Bengal Election 2021: Over 81.88 lakh electorates will decide the fate of 268 candidates.
Nearly 18 per cent of the 81 lakh electors have voted in the first three hours of polling in West Bengal. Trinamool MPs Abhishek Banerjee and Nusrat Ruhi were among early high-profile voters. Thirty-four assembly constituencies spread across five districts are voting today in the seventh phase of the eight-phased election. Among these, six are in Dakshin Dinajpur, six in Malda, nine in Murshidabad, nine in Paschim Bardhaman and four in Kolkata.
In Bhowanipore, the home turf of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool has fielded party heavyweight Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay. Ms Banerjee has chosen Nandigram in this election in place of Bhowanipore.
The BJP has no concern for people s lives, Abhishek Banerjee alleged (File)
Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday attacked the BJP for allegedly organising campaign rallies, flouting the Election Commission s (EC) Covid safety protocols amid a massive surge in cases, and urged the poll panel to take note of the violations.
While the TMC has cancelled public meetings the day EC banned road shows, rallies and allowed meetings with a maximum of 500 people, the BJP is refusing to obey the rules endangering people s lives, Mr Banerjee claimed in a live interaction on Facebook.
He alleged that 10,000 people attended a BJP rally in Bengal s Malda on Saturday.
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For long, the BJP has accused Abhishek Banerjee of involvement in the coal scam.
Kolkata/ New Delhi:
Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee s wife Rujira Banerjee, who was asked on Sunday to join the CBI probe in a case involving allegations of coal smuggling, today said she is unaware of the reason of questioning . She has offered to meet the investigating officers between 11 AM and 3 PM on Tuesday.
Abhishek Banerjee is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s nephew and the summons come just months ahead of the state elections. Though I am unaware of the reason for me being called for questioning or the subject matter of the investigation, you may visit my residence as per your convenience between 11 AM and 3 PM tomorrow, i.e. 23 February, 2021, she said in her letter to CBI, delivered just short of 11 AM today.
Trinamool s Abhishek Banerjee Slams BJP s Suvendu Adhikari On Home Turf Trinamool s Abhishek Banerjee Slams BJP s Suvendu Adhikari On Home Turf Abhishek Banerjee claimed that Suvendu Adhikari was running away from a direct contest against Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.
Abhishek Banerjee held a massive rally in Midnapore, just a few kilometres from Suvendu Adhikari s home.
Highlights Midnapore won t forget those who have insulted this soil, he said
Mr Banerjee said Mr Adhikari had plans to break the Trinamool after polls
Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress MP and Mamata Banerjee s nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday held a massive rally in Midnapore, just a few kilometres from the home of his former party colleague Suvendu Adhikari, where he targeted the latter for selling Midnapore s pride by joining the BJP.