WB Polls: Last villages at Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia demand pending ST cards ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 14:40 IST
Nadia (West Bengal) [India], April 20: The last village at the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal s Nadia district - New Shikarpur, along with two other neighbouring villages - Raninagar and Dohokola, is demanding the long-pending Schedule Tribe card this election season.
The residents of the village told ANI that several appeals had been made and letters sent to the local administration but they did not bear any result. Instead, the people were told that they needed to prove their Mahato identity by birth.
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West Bengal is witnessing intense political fight between BJP, TMC and other parties ahead of the fourth phase of assembly elections.
In the fourth phase over 44 constituencies will go for polling.
Kolkata: As per the election commission s announcement, the fourth phase of voting for the West Bengal Assembly elections 2021 will begin from Saturday (April 10). West Bengal is witnessing intense political fight between BJP, TMC and other parties ahead of the fourth phase of assembly elections, in which 44 constituencies will go for polling.
Campaigning is underway in full throttle for the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly elections. In this phase five districts of Hooghly, Howrah, South 24 Pargana, Coochbehar and Alipurduar will go for polling.
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Congress supporters in Murshidabad’s Suti Assembly segment hit the streets on Monday to protest against renomination of sitting MLA Humayun Reza.
The Congress had released the third list of candidates for the Assembly polls, which it would contest as part of the Sanyukt Morcha, on Sunday.
About 500 Congress workers took out a rally in Suti’s Aurangabad market area under the leadership of the party’s vice-president for Suti Block 2 committee Abdul Khalek. Members of nine area committees in the block participated in the rally.
The dissidents were carrying placards against Reza’s nomination and announced they would not campaign for him.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 6 (ANI): The discussions between the Congress, Left and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) on seat-sharing and alliance ahead of the assembly polls in West Bengal is yet to be concluded, said Congress Leader Pradeep Bhattacharya on Saturday.