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Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: The Left will not compromise with communal parties for a few votes, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday, as he rejected the allegation of a BJP leader, who was denied a seat, that there was a CPI(M)-BJP understanding in some seats for the April 6 Assembly polls. As per reports, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken suo motu cognizance of the “free door-step ration delivery” announcement by CM Mamata Banerjee. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday took a swipe at the DMK over poll promises, saying a party should give only those assurances that could be implemented. Recalling then DMK chief, the late M Karunanidhi’s 2006 poll promise of providing two acres of land free of cost to all landless farmers in the state, Palaniswami asked if the party fulfilled its assurance. Chacko made the comment after formally joining the NCP days after he quit Congress. He said that a united Opposition is necesarry to present an alternative to the BJP Former Kerala Congress leader PC Chacko said he will formally join Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party today, reports news agency ANI. “NCP is part of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala. Once again, I am back in the LDF as a part of NCP,” Chacko said. Addressing an election rally in Balarampur in Purulia district of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has been forced to recite ‘Chandi Path’ publicly and visit temples due to the change in people’s mindset after the BJP came to power at the Centre. “Isn’t this a change? This is new India. Each and every person has to go to God,” PTI quoted him as saying. Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy and Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday filed their nominations for the 6 April Assembly elections in the state. Chandy, who is contesting from Puthuppally constituency in Kottayam district, filed his nomination at the Pambady block office in Pallikkathodu at around 11.30 am. Chennithala, who is seeking the people’s mandate from Haripad constituency in Alappuzha district, filed his nomination from Harippad block office at 12.10 pm. “Post-Independence, the kind of development that should have been done in West Bengal, has not been done. Ruling governments destroyed the state. Be it the CPM or TMC, poverty and unemployment are rampant in the state,” said Rajnath Singh. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of hatching a conspiracy to harass TMC leaders ahead of the Assembly elections in the state and wondered whether the Election Commission is working as per his instructions. “Will the home minister run the country or decide who will get arrested or beaten up, or will he decide which agency will chase whom,” asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. “Who is running Election Commission ? I hope it’s not you, Amit Shah. We want free and fair election. He’s intervening in day to day working of EC,” news agency ANI quotes her as saying. The Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister has declared total assets valued at Rs 61.19 lakh, up from the Rs 33.20 lakh in 2016, according to his election affidavit submitted as part of the nomination for the 6 April Assembly polls in the state. TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Monday said Dasgupta should be disqualified from the Upper House under the Constitution’s 10th Schedule. He has been given a BJP ticket for the upcoming elections. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to address public meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday. The three election meetings will be held in Daspur, Salboni and Sabang. To protect intercaste marriages and prevent honour killings, a separate law will be passed. We will take all steps to abolish NEET exam, said Tamil Nadu Congress President KS Azhagiri. Lathika Subash, former president of the Kerala Mahila Congress, on Monday announced her decision to contest as an Independent from the Ettumanur Assembly segment, according to media reports. The Congress, which announced its list of candidates for the Assembly election on Sunday, has fielded just 10 women in the 92 seats it is contesting whereas the CPM has 12 women in its 85 nominees. Wishing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speedy recovery, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that she is in pain due to her injury and wondered whether she could feel the agony of the families of BJP workers killed during TMC’s rule in the state. Shah, who was addressing a poll rally in Ranibandh, said 130 BJP workers were killed by TMC goons. He hit out at the TMC for not doing enough for the development of the minorities and introducing cut money culture in the state. He promised that if BJP is voted to power in West Bengal in the upcoming Assembly poll it will implement the seventh Pay Commission for the state government employees. “Didi (elder sister) when you were hurt in your leg you felt pain. I wish you speedy recovery. But what about the pain of the mothers of 130 BJP activists who were killed by TMC goons? Did you ever try to feel their pain?” he said at the rally. “You never felt the pain of these people. They will give you a befitting reply while casting their votes in the Assembly poll,” he added. Mamata was injured at Nandigram on 10 March while campaigning after filing her nomination for the seat where she will take on her former protege and now BJP heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari. Ridiculing Banerjee’s allegations of an attack on her at Nandigram that left her injured in the leg, Shah said as per the EC’s report there was no attack on her. “The EC is saying that there was no attack. But she is saying there was a conspiracy. The TMC is saying there was an attack. Only God knows who is speaking the truth,” he said. Shah raked up the incident to mock the TMC supremo in his virtual address at a rally in tribal Jhargram. Hesaid, “I was going to come here for campaigning. Unfortunately my helicopter developed a snag and I couldn’t come to see you. But I won’t call it a conspiracy”. His comments come after BJP leaders from Bengal accused the TMC supremo of enacting a drama to seek sympathy votes in the upcoming Assembly polls. Mamata was injured on 10 March and was admitted to SSKM hospital in Kolkata. She was discharged on 12 March. Shah hit out at the TMC government for not doing enough for the development of minorities and said the Mamata Banerjee dispensation had indulged in corruption in tribal welfare schemes. “TMC seeks cut money even for giving a tribal certificate. We will ensure the land rights of the tribals. The special focus will be on education, health and drinking water for the tribals in the area. We will also mention it in our manifesto,” he said. In his virtual address Shah highlighted designated central schemes for the tribal communities which the state government did not implement properly. “Special stress will be given to the education of tribal students. We will provide 50 percent financial assistance those among them who score above 70 percent,” he said. Alleging that the TMC government has introduced “cut money culture” in West Bengal, Shah said BJP will change the situation in the state. “This is BJP’s fight to make Bengal ‘Sonar Bangla’. Our goal is to ensure that there is a change in West Bengal’s situation, a change in the situation of the poor of the state. Our aim is to end infiltration and also transform Bengal,” he said. The top BJP leader alleged that TMC is indulging in appeasement politics. “Whenever there is a festive occasion such as Durga Puja, you all have to go to court to take permission for the processions under Mamata Ji’s rule. You all have to change this situation,” Shah said at the rally. Reaching out to West Bengal government employees and said the seventh Pay Commission will be implemented in the state if the saffron party is voted to power. Ranibandh is a part of the western district of Bankura which has a significant tribal population, crucial to any party’s electoral success.
Assembly Election 2021 Updates: Left will 'not compromise' with communal parties, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
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Puducherry Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP releases a list of nine candidates for Puducherry Assembly elections
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Congress releases names of 4 candidates for Tamil Nadu polls
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Discontent in Congress in Kerala over selection of candidates
Discontent is brewing in the Congress in Kerala over the selection of candidates for the April 6 assembly polls with senior party leader K Sudhakaran attacking AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and veterans Ramesh Chennithala and Oommen Chandy, alleging they were responsible for all troubles, reports PTI.
AICC general secretary Kerala in-charge Tariq Anwar rejected the allegations of Sudhakaran, party’s Kannur MP, saying the candidates were selected after taking him also into confidence.
Meanwhile, a convention of “A” group workers of the party in Kannur district on Tuesday decided to urge the party high command to withdraw the candidature of Sajeev Joseph from Irikkur seat and field their leader Sony Sebastian.
The protesting Congress workers warned of serious consequences in the election if it failed to heed their voices.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Left will not compromise with communal parties says Kerala CM
The Left will not compromise with communal parties for a few votes, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday, as he rejected the allegation of a BJP leader, who was denied a seat, that there was a CPI(M)-BJP understanding in some seats for the April 6 Assembly polls, reports PTI.
R Balashankar, currently working with the BJP’’s national training department, alleged that he was denied the Chengannur seat in Alappuzha district as part of a deal between the CPI(M) and BJP for the assembly polls.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
AICC releases list of six candidates for Kerala polls
The AICC on Tuesday released its list of candidates in the six remaining constituencies in Kerala for the April 6 assembly polls, reports PTI.
T Siddique has been fielded from Kalpetta, V V Prakash from Nilambur, P C Vishnunath from Kundra, Firoz Kunnumparambil from Thavanur, Riyas Mukkoli from Patambi and Veena Nair from Vattiyoorkavu, an AICC release said.
The opposition Congress, which is contesting in 92 of the 140 assembly seats, had earlier released its candidates for 86 seats. Its ally Forward Bloc, which had been allocated the Dharmadam seat, from where Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is contesting, has refused to field its candidate.
The UDF is yet to decide on who will take on the CPI (M) veteran in the constituency. IUML, a key partner of the UDF, will be contesting in 27 seats.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mother of Walayar minor girls to contest against CM; Vijayan says govt has always stood by her
Hours after the mother of two minor girls who were found dead in suspicious circumstances in 2017 announced that she would contest against the Kerala Chief Minister at Dharmadam in the April 6 assembly polls, Pinarayi Vijayan said his government had always stood by her and never hurt her, reports PTI.
“We have stood by that mother and done whatever was sought by her and have no conscience prick. We have not hurt her in any manner,” Vijayan, who is now on the campaign trail in Kannur, told a press conference.
If she is taking some stand taken by some people accompanying her, she is free to do so, The government has already handed over the case to CBI, Vijayan said when asked about the woman’s announcement that she would contest against him at Dharmadam as an independent candidate.
The two girls, hailing from Walayar in Palakkad, were found hanging inside their house after alleged sexual assault in 2017.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP leader slams party’s Kerala leadership
A BJP leader on Tuesday slammed the Kerala leadership of the party, alleging they were not interested in winning the election as weak candidates have been fielded in seats where the party had a good chance to win in the April 6 assembly polls, reports PTI.
Attacking the leadership of the state party, R Balashankar, currently working with the BJP’s national training department, claimed he was denied ticket from his home constituency Chengannur in Alappuzha district after given an understanding that he would be fielded from there.
The BJP leader said he had been working for the past two months in Chengannur and all communities in the constituency including Christians and Muslims had offered him their support in the polls.
The 67-year-old leader claimed he had a very good chance for winning the seat currently held by the CPI(M) but the BJP fielded a person who is a political non-entity damaging its chance to win the seat.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC takes suo motu cognizance of ‘free door-step ration delivery’ announcement
As per reports, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken suo motu cognizance of the “free door-step ration delivery” announcement by CM Mamata Banerjee. Commission has sought a report from Purulia district authorities regarding this. Commission has asked whether Mamata Banerjee promised any new public welfare scheme which is a violation of the model code of conduct (MCC).
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Congress releases list of 6 candidates for Kerala assembly polls
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
AIADMK manifesto aimed at all round benefit, says Palaniswami
The DMK’s manifesto was also ‘misleading’ as Stalin has promised waiver of farm loans, Palaniswami said and pointed out his government has already waived Rs 12,110 crore obtained from cooperative banks and even the receipts have been provided to the persons concerned. “DMK’s manifesto is one that fools people,” he added. The AIADMK’s manifesto, which among other populist measures promises free washing machines and solar stoves, was aimed at all-round benefit, he said.
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Palaniswami takes swipe at DMK’s manifesto
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday took a swipe at the DMK over poll promises, saying a party should give only those assurances that could be implemented. Recalling then DMK chief, the late M Karunanidhi’s 2006 poll promise of providing two acres of land free of cost to all landless farmers in the state, Palaniswami asked if the party fulfilled its assurance.“Did they give. No. (DMK president MK) Stalin is desperate to get people’s votes by fooling and confusing them,” he said at an election rally at Aranthangi in this district. He said Stalin’s wish would not be fulfilled, implying people won’t vote for him.
In an apparent dig at the DMK over the 500 assurances made in its poll manifesto for the April 6 elections, the AIADMK joint coordinator said “it is ok if promises that can be implemented are made.” “If unimplementable assurances are made, they can never be fulfilled,” he said.
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Nadda blames TMC goons for vandalising rath , says BJP condemns it
“The BJP had decided that two ‘Ambedkar yatras’ will commence from Kotulpur and Kakdwip… I had inaugurated the yatra from Kotulpur but the yatra that was scheduled to start from Kakdwip was vandalised by TMC goons, they tried to stop it. BJP was trying to go ahead on the path shown by Dr Ambdekar and bring about ‘samrasta’ in society and those attempts have been stopped. The BJP strongly condemns it. The TMC knows that defeat lies in front of them and hence they are inducling in acts like these. I condemn it, party chief JP Nadda said.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata govt has not done anything for farmers, adivasis, alleges Nadda
Alleging that the Mamata Banerjee dispensation has not done anything for the welfare of farmers and Adivasis in West Bengal, BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday claimed that after practising politics of appeasement for years, the TMC supremo has started reciting Sanskrit slokas to assert her Hindu identity. She left several Hindu OBC castes such as Mahishya and Teli out of the reserved category because of her “politics of appeasement”, and the BJP, if voted to power, will take steps to include them, Nadda said while addressing a rally at Kotulpur in Bankura district.
Banerjee had won elections in the name of ‘Ma, Mati, Manush’ (Mother, Land and People), Nadda said and alleged that during the last decade, her party has engaged in “torturing women, killing BJP workers, dictatorship, extortion and politics of appeasement”. “I am told that Mamata Banerjee is now doing Chandi Path. But in the last 10 years, you have been engaged in minority appeasement. You have stopped Saraswati Puja in the state and immersion of idols of goddess Durga,” he said.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Former Congress leader PC Chacko joins NCP
Former Kerala Congress leader PC Chacko joined the NCP in the presence of party chief Sharad Pawar, reports ANI. **"**Today, the need is the unity of the opposition. A united opposition should emerge as an alternative to the BJP. I don’t see that initiative in the party which I was a member of earlier," the news agency quotes him as saying. Pawar said Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan called him and said that the Left is happy with Chacko joining the NCP, reports the news agency.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Forget about UDF, LDF, choose Modi, says Deb
Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said it was time for Keralites to “chose Narendra Modi over the LDF and UDF” so that development will reach Kerala. “BJP’s victory formula is possible in Kerala.Just forget about UDF and LDF and choose Narendra Modi.Give Kerala into the hands of Modi and he can take you to a whole new direction.What have you got in the communist rule? Nothing.” He said the Modi government had improved the infrastructure of Tripura during the last few years with the construction of highways, railways and airways. Deb also said the CPI(M) and Congress, which are fighting each other in Kerala,are fighting together in West Bengal.
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Only BJP can come to power from zero, says Biplab Kumar Deb
Attacking Kerala’s ruling Left Front, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday claimed it lagged behind in infrastructure development
and education and the people of his state ended the “communist rule” as soon as they got a chance. Deb, who was in Thiruvananthapuram to campaign for the BJP, said his party can repeat the success model of Tripura in Kerala. “There was communist rule in Tripura for 25 years and what happened there? nothing. Here the LDF and UDF are coming to power during alternate terms.We made a government from zero.”
“After that Tripura is developing faster than Kerala. This is because the central schemes are being implemented there at a faster pace,” Deb told a press conference. He said people of his state opted for BJP when they got a chance. “When we contested the election against Manik Sarkar, people doubted us. Only BJP could come to power from zero.It can happen here also.We have already opened an account by winning one seat,” Deb said, referring to the lone BJP MLA
O Rajagopal.
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Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mother of Walayar sisters says she will contest against Pinaray Vijayan
The mother of the two minor girls, found dead in their home after alleged sexual assault in 2017, on Tuesday said she will contest as an Independent against
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Dharmadam, in protest over government’s ‘inaction’ against those who had probed the case. “I want justice for my daughters. I had met the Chief Minister at Thiruvananthapuram…cried and begged him to ensure that those responsible for the death of my children be brought to book. I will contest against Vijayan as an Independent. Except the Sangh Parivar, we will take support of everyone,” she told reporters .
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
May support TMC to form govt if situation arises post polls: Congress MP Abu Hasem
In a potentially embarrassing development for the Left-led coalition in West Bengal, veteran Congress MP Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Tuesday pitched for an alliance with the TMC after the West Bengal Assembly elections, if the situation so demands. Speaking to reporters, the Lok Sabha MP from Maldaha Dakshin said Congress’ alliance partner CPI(M) forged a tie-up with ISF of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui as it feared it will not be able to win a single seat. “We did not join hands with Abbas Siddiqui, CPI(M) allied with his party. I think they felt that they may not get a single seat in the elections, so they forged an alliance with him,” Choudhury said.
“We don’t like TMC because of the behaviour they meted out to the Congress. But TMC is not communal,” he said. “If a situation arises post the elections, we will support the TMC to form the government in West Bengal, this is my personal opinion. This is because of philosophical reasons,” said Choudhury, a four-time member of Parliament.
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Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Will join NCP today, announces PC Chacko
Former Kerala Congress leader PC Chacko said he will formally join Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party today, reports news agency ANI. “NCP is part of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala. Once again, I am back in the LDF as a part of NCP,” Chacko said. Chacko had gone to the CPM office in Delhi, ANI reported.
Chacko said NCP is a partner of the CPM led LDF in the southern state and he would work for the victory of the Left candidates in the 6 April Assembly polls.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP’s rath vandalised in Purulia
BJP’s Rath was ransacked by a mob in Purulia’s Manbazar reports News18 . The windscreen was smashed and the driver was beaten, according to the report said.The police were deployed in the area, the report added.According to I ndia Today , the alleged attack took place shortly after TMC MP Abhishek’ Banerjee’s rally in the area. The BJP has alleged TMC’s role in the attack on its campaign tableau while the latter has denied the allegations.
BJP’a Amit Malviya claimed the bus driver suffered injuries.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Nadda targets Mamata over Batla House encounter
“Mamata Ji had called Batla House encounter fake and said “I will quit politics if it turns out to be true”. Court has now sentenced death penalty to Ariz Khan. I want to ask Mamata Ji now, When are you quitting politics?” Nadda said.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
JP Nadda addresses rally in Kotulpur
BJP president JP Nadda slams West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, says she did not allow benefits of Ayushman Bharat scheme to reach people of the state.“BJP govt will come to power and 4.66 crore people will get benefits of Ayushman Bharat,” he asserts. He also alleges that the Bengal CM has not implemented Kisan Sanman Nidhi. “Mamatji, aapka khela shesh hobe. BJP govt will come and 76 lakh farmers will get their remaining benefits and will continue to get them.”
Nadda also accused Banerjee of appopriating the Centre’s schemes and giving them different name and said, “Cheating won’t work, you will have to be original and if anyone is originial, it is the BJP, he says.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
RMP to field KK Rema in Vadakara, UDF extends support
Ending days of speculation, the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) on Tuesday announced that it would field KK Rema, wife of slain founding leader TP Chandrasekharan, in Vadakara Assembly constituency in Kozhikode district, reports PTI.
Announcing this, the party general secretary KK Venu said the Congress leadership has declared the support of the UDF for Rema. The RMP, a breakaway group of the CPI(M), has been under pressure to field its candidate in Vadakara to give a tough fight to the LDF.
The Congress as well as the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) had approached the RMP leadership to put up a common candidate to take on the LDF nominee.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
AIADMK launches LED screen campaign to woo voters
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has sought to make effective use of technology and launched a campaign through LED screens mounted on four-wheelers to reach out to voters and highlight its various welfare initiatives, reports PTI.
AIADMK’s Chennai Zone IT Wing Secretary ‘Aspire’ K Swaminathan said the party plans to take the effort to every nook and corner of the poll-bound state, where elections to 234 Assembly seats are due on 6 April.
The LED campaign will highlight the government’s work during the corona pandemic, besides rival DMK’s “atrocities” against people, he said in a release.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja files her nomination papers for Mattannur
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Change brought by BJP compelling Mamata to visit temples, do ‘Chandi Path’ in public: Adityanath
Addressing an election rally in Balarampur in Purulia district of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has been forced to recite ‘Chandi Path’ publicly and visit temples due to the change in people’s mindset after the BJP came to power at the Centre. “Isn’t this a change? This is new India. Each and every person has to go to God,” PTI quoted him as saying.
He also criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his visits to temples in poll-bound states.
Speaking at an election rally at Balarampur in Purulia district, the star campaigner of the saffron party said, a sect of people was created in the country, before the BJP-led government assumed power at the Centre in 2014, who believed that even visiting temples would pose a threat to their secular credentials.
Puducherry Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
AINRC MLA TPR Selvam upset over not being renominated
AINRC MLA of the outgoing Puducherry assembly, TPR Selvam on Tuesday expressed disappointment over his party led NDA’s move to field a BJP candidate from Mannadipet, his home constituency since 2011. Upset over the choice of candidate for the April 6 polls, Selvam said he was not aware as to why he was not re-nominated for Mannadipet seat. He was addressing his supporters at his residence in Mannadipet. Selvam felt that AINCR chief N Rangasamy appeared to be trapped in the BJP inclusive alliance. Expressing hope that he would get a positive reply from the party leadership on his candidature for Mannadipet seat, the AINRC MLA said he had approached Rangasamy to get an assurance and was asked to wait for a couple of days.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP workers continue protests over candidate list
BJP workers from various parts of West Bengal continued their protests on Tuesday outside the party’s state election office in Kolkata over the selection of candidates for the Assembly polls, laying bare the rift between old-timers and new entrants. BJP supporters from Canning West, Magrahat, Kultali, Joynagar and Bishnupur were protesting outside the Hastings office of the party since the morning, often getting involved in scuffles among themselves, forcing the police to intervene. “We want immediate withdrawal Arnab Roy’s candidature from the Canning West seat. He joined BJP from Trinamool Congress only five days back and has been given the nomination,” a BJP activist from the constituency said. The protesters claimed that TMC leaders involved in corruption have been given nominations by the BJP. Some of those leaders are also accused of atrocities against BJP members, they said.
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Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
PC Chacko likely to join NCP, extend support to LDF, say reports
PC Chacko, who quit the Congress last week, is likely to join the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today and support for the LDF, said reports . The NCP is allied with the Left in Kerala.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP will form govt in Bengal, says Rajnath Singh
Slamming the Mamata Banerjee government over alleged slide in the law and order situation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday the “khela” (game) that will be played in West Bengal after the BJP’s victory in the Assembly election will be that of development and peace. He asserted the BJP will form its government in the state winning more than 200 of the 294 seats. Joining the campaign blitzkrieg that the BJP has launched, with several top party leaders holding meetings and rallies regularly to snatch Bengal from the TMC, Singh, who was once considered a friend of Mamata Banerjee in the saffron camp, asked what the two-time chief minister has done for the people of the state except for bringing disaster to them. He said “asol parivartan” (true change) will usher in
on 2 May, the day of the counting of votes for the eight-phase Assembly elections that commence on March. “The BJP will form a government in Bengal with more than 200 seats,” he asserted.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Oommen Chandy, Ramesh Chennitahala file nominations
Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy and Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday filed their nominations for the 6 April Assembly elections in the state. Chandy, who is contesting from Puthuppally constituency in Kottayam district, filed his nomination at the Pambady block office in Pallikkathodu at around 11.30 AM. Chennithala, who is seeking the people’s mandate from Haripad constituency in Alappuzha district, filed his nomination from Harippad block office at 12.10 pm.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Govts in Bengal destroyed state, says Rajnath Singh
“Post-Independence, the kind of development that should have been done in West Bengal, has not been done. Ruling governments destroyed the state. Be it the CPM or TMC, poverty and unemployment are rampant in the state,” ANI quotes Rajnath Singh as saying at a rally in West Midnapore.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
JP Nadda holds roadshow at Bishnupur
In a show of strength ahead of the Assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday conducted a roadshow in Bishnupur area of Bankura districtJP Nadda started the roadshow at around 2:10 pm from Kumari Talkies cinema hall. It is scheduled to culminate at Bishnupur bus stand, a distance of a little more than 2 km. Standing on top of a decorated lorry along with party national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya, Nadda was seen waving at the spectators. Waving party flags, BJP supporters shouted slogans such as “Jai Shri Ram”, “Narendra Modi Zindabad” and “J P Nadda Zindabad”. Hundreds of people gathered on both sides of the road to watch the roadshow.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Tolabaazi ka khela na hobe,’ says Rajnath Singh
At a rally in West Bengal’s Sabang, BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh credited Atal Bihari Vajapayi with forming the Ministry for Tribal Welfare. He said only BJP can fulfill the dream on Sonar Bangla. Taking on TMC’s slogan of ‘Khela Hobe’, he said “khub khela hobe”. “Tolabaazi ka khela na hobe, Cut money ka khela na hobe,” he said, targeting the TMC.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah getting frustrated over poor turnout at rallies, says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of hatching a conspiracy to harass TMC leaders ahead of the Assembly elections in the state and wondered whether the Election Commission is working as per his instructions Claiming that Shah is getting “frustrated” by “poor turnout” at his rallies, Banerjee also alleged that the BJP is plotting conspiracies to kill her as her security director Vivek Sahay was removed by the Election Commission after she sustained injuries last week in Purba Medinipur’s Nandigram. Referring to the alleged “attack” on her in Nandigram,
Banerjee said no one will stop her from taking forward her battle against the BJP.
“Amit Shah is getting frustrated as there is a poor turnout at his rallies. Instead of running the country, he is sitting in Kolkata and hatching a conspiracy to harass TMC leaders. What do they want? Do they want to kill me? Do they think that they will win this election by killing me? They are wrong,” she said while addressing a rally.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
MNM chief Kamal Hassan launches poll campaign
Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) Chief Kamal Hassan launched his election campaign early on Tuesday by going around the Coimbatore South Constituency, where he is contesting the assembly polls next month, and interacted with voters. Hassan began the day by meeting citizens along the Race course road, a posh locality in the city, and engaged with morning walkers and joggers, party sources said. The 66-year-old actor then visited a gymnasium in Ramanathapuram, set up by late film producer Sandow MMA Chinnappa Thevar and demonstrated his prowess in Silambattam, a traditional martial arts of Tamil Nadu with a long cane. Later, he interacted with the public at a road side tea shop, to understand their problems and garner support.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah interfering EC’s functioning, alleges Mamata Banerjee
“Will the home minister run the country or decide who will get arrested or beaten up, or will he decide which agency will chase whom,” asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. “Who is running Election Commission ? I hope it’s not you, Amit Shah. We want free and fair election. He’s intervening in day to day working of EC,” news agency ANI quotes her as saying.
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Misuse of power coming to an end in Bengal, says Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a public meeting in West Bengal’s Purulia. According to News18, the BJP leader said the TMC will be bid goodbye after the election results. “The BJP will punish each and every goon of the TMC,” he said. “In 2019, my programme in Purulia was not allowed. My chopper landed in Jharkhand and I came by road. This misuse of power is coming to an end. BJP workers are being stopped from working. I was welcomed with Jai shri ram chants,” News18 quotes him as saying.
“There is a change. Before 2014, there was a generation in the country, who used to fear that their secularism will be at risk if they visit temple. But now, I see Mamata Didi is reciting ‘Chandi Path’ in the temple,” news agency ANI quotes him as saying.
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Mamata recites ‘Durga path’ at Bankura rally
During her public rally in Bankura, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday recited the Durga path, ANI reported.
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BJP workers protest against Arnab Roy’s nomination from Canning Paschim seat
BJP workers Tuesday took out a protest at Hastings in Kolkata, demanding that the party’s candidate from Canning Paschim Assembly constituency be changed, ANI reported.
The saffron party has fielded Arnab Roy from the constituency.