PM ignored COVID crisis to hide his lack of foresightedness : Prashant Kishor hits out at Modi
Kishor s statement came after Modi addressed the nation on the coronavirus situation amid a surge in cases.
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KOLKATA: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor who is looking after the Trinamool Congress election strategy in West Bengal on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the COVID-19 crisis to hide his lack of understanding and foresightedness.
Kishor s statement came after Modi addressed the nation on the coronavirus situation amid a surge in cases.
He also alleged that the prime minister bluffed people to claim victory in the battle against the pandemic.
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KOLKATA: In a direct attack on the Election Commission for not clubbing the last three phases of Bengal Assembly elections in the wake of the second Covid wave, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that it was aimed to give advantage to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While addressing a rally at Jiaganj, Murshidabad, a region dominated by minorities, Mamata said the poll panel did not listen to Trinamool Congress’s request for conducting the last three phases either in one go or in two phases.
She also alleged the BJP was hatching a conspiracy to trigger communal discord in Bengal.
Bengal elections: Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
Assembly seats in the Matua strongholds of Bongaon and Krishnanagar, close to the India-Bangladesh border, are set to go to polls in the sixth phase of elections, on April 22.
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Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP State President Dilip Ghosh seen eating lunch with a Matua family at their residence at Gouanganagar in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI) By PTI
BONGAON/KRISHNANAGAR: With citizenship for refugees having emerged as one of the poll planks of the BJP in its battle for Bengal, Matua bastions and the verdict they present this election will prove to be a test case for the party that had been weighing the pros and cons before implementing a new law enacted for the purpose.
COVID-19: Adhir Chowdhury urges EC to defer last three phases of Bengal polls
In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Adhir asked him to take a call on what was more important at this juncture - lives of people or polls to choose their representatives.
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KOLKATA: Amid the steep rise in COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the Congress on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to defer the last three phases of assembly polls in the state.
In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked him to take a call on what was more important at this juncture - lives of people or polls to choose their representatives.