West Bengal election result: বিপ্লব সীমিত সোশ্যাল মিডিয়ায়, ভোটবাক্সে শূন্য বামেরা - left front gets zero seats in west bengal assembly election 2021 indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A BJP win in West Bengal in the ongoing state elections could complicate Bangladesh-India relations even further.
April 26, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate Petrapole Integrated Check Post, 2016.
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On April 13, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that Bangladeshis “infiltrate” into India because they don’t get food back home. Shah’s comments were part of an Anandabazaar Patrika interview, given on the campaign trail in West Bengal, where both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) are currently running neck-to-neck in state elections, poised for a seemingly dramatic finish on May 2.
BJP to train guns on Cong in remaining phases of Bengal polls
By IANS |
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Fri, Apr 9 2021 0:12 IST |
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New Delhi, April 9 : To ensure division of non-BJP votes among the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Samyukta Morcha , the saffron party will start attacking the Congress in the remaining fives phases of Assembly elections in the state.
The Congress, Left and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) of cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui are part of the Samyukta Morcha. The BJP strategists believe that a triangular contest in the last five phases will benefit the party, while a direct fight with the Trinamool may go against it.
Congress offers support to Mamata Banerjee if 22 TMC candidates pull out
Updated Apr 5, 2021, 7:07 am IST
WB Congress chief Adhir Ranjan, made the conditional offer to the TMC chief in wake of her open letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi
Adhir Ranjan calculated move, however, has raised eyebrows of the Left and ISF which see the Trinamul and the BJP as common enemies in the poll battle. (Photo: PTI)
Berhampore: In a dramatic twist, the Congress has indicated that it would look into offering support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to tackle the BJP but only if she withdrew all 22 Trinamul Congress candidates in Murshidabad as a favour . The Congress is fighting the West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with the Left Front and the Indian Secular Front of Furfura cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui.
Withdraw 22 candidates for support: Congress to Mamata Banerjee
Published : Apr 5, 2021, 4:48 am IST
Updated : Apr 5, 2021, 4:48 am IST
WB Congress chief Adhir Ranjan, made the conditional offer to the TMC chief in wake of her open letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi
Adhir Ranjan calculated move, however, has raised eyebrows of the Left and ISF which see the Trinamul and the BJP as common enemies in the poll battle. (Photo: PTI)
Berhampore: In a dramatic twist, the Congress has indicated that it would look into offering support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to tackle the BJP but only if she withdrew all 22 Trinamul Congress candidates in Murshidabad as a favour . The Congress is fighting the West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with the Left Front and the Indian Secular Front of Furfura cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui.