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West Bengal BJP leaders taken into custody for protests, released thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should do “sit-ups holding ears” if he was found lying, ANI reported. Banerjee was addressing a rally in Barasat after the end of Election Commission’s 24-hour ban on her campaigning. “Narendra Modi said that Mamata didi did nothing for Matua community,” Banerjee said. “I am publicly asking him to accept the challenge.If I have not done anything for them then I will leave politics, if you are lying then you will do sit-ups holding ears.” The Matua community is comprised of Hindu refugees from Bangladesh. There are nearly 1.5 crore voters of the Matua community in West Bengal, who wield impact in at least 30 Assembly seats. ....
Bengal Assembly polls: High-decibel campaigning for phase V elections ends ANI | Updated: Apr 14, 2021 19:13 IST Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): The high-decibel campaigning for the fifth phase of the ongoing West BengalAssembly elections concluded at 6 pm on Wednesday, as leaders of the political parties taking part in the high-stakes polls left no stone unturned to woo the voters of the state. The campaigning ended early today as the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday had decided that the silence period for the fifth phase shall be extended to 72 hours and no campaigning shall be permitted during 72 hours before the close of the poll in order to ensure the conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections, following a violent incident in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar district where four people were killed after security personnel opened fire, which became a major topic of the phase V campaigning process. ....
Amid Didi's dharna,EC heat on BJP leaders tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Highlights Mamata Banerjee will hold dharna against EC s decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours The poll panel had barred Mamata from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday Kolkata: In protest against the Election Commission’s decision to ban her from campaigning for the next 24 hours, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a dharna on Tuesday. The TMC chief had called the EC move “undemocratic and unconstitutional” and vowed to protest it. The apex poll panel had on Monday barred the Trinamool Congress supremo from any kind of campaigning for 24 hours, from 8 pm on Monday to 8 pm on Tuesday. ....