the poll panel is doing things in the state at the behest of a “particular party”. The EC said at the outset, it needs to be stated that injuries sustained by Mamata at Nandigram “is indeed an unfortunate incident and deserves to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch.” “Having said that it is rather unfortunate that the memorandum in question is full of insinuations and averments, which in fact questions the very basis of creation and functioning of Election Commission,” the letter said. It is completely incorrect to suggest that the Election Commission has taken over the law and order machinery in the state in the name of conducting elections and appropriated the whole governance structure, the poll panel said. “This virtually tantamounts to undermine the very foundation of the Constitution of India, the most sacrosanct document in democratic polity. The Commission does not appropriate or take over the day-to-day governance of any state including West Bengal,” it noted. The EC said, “It looks undignified even to respond to the allegations of all this being done on the behest of a particular political party, etc”. The poll panel said West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra was not removed summarily and without any application of mind. “It was the outcome of the recommendation given by Special Observers Ajay Nayak and Vivek Dube. In fact, yesterday also when the Commission became aware of the unfortunate incident from the electronic media, report was immediately sought from the Chief Secretary, West Bengal and from both the Special Observers, at present in West Bengal, within 48 hours. Till such time the reports are available to the Commission it will not be possible to draw any empirical conclusion let alone start linking it to the removal of earlier DGP Virendra,” the poll body noted. The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered removal of Virendra as the Director General of Police of poll-bound West Bengal with immediate effect, and appointed P Nirajnayan in his place. The TMC supremo alleged on Wednesday that she suffered injuries in her left leg after being attacked by “four-five men” in Nandigram during election campaign.
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IUML gives ticket to woman candidate after 25 years
For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a key ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front, is fielding a woman candidate in the 6 April Assembly elections in Kerala. Noorbina Rasheed is among the 25 candidates announced by the party on Friday, as it dropped two tainted MLAs, including former minister V K Ibrahim Kunju.
Eight sitting MLAs have been fielded by the party, besides former Malappuram MP and senior party leader PK Kunhalikutty, who resigned his Lok Sabha seat recently to throw his hat in the state poll arena.
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BJP leaders meet EC, demand independent inquiry into ‘attack’ on Mamata
A BJP delegation comprising Union Minister Piyush Goyal and party general secretary Bhupender Yadav on Friday met Election Commission officials, and demanded an independent inquiry into the incident in which TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee got injured.
The BJP delegation met poll panel officials hours after a six-member group of TMC leaders met the EC demanding a high-level probe into the alleged attack on Mamata in Nandigram, in which she sustained injuries. Party leaders Sambit Patra, Anirban Ganguly and Swapan Dasgupta were also in the BJP delegation.
Addressing reporters after the meeting, Yadav said the BJP has demanded an independent inquiry into the incident. Yadav, a general secretary of the BJP, said, “The party also requested the election commission to make public the video of Banerjee’s rally in which she got injured.”
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AMMK releases third list of 130 candidates for 6 April polls
The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, led by expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s nephew TTV Dhinakaran, on Friday released the third list of 130 candidates for next month’s Assembly elections, taking its number to 195. AMMK’s allies include Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and they have been allotted six and three seats, respectively.
On Friday, Dhinakaran released the candidates for 130 seats, adding to the 65 he has already named.
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Former Kerala Congress leader Vijayan Thomas joins BJP
Former Kerala Congress leader Vijayan Thomas, who was a general secretary in the party, joined the BJP on Friday. The BJP has been looking to make inroads among the Christian voters in the southern state. It may field Thomas, who hails from the minority community which has a sizeable presence, in the Assembly polls.
Elections in the state are scheduled to be held on 6 April. Thomas took a swipe at his former party, claiming that it does not have a regional-party presence in many parts of the country and that its leadership does not know what is happening.
Echoing the views of P C Chacko, another Kerala Congress leader who quit the party recently, that the party is divided into two factions in the state, he said a lot of its senior leaders may leave soon.
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Mamata Banerjee requested repeatedly to be discharged, says hospital
“CM Mamata Banerjee has responded well to the treatment. She has been discharged with appropriate instructions, due to her repeated requests. She has been advised to review after 7 days,” said a statement by the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, where the West Bengal chief minister was admitted after sustaining injuries while campaigning in the Nandigram district.
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Mamata Banerjee discharged from hospital
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was discharged from the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Friday evening, after treatment for the injuries she sustained in an alleged attack while campaigning in Nandigram district on 10 March.
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BJP accuses TMC of ’trying to stir political crisis’ in West Bengal
The BJP on Friday accused the TMC of trying to stir a political crisis in West Bengal by floating conspiracy theories on the 10 March Nandigram incident, in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured, as the ruling party in the state “is losing ground from under its feet”.
Asserting that the BJP has demanded a full-fledged inquiry into the incident and wished a speedy recovery of Banerjee so that she can participate in her electoral campaigning, party spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya said even senior TMC leaders are “distorting the state administration’s version” of the incident to give credence to the conspiracy angle for political gains.
“However hard the TMC leaders may try to float conspiracy theories, they are only dishing out false information on the Nandigram incident. They are trying to create a political crisis. Their insinuations of EC are akin to showing disrespect to the Constitution,” Bhattacharya told reporters.
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Smriti Irani says Mamata Banerjee ‘falsely claiming credit’ for central schemes
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday slammed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of getting her photos affixed to posters and claiming credit for central schemes started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and wondered whether the people of the state would vote for “such a daughter” who unleashes violence on mothers and masses.
Taking a dig at TMCs poll slogan ‘Bangla Nijer Meyeke Chai’ (Bengal wants its daughter), Irani wondered if the people would want return of a regime that unleashes political violence on people of the state.
“Will the people vote for such a daughter who unleashes violence on an 80-year-old mother? Will you vote for the daughter (whose party) hangs BJP activists? The people of the state are awaiting ‘Asol Poribortan’ (real change),” she said.
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Suvendu Adhikari files nomination from Nandigram
TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari on Friday filed his nomination from the Nandigram Assembly constituency as a BJP candidate. He will fight the election against Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Assembly chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
He said he was “100 percent” confident of his win, The Indian Express reported. “I am 100 per cent confident of my victory in Nandigram. The people of the area are with me. I am the son of the soil,” the report quoted him as saying.
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BJP top brass holds meeting on Kerala polls
The BJP Kerala core group meeting is underway at party president JP Nadda’s residence. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP leaders BL Santhosh, K Surendran are also in attendance. The leaders are likely to deliberate on the party’s candidate lists for the upcoming Assembly polls.
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DMK releases candidate-list for 173 seats
DMK president MK Stalin is set to fight the upcoming Tamil Nadu polls from the Kolathur constituency, while son Udhayanidhi will venture into the poll fray for the first time. The Opposition party is pitted in a direct fight with arch-rival AIADMK in over a 100 seats.
Nearly half of the 173 nominees were sitting MLAs representing various constituencies, according to the list released by Stalin at a press conference at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam, on the day the nomination process started.
Udhayanidhi will fight from the Chepauk-Triplicane constituency, represented by the late J Anbazhagan who succumbed to COVID-19 last year.
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Ramdas Athawale’s RPI to contest Bengal polls ’to support BJP’
Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas Athawale on Friday said that his party, which is an ally of the BJP in the NDA, will “support the saffron party” in the West Bengal election.
“Looking at the current situation in West Bengal, I think Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will come into power. Mamata Banerjee has been in power for 10 years. Now people want a change. The Republican Party of India will contest on 15-20 seats in West Bengal and support BJP there,” he added.
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Amit Shah to campaign in Bengal, Assam on Sunday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to hold a roadshow in Kharagpur, West Bengal and address public rallies in Margherita and Nazira in Assam on 14 March.
He’ll address rallies in Jhargaram and Ranibandh, West Bengal and also attend a townhall event at Guwahati on 15 March, ANI reported.
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TMC candidate campaigns in local train in Kolkata
Trinamool Congress candidate Paresh Ram Das from Canning Paschim constituency in South 24 Parganas on Friday campaigned in local train from Canning station to Sealdah ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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TMC delegation meets EC in Delhi, demands probe into ‘attack’ on Mamata Banerjee
TMC delegation met the Election Commission (EC) on Friday and demanded a high-level probe into an alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, while claiming that it was not an “unfortunate incident”, but a conspiracy.
The six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met the full EC team, including Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, for over an hour and submitted a memorandum to it, highlighting how BJP leaders in West Bengal had threatened the chief minister through tweets and other remarks.
“Injuries to Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram were not a result of an unfortunate incident but that of a conspiracy. The events leading up to the attempt on her life leave no doubt that the attack was part of a deep-rooted conspiracy,” TMC MP Saugata Roy told reporters after meeting the EC.
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EC might punish police in charge of Mamata’s security for lapse in Nandigram
The Election Commission might punish police personnel in charge of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s security for a lapse leading to her injury during campaigning in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, a senior election official said on Friday.
The ECI is waiting for reports from the state government and the two observers appointed for the upcoming Assembly elections before deciding on the punishment, he said.
“There was definitely a lapse on the part of the police personnel who were in charge of the chief minister’s security. Anyone shouldn’t penetrate the security circle around the CM. We are waiting for reports from the state government and the observers before taking a decision,” the EC official told PTI.
In video grabs accessed by the ECI, it was found that several people got very close to the CM’s vehicle during her campaigning in Nandigram’s Birulia Bazar on Wednesday, he said.
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Congress releases list of star campaigners for Bengal polls
Congress Friday released list of star campaigners for West Bengal Assembly election. The list includes party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh, party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Abhijit Mukherjee and Mohd Azharuddin.
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JMM won’t contest Bengal polls, will support Mamata Banerjee
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will be supporting Trinamool Congress in the Bengal Assembly election and won’t be fielding any of its candidates this time.
After consultations with Shibu Soren, the party has decided to back TMC and not field any candidate in the Bengal election. Soren has said that he does not want to be a reason that might help BJP win in Bengal.
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BJP delegation to meet EC officials at 5.30 pm today
A BJP delegation is expected to meet the Election Commission officials at 5.30 pm on Friday over concerns following the alleged attack on TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, according to media reports.
The delegation will include Bhupender Yadav, Piyush Goyal, Sambit Patra, Swapan Dasgupta, Anirban Ganguly, Om Pathak, Neeraj Kumar and Shishir Bajoria, India Today reported.
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Mamata Banerjee falsely claiming credit for central schemes: Smriti Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for getting her photos clicked and affixed to posters claiming credit for central schemes started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and wondered whether the people of the state would vote for “such a daughter” who unleashes violence on mothers and masses.
Taking a dig at TMCs poll slogan Bangla Nijer Meyeke Chai (Bengal wants its daughter), Irani wondered if the people would want return of a regime that unleashes political violence on people of the state.
“Will the people vote for such a daughter who unleashes violence on an 80-year-old mother? Will you vote for the daughter (whose party) hangs BJP activists? The people of the state are awaiting Asol Poribortan (real change),” she said.
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TMC betrayed trust of people after coming to power: Suvendu Adhikari
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is pitted against his former protege and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee from the high-profile Nandigram seat, on Friday urged people not to vote for “outsiders”, as he flayed the ruling party for betraying the trust of people.
Adhikari, who recently became a voter in Nandigram from Kanthi in East Midnapore district, filed his nomination from the seat a short while ago.
“I would appeal to all of you to not waste your votes in favour of outsiders, who have betrayed your trust and aspirations after coming to power in 2011,” Adhikari said, without naming Banerjee.
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O Panneerselvam files nomination from Bodinayakanur
Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam Friday filed his nomination from Bodinayakanur on AIADMK ticket.
While the AIADMK is eyeing a record third straight term, the DMK is keen to dethrone its traditional rival and stage a comeback to the ruling saddle after a gap of a decade. Keen to ensure a majority on their own in the 6 April single phase elections, the AIADMK will fight from 178 constituencies directly and the DMK from 174.
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Kamal Haasan to contest from Coimbatore South
Makkal Needhi Maiam’s Kamal Haasan will contest from Coimbatore South assembly constituency in the Tami Nadu Assembly election. The party has released a first list of 70 candidates who will contest in the single phase polls in the state on 6 April.
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TMC to release manifesto on 14 March
The Trinamool Congress is scheduled to release its manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly election, which will be held in eight phases in the state, beginning 27 March.
The manifesto release was delayed after party chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured during an attack on her vehicle in Nandigram, where she is contesting against turncoat Suvendu Adhikari.
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Narendra Modi to hold four mega rallies in Bengal, says report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address four mega public rallies in West Bengal starting 14 March, reported News18 .
State BJP president Dilip Ghosh told the channel that the prime minister will address four public meetings in Purulia, Kharagpur, Bankura and Contai. “His rallies were planned in such a way that it will cover the first two phases of the elections in West Bengal. The rallies will be held in a span of 10 days. His final schedule will be announced soon.”
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Suvendu Adhikari files nomination from Nandigram
BJP leader and TMC turnout Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination from Nandigram constituency against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday. He was accompained by Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Smriti Irani, actor-turned politician Mithun Chakraborty.
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Two poll observers arrive in Bengal’s Purba Medinipur to oversee preparedness
Two special observers for the West Bengal Assembly polls arrived in Purba Medinipur district on Friday to oversee the preparedness in several districts, a senior official said.
Special Observer Ajay Nayak and Special Police Observer Vivek Dubey are scheduled to hold meetings with district magistrates, SPs, polling officials of Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts, he said.
“Following the incident in which Mamata Banerjee was injured, we have to be extra cautious. Several VVIPs like the prime minister, home minister and others are slated to visit these districts for campaigning ahead of the polls, and we need to be vigilant and be on our feet,” the official told PTI.
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Govt officials cannot work as state election commissioners: SC
The Supreme Court Friday held that a person associated or employed with the Centre or the state government cannot work as a state election commissioner, who need to be an independent person.
The judgement came on an appeal by the Goa government against the high court’s ruling on panchayat polls.
The bench said election commissioners have to be independent persons and no state can appoint a person who holds any office with the government.
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BJP will win Bengal by huge margin, no question of competition: Suvendu Adhikari
BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said that there was no question of any competition against BJP and that his party will emerge victorious in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election by a “huge margin.”
“I’m confident people will support BJP and bring it for real development in West Bengal. There is no question of any competition. BJP won 18 Parliamentary seats in 2019 and it will form a strong government this time with a huge margin,” he said.
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Only ‘Didi’ and ‘Bhaipo’ can speak freely in TMC: Suvendu Adhikari
Taking a swipe at West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that the ruling party in the state has turned into a private company where onlt ‘Didi’ and ‘Bhaipo’ are able to speak freely.
He further criticised the government for lack of employment opportunities in the state. “To bring change, we need to remove this TMC,” said BJP’s Nandigram candidate.
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Partha Chatterjee attacks EC for ‘failing’ to provide security to Mamata Banerjee
Attacking the Election Commission for failing to “perform their duties and responsibilities”, Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee on Thursday said the people responsible for the alleged attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee should be “located and tried with the proper investigation”.
“The TMC election committee strongly condemns the attack on Mamata Banerjee, and since elections are taking place under the Election Commission, it is their duty to prevent such incident. Whoever injured Mamata should be located and tried with proper investigation,” said Chatterjee.
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Smriti Irani, Babul Supriyo to attend Suvendu Adhikari’s nomination filing
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is visiting a few temples in Nandigram on Friday before heading to Haldia to file his nomination for contesting West Bengal Assembly elections from the Nandigram constituency.
First, the BJP candidate will offer prayers at Singhavahini Temple, Nandigram, then at Jankinath Temple. Suvendu Adhikari will then lead a roadshow in Haldia before heading to file his nomination papers.
He will be accompanied by top BJP leaders including Smriti Irani and Babul Supriyo.
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AIADMK receives flak over ticket distribution to allies
The AIADMK’s selection of candidates for Tamil Nadu Assembly election and the distribution of certain constituencies to allies received sharp reaction on Thursday from sections of members of the party.
Speaking to The Hindu, former Minister Thoppu ND Venkatachalam, who was not fielded again in Perundurai, claimed that though he was not disappointed over the party’s decision not to re-nominate him, the candidate chosen in his place, he said, had “worked against” the party in the past.
He contended that the difference between the AIADMK nominee and the Opposition-backed CPI’s candidate in the Perundurai assembly segment of Tiruppur parliamentary constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll was much lower than in other segments.
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Mamata remembers Nandigram every five years: Suvendu Akhikari
“My relationship with the people of Nandigram is very old. Mamata Banerjee remembers them every five years when polls come. They will defeat her. I am also filing my nomination, I am a voter of Nandigram,” said the BJP leader to _AN_I on Friday
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AIADMK, DMK seal seat sharing deals in Tamil Nadu
Arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK on Thursday almost sealed their seat-sharing deals with allies for the coming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu on the eve of opening of nominations, with both set to contest in over 170 segments each out of the total 234 at stake.
While the AIADMK is eyeing a record third straight term, the DMK is keen to dethrone its traditional rival and stage a comeback to the ruling saddle after a gap of a decade. Keen to ensure a majority on their own in the 6 April single phase elections, the AIADMK will fight from 178 constituencies directly and the DMK from 174.
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Suvendu Adhikari to file nomination from Nandigram today
TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari participated in a ‘havan’ in Nandigram on Friday. He will file his nomination as the party’s candidate from the constituency today.
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Mamata Banerjee’s health condition improves slightly
The health condition of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is under treatment at a state-run hospital in Kolkata after suffering an injury in an alleged attack in Nandigram, has “improved slightly and she is stable”, doctors treating her said on Thursday evening.
Reports of the tests conducted on the 66-year-old Trinamool Congress supremo were satisfactory and she is responding to treatment.
“But the X-Ray done on her left leg showed a degenerative joint disease. We are treating that,” a senior doctor at the state-run SSKM Hospital said.