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Bengal Polls: 23% Candidates Contesting Phase 8 Face Criminal Cases, Says ADR

Bengal Polls: 23% Candidates Contesting Phase 8 Face Criminal Cases, Says ADR
The report said that 17 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.
Phase six voting in Bengal on April 22. Photo: PTI
Politics5 hours ago
New Delhi: Out of the 283 candidates contesting in the last phase of the West Bengal polls, 23% have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated.
The West Bengal Election Watch and the ADR have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all the 283 candidates from 35 constituencies, who are contesting in the polls to be held on April 29. ....

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Bengal: EC Imposes 24-hour Campaign Ban on BJP's Sayantan Basu, TMC's Sujata Mondal

Bengal: EC Imposes 24-hour Campaign Ban on BJP s Sayantan Basu, TMC s Sujata Mondal
The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 pm on April 18 to 7 pm on April 19.
Representative image of TMC and BJP supporters. Photo: PTI/Reuters
Politics7 hours ago
New Delhi:Â The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress for their controversial remarks during the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal.
The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 pm on April 18 to 7 pm on April 19. ....

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West Bengal election 2021: Silence period extended to 72 hours, campaign timings reduced amid COVID-19 surge

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EC increased the silence period from 48 hours to 72 hours in each of the remaining three of the eight phases of the West Bengal polls.
The COVID-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 6,43,795 on Friday.
TMC said the remaining three phases should be clubbed into one to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of unprecedented public health concerns , the Election Commission on Friday invoked is constitutional powers to put in place restrictions on campaigning by political parties, including curtailing its time, for the West Bengal assembly elections.
In an order, the poll panel curtailed the time for campaign up to 7 pm. Earlier it was up to 10 pm. ....

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Why Bengal's Elections Are Far More Complex than TMC's Corruption and BJP's Communal Drive

Why Bengal s Elections Are Far More Complex than TMC s Corruption and BJP s Communal Drive
There is, in reality, a triangular contest, in which a host of social and political factors are competing for influence.
The Bengal elections have become a triangular contest among TMC, BJP, and CPI (M)-led alliance. Illustration: The Wire/Facebook.
Politics5 hours ago
The Bengal elections have brought the social and political churning under way in that state to the head. In these circumstances, there is always a temptation to offer explanations that flatten out complexities, that entice by their simplicity.
One of these pops up from Hindutva commentators every decade or so. This says that a cultural elite has been ruling the country and Hindutva is the spontaneous movement of the masses to liberate itself. The usual rhetorical device involves personifying the narrowness of the elite by its association with a specific location. ....

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Despite Amphan Misgovernance, TMC Likely to Retain South 24 Parganas

Despite Amphan Misgovernance, TMC Likely to Retain South 24 Parganas
Additionally, TMCâs biggest strength here is their organisation, which might give the party an advantage over BJP.
Canvasing of a BJP candidate on Kachiberia road. Photo: Himadri Ghosh
Reportage3 hours ago
South 24 Parganas, Bengal: Paltu Biswas of Srichanda gram panchayat, Mograhat 1 block in South 24 Parganas district, was extremely angry with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as he levelled charges of
durniti (corruption) and
âThese
chors (thieves) have siphoned all the money during Amphan. Those people who lost their house didnât get the money, while TMC men with two-storey houses got the compensation. After some intervention, some people received Rs 5,000 instead of Rs 20,000 as promised by the government,â said Biswas. ....

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