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Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: Hearing two PILs in this regard, a division bench presided by Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan ordered that all district magistrates will ensure that the guidelines laid down by the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer are strictly implemented in true letter and spirit and if necessary, with the aid of the police authorities Mamata Banerjee, who was barred from the campaign until 8 pm today wasted no time in getting back on the campaign trail. She used the day time to hold a silent dharna in the heart of Kolkata. Sushil Chandra, who assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, said he would like to ensure that the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal are held in a very peaceful and fair manner so that voters in even the vulnerable areas can cast their votes Amit Shah on Tuesday campaigned in the Hill region of Bengal. The Home Minister flayed the sate government run by the TMC and also laid out a host of promises for the Hill tribes, who had backed BJP in the Lok Sabha polls Narendra Modi wants to bring rule of law while Banerjee wants to bring syndicate’s rule, Amit Shah alleged at a rally in Bidhannagar. The Congress-led ‘Mahajoth’ or Grand Alliance of Opposition parties in Assam on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission urging it to maintain transparency and impartiality during the counting of votes on 2 May. The alliance, comprising the Congress, AIUDF, BPF, CPM, CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, RJD, Anchalik Gana Morcha, Adivasi National Party and Jimachayan Peoples’ Party, urged the EC to direct all the returning officers to furnish table- wise details of officials engaged in the counting of votes to all the contesting candidates. AIUDF candidate Karim Uddin Barbhuiya claimed that “five-six BJP contestants” in the just-concluded Assam Assembly elections have contacted the party promising support to the Congress-led Grand Alliance of which Badruddin Ajmal’s outfit is a constituent. The BJP has rubbished the claim. BJP president JP Nadda, taking at dig at TMC’s ‘khela hobe’ (game will be played) slogan, said on Tuesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plight is that of a “defeated player”. Shah said that the ruling TMC ‘selectively’ took back cases filed during the 2017 Darjeeling violence. He promised that if BJP was voted to power, it will take back all FIRs against Gorkhas within a week. Ghosh has been asked to respond to the notice and make his stand clear on his remarks by 10 am on Wednesday. Change Mamata Didi and bring a BJP CM, the party will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe to 11 castes of Gorkha community, said the home minister on Tuesday in Darjeeling. In its order against the TMC supremo, the EC cited her repeated jibes against the central forces questioning their political neutrality, and her appeal to minority voters not to divide their votes between different political parties. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee began a dharna on Tuesday at Gandhi Murti in Kolkata, ANI reported, as a mark of protest against what she called the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional decision” to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours in the ongoing state Assembly polls. Taking to Twitter, the TMC supremo on Monday said, “To protest against the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission of India, I will sit on dharna tomorrow at Gandhi Murti, Kolkata from 12 noon.” The poll panel’s order had come after Mamata’s remarks against central forces and a statement which had alleged religious overtones. “Commission hereby condemns such statements potent with serious law and order problems across the state and sternly warns Mamata Banerjee and advises her to desist from using such statements while making public utterances during the period when Model Code of Conduct is in force,” the commission said in its order. Assembly polls in West Bengal began on 27 March, and the remaining four of the eight phases of elections will be held between 17 and 29 April. Members of the Trinammol Congress joined Mamata in slamming the poll panel for its decision on her. Coming down heavily on the EC, TMC national vice-president Yashwant Sinha said every institution of democracy has been compromised. “We always had a doubt about the impartiality of the EC. But, today it has shed whatever pretence it had. Now it is clear that EC is acting at the behest of Modi/Shah and under their direct order. Every institution of democracy is compromised today. What hope do we have?” he tweeted. Echoing him, other senior leaders of the party claimed that the poll panel was behaving like a “wing of the BJP” and its decision smacks of authoritarianism. Derek O’Brien, the ruling party’s Rajya Sabha MP, said it was a black day for India’s democracy. “EC stands for Extremely Compromised. 12 April is a BLACK DAY in our democracy. Always knew we were winning Bengal,” O’Brien tweeted. Another party leader, Kunal Ghosh, said the decision to ban the TMC chief from campaigning for 24 hours is “atrocious and smacks of authoritarianism”. “The EC is behaving like a wing of the BJP. The ban is atrocious and smacks of authoritarianism. The sole aim of the EC is to stop Mamata from campaigning as the BJP has already sensed defeat. This shameful,” he stated. The BJP, however, welcomed the decision and accused TMC of vitiating the poll discourse. “The EC did the right thing. The way TMC leaders are instigating the people against the EC and the central forces is unacceptable,” BJP leader Sourav Sikdar said.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC orders repolling in one booth in Tamil Nadu’s Velacherry Assembly
The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered repoll in a booth under the Velachery Assembly segment in Chennai, to be held on 17 April. The action comes in the wake of two men found carrying EVMs/VVPAT machine on a two-wheeler, with various political parties and contesting candidates demanding action.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Calcutta HC orders compliance of COVID protocol during poll campaigning in WB
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that in view of resurgence in COVID-19 cases, all health-related guidelines be maintained in the strictest
possible manner with regard to campaigning by political parties for the West Bengal assembly elections.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Won’t let Bengal become Gujarat: Mamata in Barasat
We will not allow Bengal to become Gujarat; Bengal can't become Gujarat. There is no advantage in stopping me: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pic.twitter.com/ujSkeyhsAt
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Nine nominees of Bodoland Peoples Front moved to Chhattisgarh
At least nine candidates of the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), a key ally in the Congress-led grand alliance in Assam, have been shifted to a resort in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh after the recently held Assembly polls in that state. Confirming the development, the senior leader said these nine candidates of the BPF were brought to Raipur on Saturday late evening in a flight and lodged in a hotel before they were shifted to a resort in Nava Raipur.
The BPF had fielded 12 candidates in the polls and one among them joined the BJP amid the elections
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata Banerjee has realised TMC will lose the election: Rajnath
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has realized that Trinamool Congress will lose the ongoing assembly poll to the BJP in the state and was therefore inciting people to resort to violence. Describing the ongoing state election as a “mass movement”, Singh said he firmly believes that the people of West Bengal will use their votes to usher in a positive change by voting TMC out of power.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Would like to ensure peaceful and fair polls, says CEC Sushil Chandra
Sushil Chandra, who assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, said he would like to ensure that the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal are held in a very peaceful and fair manner so that voters in even the vulnerable areas can cast their votes without any fear. Chandra was appointed as the CEC on Monday, the day Sunil Arora demitted office.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
After 24-hour ban, Mamata set to visit Cooch Behar tomorrow for poll program
Mamata Banerjee’s 24-hour ban on campaigning ended at 8 pm today. She will hit the campaign trail in North Bengal tomorrow. As per India Today, the details of her schedule is as follows:
10.00 am– Cooch Behar
11.00 am, 12.00 pm, 1.00 pm–Jalpaiguri
4.00 pm–Nadia
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata sees every issue through political lens: JP Nadda
BJP National president JP Nadda, who is campaigning for his party in Uttar Dinajpur, criticised Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee for ‘selective’ empathy towards victims of political violence.
“Mamata Banerjee can go (to Cooch Behar), it’s democracy but she said nothing about Anand Burman, a 22-year-old youth who was killed. We spoke about everyone, the 4 people who were killed, Anand Burman, and even the Bihar SHO who was beaten to death in Uttar Dinajpur.” Nadda said.
“She (Mamata Banerjee) looks at everything through the glasses of politics. We look at society from a development point of view and we speak of taking everyone together,” he added.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah promises ST status to 11 Gorkha castes
Amit Shah on Tuesday campaigned in the Hill region of Bengal. The Home Minister flayed the sate government run by the TMC and also laid out a host of promises for the Hill tribes, who had backed BJP in the Lok Sabha polls
“Change Mamata Didi and bring a BJP CM, the party will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) to 11 castes of Gorkha community,” Shah told a rally in Darjeeling. Earlier, he had also promised to take back FIRs filed against Gorkha leaders during the 2017 violence.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata has done only ‘bhatija vikas’ in 10 years, alleges Shah
“The day is not far when Kolkata will face the when illegal immigration too,” says Amit Shah. “Can communists, Congress, TMC stop infiltration?” he asked alleging that illegal immigrants are their vote bank. Only the BJP can stop infiltration, Shah claims and also promises that the BJP will provide citizenship to refugees.
Mamata Banerjee has only done ‘bhatija vikas’ in 10 years, alleges Shah. Modi wants to bring rule of law while Didi wants to bring syndicate’s rule, he further claims.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
From 2 May, there will be asli parivartan in Bengal, says Amit Shah
“Has there been parivartan in Bengal in the last 10 years? Has cut money started or not? Has corruption increased or not? Is this why you had brought the TMC (to power?)”, asks Amit Shah at a rally in Bidhannagar. “From 2 May there will be ‘asli parivartan’ in Bengal,” he asserts, saying that asli parivartan means security, employment for the unemployed and safety for women.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
JP Nadda lashes out at Mamata Banerjee
“She (Mamata Banerjee) can go (to Cooch Behar), it’s democracy but she said nothing about Anand Burman, a 22-yr-old youth who was killed. We spoke about everyone, the four people who were killed, Anand Burman, and even the Bihar SHO who was beaten to death in Uttar Dinajpur, claims JP Nadda. She is the chief minister but she said nothing. She looks at everything through the glasses of politics. We look at society from a development point of view and we speak of taking everyone together,” the BJP president said at Haringhata.
ANI
She (Mamata Banerjee) can go (to Cooch Behar), it's democracy but she said nothing about Anand Burman, a 22-yr-old youth who was killed. We spoke about everyone, the 4 people who were killed, Anand Burman, & even the Bihar SHO who was beaten to death in Uttar Dinajpur: BJP chief pic.twitter.com/8pH8JOemTZ
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC imposed campaign ban on Mamata at BJP’s behest, alleges Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission’s decision to bar West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours was taken at the behest of the BJP. This was a “direct attack on democracy” and sovereignty of independent institutions of the country, Raut claimed, and asked why only Banerjee was punished when other parties also violated some or the other rules during the ongoing West Bengal election. Terming Banerjee as the “Bengal Tigress”, the Sena’s chief spokesperson expressed solidarity with her and claimed she will win the election in her state. The Shiv Sena, which is not contesting the West Bengal polls, has extended its support to Banerjee, who heads the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Grand Alliance urges EC to maintain transparency during vote counting
The Congress-led ‘Mahajoth’ or Grand Alliance of Opposition parties in Assam on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission urging it to maintain transparency and impartiality during the counting of votes on 2 May. The alliance, comprising the Congress, AIUDF, BPF, CPM, CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, RJD, Anchalik Gana Morcha, Adivasi National Party and Jimachayan Peoples’ Party, urged the EC to direct all the returning officers to furnish table- wise details of officials engaged in the counting of votes to all the contesting candidates. The parties demanded that the returning officers be directed to ensure video recording of the counting tables and the process of carrying the EVMs from the strong room to the counting hall. They urged the EC to allow authorised agents of the contesting candidates to be in front of the strong room after it is opened and till the counting process is over.
PTI
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘5-6 BJP contestants’ have contacted party, claims AIUDF leader, BJP denies
The AIUDF on Tuesday claimed that “five-six BJP contestants” in the just concluded Assam Assembly elections have contacted the party promising support
to the Congress-led Grand Alliance of which Badruddin Ajmal’s outfit is a constituent. Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, one of the around 20 AIUDF candidates who were flown to Jaipur last week due to fear of poaching by the saffron party, told PTI, “five-six BJP contestants have contacted me offering their support to the
Grand Alliance”. Asked who the BJP candidates were, Barbhuiya, who is All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) General Secretary said, “the names cannot be disclosed now. You will know after May two (the day) the results are declared”.
Meanwhile, on being contacted BJP Chief Spokesman Rupam Goswami strongly denied the AIUDF claim, asserting “none of our contestants have contacted the Opposition party. Our’s is a disciplined party and its members do no contact other political parties without informing our party leadership”. “There is no question of contacting the AIUDF as our BJPwill win the elections and form government in Assam again”, Goswami said.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Rajnath Singh targets Mamata Banerjee
I" want to tell Mamata didi, you have done politics since long, but politics shouldnt be of religion, sects. It should be of humanity," says Rajnath Singh. “Why do you get upset on saying Jai Shri Ram, It is not a election slogan, it is a way of greeting,” he further says.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Rajnath Singh addresses rally at Madhyamgram
West Bengal has had TMC rule for 10 years and Left rule for 34 years before that. There is no dearth of human or natural resources. I want to ask Mamata Banerjee why there has been no development despite this, says Rajnath Singh at rally in Madhyamgram
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah hits back at Mamata on ‘outsider’ barb
Taking on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her oft-repeated ‘outsider’ barb against him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accusing
her of lack of knowledge, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said that it is the Trinamool Congress, Left and Congress who have to depend on outside He said that Banerjee terms him and Modi as outsiders but her party depends on votes from illegal immigrants. “Am I an outsider? Am I not a citizen of the country? Didi terms the country’s prime minister as an outsider,” Shah told a poll rally at Nagrakata. Banerjee’s knowledge is “very little”, he said. “Let me tell you Didi who are outsiders. The Communists have imported their ideology from China and Russia. The leadership of Congress too is from outside – it has come from Ital “And the Trinamool Congress’ vote bank is from outside – the illegal immigrants,” the top BJP leader said.
PTI
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Firhad Hakim claims he is being targeted by BJP to further ‘politics of polarisation’
Firhad Hakim, considered to be Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjees trusted political lieutenant charged the BJP with targeting his religious identity in a bid to further its politics of polarisation and lambasted the saffron party for claiming he would turn the state into a “mini Pakistan”. He asserted that he was a nationalist and attempts to polarise politics was against the spirit of the Indian constitution. “I am a nationalist and I am a 100 percent Indian,” Hakim told PTI in an interview. “I will die an Indian and my grave will be on this soil. However, for the sake of polarisation they (BJP) label a person as a Muslim or as a Pakistani. This is against (spirit of ) the Constitution, against the pride and ethics of India,” Hakim, nicknamed `Bobby by his father after Australian cricketer Bobby Simpson, said.
The 62-year politician also said the BJPs face in Bengals election has been that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in a “joint partnership”, and charged that the party lacked any visible agenda for the elections and instead focussed on personal attacks on Mamata Banerjee and other TMC leaders. “The BJP is being run by Modi and Shah through a joint partnership. They have brought down elections to a new low by attacking Mamatadi and other leaders of our party personally. Only personal attacks cannot be politics. Where is their (BJP’’s) agenda for West Bengal?,” he said. Hakim, who has spent over 35 years in politics, also accused the BJP leadership of “using” agencies like CBI and Income Tax to “harass” their political opponents.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata’s plight same as that of defeated player: Nadda
BJP president J P Nadda, taking at dig at TMC’s ‘khela hobe’ (game will be played) slogan, said on Tuesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plight is that of a “defeated player”. Nadda, who led a roadshow at Kalna in Purba Bardhaman district, also said that the TMC supremo, who has her accusatory finger pointed at the BJP and the Election Commission, seems to have forgotten that she has done anything creditworthy for the people of the state. “Mamata’s condition is like that of a defeated player in a game. She has done injustice to the people of the state for many years. The BJP, however, will usher in development, stop atrocities on women and create jobs for youth, if voted to power,” the top BJP leader claimed. He also said that the TMC dispensation has failed to maintain law and order in Bengal. “Mamata Banerjee’s politics of extortion, appeasement, her dictatorial nature, and the cut-money (bribery) culture institutionalised by her party has ruined the state,” Nadda added.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah holds road show in Islampur
#WATCH | Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Islampur of Uttar Dinajpur.
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
The fifth phase of #WestBengalElections2021 to be held on April 17 pic.twitter.com/etCRU7wuJY
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Congress leader says unfair to write off party, claims Bengal witnessing triangular contest
A triangular contest is playing out in the West Bengal Assembly polls and the results will spring a surprise with a strong undercurrent against both the TMC and the BJP and in favour of the Left-Congress-ISF alliance, senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad said on Tuesday.
Hariprasad, who is overseeing the Congress’ campaign management for the West Bengal polls as a senior observer, also dismissed claims that the party is not fighting the election with all its might, saying this was a “disinformation campaign of the Nagpur university” people, a reference to the RSS
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah promises to dismiss all FIRs against Gorkhas
Speaking at a rally in Darjeeling, which saw violent clashes in 2017, Amit Shah said that there was a selective withdrawal of FIRs by the current dispensation. He said, “After a BJP govt is formed, all such FIRs against Gorkhas will be withdrawn within a week.”
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Congress-Communists-TMC did injustice to Gorkhas, claims Amit Shah
Speaking at a rally in Darjeeling ahead of Phase 5 polls in West Bengal on 17 April, Home Minister Amit shah said the trio of Congress-Communists-TMC did injustice to Gorkhas across the country for years.
He went on to say that if the BJP comes to power in the state, the party will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) to 11 castes of the Gorkha community.
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Sushil Chandra assumes charge as Chief Election Commissioner
Sushil Chandra assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday.
Chandra was appointed as the CEC on Monday, the day Sunil Arora demitted office . He would demit office on 14 May, 2022. Under him, the Election Commission (EC) will hold Assembly polls in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
No dearth of women cadres, but parties fail to ensure gender equality
While it is important to highlight the need for women to get more tickets to contest elections and reservation mandates, there is an urgent need for mechanisms within political parties for women to progress and lead.
**_Read full story here_**West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
DMK chief Stalin supports Mamata, tells EC to be ’neutral’
Supporting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, DMK president MK Stalin said the Election Commission must ensure a level playing field for all parties and maintain impartiality. As Banerjee began a dharna in Kolkata to protest against the poll panel’s decision barring her from campaigning for 24 hours, Stalin said ‘‘faith in our democracy rests on free and fair elections.’’
After the EC on Monday barred Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours, her party claimed that the poll panel was behaving like a ‘‘wing of the BJP’’ and alleged the decision smacked of authoritarianism. The poll panel’s order came after Banerjee’s remarks against central police forces and her statement, which allegedly had religious overtones.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
TMC’s vote bank comprises infiltrators, says Amit Shah
Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee’s ‘outsider’ comment against the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and himself, Union minister Amit Shah said it was the Trinamool Congress’ vote bank that comprised of ‘infiltrators’.
“Didi calls me an outsider. She calls the PM an outsider. Didi, I’ll tell you who’s outsider. Communists’ ideology is outsider, brought from China-Russia. Congress’ leadership is outsider, came from Italy,” he told a rally ahead of Phase 5 polls in West Bengal.
#WATCH: HM-BJP leader Amit Shah says, "Didi calls me an outsider. She calls PM an outsider. Didi, I'll tell you who's outsider. Communists' ideology is outsider, brought from China-Russia. Congress' leadership is outsider, came from Italy. TMC vote bank is outsider, infiltrators" pic.twitter.com/cM3fx30qJo
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Not much difference between TMC, BJP; Left for change, says Aishe Ghosh
From the protests in front of the admin block or at the Sabarmati Dhaba of the Jawaharlal Nehru University of New Delhi to the roadside tea shops of Jamuria Assembly constituency of Bengal, for 26-year-old CPM MLA candidate Aishe Ghosh nothing much has changed.
Ghosh is the first sitting JNU Student’s Union president to fight an election. “Student politics has made the base of my political understanding. I do not see much of a difference between my politics at JNU and here. You can consider it as an extension of my politics. At JNU we fight for the rights of the students and here our fight is for the better future of my people,” says Ghosh before addressing a street corner at the Jamuria constituency.
_**Read more here…**_West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP will give ST status to 11 Gorkha castes: Amit Shah
While addresing an election campaign in Darjeeling on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Change Mamata Didi and bring a BJP chief minister, the party will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) to 11 castes of the Gorkha community.”
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC notice to Dilip Ghosh over remarks on Sitalkuchi violence
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh for his alleged remarks that there would be “Sitalkuchi in several places”, after four people were killed when central forces opened fire during polling in Cooch Behar district.
He has been asked to respond to the notice and make his stand clear on his remarks by Wednesday morning.
The Trinamool Congress had approached the Commission against Ghosh.
The notice cited Ghosh’s alleged remarks that “if someone crosses his limits then you have seen what happened in Sitalkuchi. There will be Sitalkuchi in several places.”
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC issues warning to Suvendu Adhikari
Election Commission warned BJP’s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari over a speech delivered by him on 29 March, for which he had filed a reply on 9 April. The poll body advised him to desist from using such statements while making public utterances when Model Code of Conduct is in force.
Election Commission of India warns WB BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari over a speech delivered by him on 29th March, for which he had filed a reply on 9th April. EC advises him to desist from using such statements while making public utterances when Model Code of Conduct is in force. pic.twitter.com/03Is42xxQD
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah holds public meeting in Darjeeling
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday was in Darjeeling to address an public meeting. “After we form the govt, we will change Darjeeling Municipality into the Darjeeling Municipal Corporation. The BJP will fight anyone for the respect of our Gorkha brothers. We will work to give official status to the Gorkha language,” Shah said.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC bans BJP’s Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours
The Election Commission Tuesday barred BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for the next 48 hours for his remarks on Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar violence. Commenting on the incident, Sinha had that the central forces should have killed more people in Sitalkuchi.
Ban imposed without giving Sinha a chance to present his defence due to “urgency of the matter”, says EC
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata Banerjee stages protest in Kolkata against EC ban
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee began a dharna on Tuesday at Gandhi Murti in Kolkata, ANI reported, as a mark of protest against what she called the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional decision” to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours in the ongoing state Assembly polls.
Taking to Twitter, the TMC supremo on Monday said, “To protest against the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission of India, I will sit on dharna tomorrow at Gandhi Murti, Kolkata from 12 noon.”
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee sits on dharna at Gandhi Murti, as a mark of protest after the Election Commission of India (ECI) imposed a ban on her for 24 hours from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm of April 12 till 8 pm of April 13#WestBengalElections pic.twitter.com/BQR0NIIgkT
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
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