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Twelve ministers in the Kerala cabinet have declared criminal cases against themselves in their election affidavits, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms.
UPDATED: May 3, 2021 19:04 IST
Trinamool Congress chief addresses the media from her Kalighat residence after TMC s win on May 2. (Photo: PTI)
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will take oath as Bengal chief minister for the third on May 5, said senior leaders of the party. The oath-taking ceremony, however, will be low-key affair owing to the unprecedented rise in Covid case.
Mamata Banerjee was unanimously elected as the leader of Trinamool s legislative council at a party meeting on Monday. It was announced at a press conference by Partho Chattopadhyay and Subrata Mukherjee.
While other members of the party will take oath on May 6, Biman Banerjee has been selected as the speaker of the assembly.
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.
Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: Metroman E Sreedharan of BJP leads by over 4,000 votes in Palakkad
Sreedharan was able to bag a sizeable number of postal votes and was able to maintain a lead when the EVMs were opened.
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Updated: May 2, 2021, 01:38 PM IST
Counting of votes began at 8 am on Sunday in Kerala and in the initial rounds Metroman E.Sreedharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in the Palakkad Assembly constituency with over 4,000 votes. Sreedharan was able to bag a sizeable number of postal votes and was able to maintain a lead when the EVMs were opened.