Read more about Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to hit campaign trail on wheelchair from Monday on Business Standard. Banerjee had sustained leg injuries during a poll campaign in Nandigram on Wednesday evening
Read more about WB polls: TMC, BJP meet Chief Electoral Officer over Mamata attack on Business Standard. Banerjee sustained "severe bony injuries" on her left foot
The Election Commission on Thursday rejected the nomination of Trinamool Congress candidate Ujjwal Kumar from Joypur Assembly seat. BJP candidate Narhari Mahato is in the fray in Joypur. She is a former Forward Bloc MP who recently joined tje BJP. Elections to 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in eight phases starting from March 27 with the final round of voting taking place on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
West Bengal is likely to witness a triangular contest this time with TMC, Congress-Left alliance and the BJP in the fray.While Mamata Banerjee is seeking her third consecutive term, BJP has set a target of winning 200 seats in the 294-member state Assembly. Congress and the Left have stitched the alliance for the polls and had already finalised the seat-sharing agreement. They are also in touch with the Indian Secular Front (ISF), recently floated by influential minority leader Abbas Siddique.
Read more about Modi, Shah lacked courtesy to enquire about Bengal CM: TMC leader on Business Standard. The TMC on Thursday claimed that Modi and Shah lacked courtesy
Read more about Gowda expresses concerns over alleged attack on WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Business Standard. Former Prime Minister H D DeveGowda on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee