West Bengal Election 2021

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These are extremely testing times for Ms Banerjee as the TMC’s supremo as she has acquired a maturity in the 10 years that has added to the aura of her leadership.

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata’s priorities as TMC sets a new course

The changes that Mamata has made in filling leadership positions in the frontal organisations is her way of strengthening the voter base

07 Jun 2021 12:19 AM

What seems to have disappointed many people is Mr Modi’s somewhat delayed effort in trying to address the Covid crisis, weeks after India plunged from one crisis to another. (PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | The political fallout of the Covid crisis across India

When the country faced these multiple health crises, what people saw was PM Modi addressing several election rallies in West Bengal

19 May 2021 7:08 AM

A paramilitary personnel stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station during the state legislative elections, at South Twenty Four Parganas district, about 70 km from Kolkata on April 6, 2021. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader's home, poll official suspended

A huge team of central forces had to be deployed in the area as the locals protested, alleging malpractices

06 Apr 2021 11:01 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talks to media representatives in front of her temporary residence, in Nandigram, on March 31, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Nandigram poll: Didi to stay for whole day, TMC alleges agents not allowed in booths

There have been no reports of violence or clashes among political activists in the constituency, barring an incident in the Bhimkata area

01 Apr 2021 11:57 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd during a public meeting ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Bankura on March 21, 2021. (PTI)

No Indian is outsider in Bengal, BJP CM will be son of soil: Modi

Modi's comments came amid an 'insider vs outsider' debate with Mamata asserting that she won't allow Bengal to be ruled by 'outsiders'

24 Mar 2021 1:17 PM

Doctors at the hospital decided to closely monitor Banerjee, who has been complaining of chest pain and breathlessness. (Image credit: Twitter)

Mamata's tests detected injuries to her ankle, right shoulder, neck: Doctor

The state government has constituted a team of five senior doctors to treat Banerjee

11 Mar 2021 9:12 AM

The focus of the Assembly elections in four states and a Union territory has centred around West Bengal and the big question is whether the BJP under PM Modi will breach the final barrier, as it were, for the right-wing saffron party. (AP/Bikas Das)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi’s pan-Indian image won’t help BJP win polls

The right-wing party is learning the hard way that multitudinous India is a multipolar political field

10 Mar 2021 7:21 AM

By turning it into an early mid-term review of the Modi government’s performance and the BJP’s politics, Ms Banerjee has achieved what many other parties were trying to do but were clueless about how to galvanise people into making a choice. (PTI file photo/Ashok Bhaumik)

Shikha Mukerjee | More than a state battle: BJP strategy on test too

For the BJP, the current round of elections is crucial, and every seat won or lost in West Bengal will affect its future

03 Mar 2021 7:41 AM

The AIMIM chief met Siddiqui, the religious shrine's secretary who aspires to float a political outfit for Muslims, hunting for an ally to contest the Bengal polls (Photo: Twitter | ANI/file)

For Bengal polls, Owaisi chooses Mamata's rival

Owaisi dared the CM to explain the exodus of her party leaders to the BJP and the saffron party's rise in the state in absence of his party

04 Jan 2021 8:57 AM

Confident of coming to power in West Bengal, won't impose President's Rule: Shah

Shah also accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of eyeing to create “dynastic rule”

07 Nov 2020 1:14 PM

West Bengal BJP president and Midnapore MP Dilip Ghosh

Will withdraw cases on political workers once in power: Dilip Ghosh

Ghosh added that cases against CPI(M), Congress, and even TMC leaders will be withdrawn

30 Oct 2020 2:05 AM

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