Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: West Bengal election 2021

Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee will fight from Nandigram

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the names of candidates for 291 constituencies ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

Bengal polls: Shiv Sena to not contest, expresses solidarity with Mamata Banerjee

The Shiv Sena on Thursday announced that it will not contest the upcoming West Bengal polls and extended its support to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress.

Congress’ Bengal camp defends alliance with Left-ISF, says “do not follow BJP agenda”

A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma criticised the Congress-Left-Indian Secular Front (ISF) alliance in West Bengal in the run up to the state polls, state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury defended the tie-up and said that the Congress and the Left are leading a secular alliance to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Tejashwi Yadav offers full support to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal polls

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Monday afternoon and offered his full support to her in the coming assembly polls in Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee questions EC decision to conduct Bengal polls in 8 phases

West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has questioned the Election Commission's decision to conduct the West Bengal Assembly Election in eight phases.

Campaign in West Bengal urging not to vote for BJP

However, there is one other campaign doing the rounds in Bengal, most visibly on social media so far - the ‘No Vote to BJP’ campaign. But what stands out with regard to this particular campaign is that in essence it is purely a people’s campaign, and does not bear any political affiliations.