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A group of residents attempts to stop BJP MP Locket Chatterjee’s vehicle in Hooghly district on April 10, 2021 during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections.
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Security forces fire as crowd attacks north Bengal booth.
Five people were killed in two separate incidents of firing during elections at Sitalkuchi Assembly in north Bengal on Saturday sending shockwaves across the State where voting for four more phases is yet to be held.
Four persons were killed when central forces opened fire at polling booth number 126 at Amtali Madhyamik Siksha Kendra under Jor Patki gram panchayat at Sitalkuchi Assembly segment.
BJP fields Union Ministers, MPs and actors in Bengal polls
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BJP fields Union Ministers, MPs and actors in Bengal polls. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 14 : The BJP on Sunday named several Union Ministers, MPs and actors as its candidates in the West Bengal Assembly polls.
For the high octane polls, the party has fielded Union Minister Supriyo Babul from Tollygunge, actor-turned-politician and Lok Sabha member Locket Chatterjee from Churchura, journalist and MP Swapan Dasgupta from Tarakeshwar, and noted economist Ashok Lahiri from Alipurduar.
Releasing the list of candidates at a press conference here, BJP national General Secretary Arun Singh said that the names were finalised in the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, chaired by party chief J.P. Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others, held on Saturday.
West Bengal Assembly elections | Singur to Nandigram, CPI(M) puts faith on youth leaders
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Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria
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Left Front Chairman Biman Bose with CPI(M) State Secretary Surya Kanta Mishra, Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharjee, Abdul Mannan and ISF Leder Simul Soren during announcement of their party candidates list for upcoming State Assembly elections, in Kolkata, Friday, March 5, 2021. File
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Ex-JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuria
From president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union Aishe Ghosh to State president of Democratic Youth Federation of India Meenakshi Mukherjee, the CPI (M)-led Left Front on Wednesday put faith on several youth leaders by giving them ticket for the Assembly polls. While Ms. Ghosh will contest from Jamuria in Bardhaman Paschim, Ms. Mukherjee will contest from Nandigram.