Six party workers killed, houses, shops vandalised by TMC, alleges Bengal BJP. MHA seeks report
Six party workers killed, houses, shops vandalised by TMC, alleges Bengal BJP. MHA seeks report
The Bengal wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that six of its workers were killed by Trinamool Congress goons ever since the party started inching closer to victory on Sunday.
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UPDATED: May 4, 2021 00:49 IST
West Bengal BJP office wears a deserted look after party s defeat in state assembly poll. (Picture: PTI)
The Bengal wing of Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that at least six of its workers were killed across the state since Sunday. They also alleged that a few hundred party offices and houses of BJP workers were ransacked across the state as the counting progressed, and the trends became clearer.
Mamata Banerjee to take oath as West Bengal Chief Minister on May 5
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time, having done so before in 2011 and 2016
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Mamata Banerjee cabinet ministers will be sworn in on May 6 by Pro-term speaker Subrata Mukherjee
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is slated to take oath as West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday, i.e., May 5. Banerjee will take oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time, having done so before in 2011 and 2016.
West Bengal minister and senior TMC leader Partha Chatterjee confirmed that Banerjee will take oath as Chief Minister on May 5.
West Bengal voted in marathon eight phases to elect 292 MLAs to the 294-member state Assembly between March 27 and April 29 in the shadow of the devastating second wave of coronavirus. Bypolls to the remaining two seats was necessitated following the death of two candidates due to Covid. Bengal was part of the first major set of elections, after the polls in Bihar, that were held amid an unprecedented crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty assembly constituencies in five districts voted in the first phase on March 27 and thirty constituencies from four districts voted in the second phase on April 1. The third phase, held on April 6, saw elections in 31 constituencies while 44 seats were up for grabs in the fourth phase on April 10. 45 constituencies voted in the fifth phase on April 17 and 43 constituencies in the sixth phase on April 22. The seventh phase saw 36 constituencies voting on April 26 with 35 constituencies voting in the eighth and the final phase on Ap
Covid protocol in Assam counting
This time, due to Covid-19 protocol, the number of counting tables in each counting hall in Assam has been restricted to 7 Tables. This is to maintain social distance inside the Counting Hall. There is an increase of 34.71% in the number of polling stations over the number of polling stations in the 2016 Assembly Elections.
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TMC and BJP locked in close contest
TMC and BJP are neck and neck in West Bengal ( 31-29) as per very early trends on Network 18
In Tamil Nadu it is a slight lead for DMK ( 5-1)
In Kerala, LDF ahead (39-27)
Counting of votes underway in Chennai on May 2, 2021. | PTI
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held in four states – West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam – and the Union Territory of Puducherry began at 8 am. Early trends from the Election Commission showed the Trinamool Congress was ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. In Kerala, the ruling Left was leading. The saffron party was ahead in Assam while the the DMK and it allies were leading in Tamil Nadu.
West Bengal went to polls in eight phases, Assam voted in three and the elections for the remaining – Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry took place in a single phase on April 6.