Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP will not be able to win even 70 seats in the ongoing state assembly elections which many expect to be a cliff-hanger.
Speaking at a rally at Dabgram-Fulbari in Jalpaiguri district, the Trinamool Congress supremo ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modis recent claim that BJP had already won a 100 seats in the four phases of the election to the 294-seat assembly. Prime Minister Modi has said the saffron party has already won 100 seats out of 135 seats where elections have been held. I can say that after the elections are over, BJP will not even get 70 out of total of 294 seats , she said.
KOLKATA: A paramilitary soldier stands guard as voters wait outside at a polling station on Saturday. AP
KOLKATA: At least five people were killed by gunfire in election-related violence at two polling stations in India’s West Bengal state, police said on Saturday.
Security forces caused the majority of the casualties four killed and four wounded while trying to control a crowd outside a voting center in Cooch Behar district, said senior police officer Vishal Garg. He gave no further details on what sparked the clashes.
In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen fired at voters at a polling station in the same district, killing one person. Garg said police were investigating the attack.
Modi s B desh visit can help swing Muslim voters towards BJP in Bengal polls
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New Delhi, April 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modis head turning two-day visit to Bangladesh could have far reaching implications on the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections. By wholeheartedly befriending the Muslim majority state of Bangladesh, the BJP should not be viewed from a communal lens.
Instead, the party was serious about delivering its promise of bringing change and non-partisan development under the slogan Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.
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Congress-AIUDF alliance forged to grab power in Assam, divide people on religious lines: Rajnath Singh
The BJP is the only party that has given due respect and recognition to the icons of Assam at the national level, Rajnath Singh claimed.
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ASSAM: Attacking the Congress for forging an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in Assam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday alleged that the opposition grouping is only interested in grabbing power by dividing people on religious lines.
Terrorism and insurgency have declined in the state leading to the speeding up of the government s development activities, the senior BJP leader said while addressing rallies in Biswanath, Gohpur and Dergaon assembly seats where election will be held in the first phase on March 27.