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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday dismissed speculations that the final four phases of the ongoing Assembly elections in West Bengal could be clubbed due to the massive rise in daily COVID-19 cases, news agency ANI reported. No such plan of clubbing phases, said the ECI on speculations about the Commission clubbing remaining Assembly election phases in West Bengal into one.
No such plan of clubbing phases: Election Commission of India (ECI) on speculations about the Commission clubbing remaining Assembly election phases in West Bengal into one#WestBengalPollspic.twitter.com/8gDhl9rZLp ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2021
The rising COVID-19 cases is a cause of worry for the state. On Wednesday, the state recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of 5,892 coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 6,30,116, the state health department bulletin said. The death toll in West Bengal rose to 10,458 after 24 more fatalities were recorded, it added. The number of active
: Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7:26 PM IST
After Mamata Banerjee, EC now bans West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has on Thursday banned BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh from campaigning for 24 hours starting 7 pm on Thursday, April 15 to 7 pm on Friday, April 16 over his provocative remarks in connection with the Cooch Behar violence.
The ECI noted that Ghosh made highly provocative and inciteful remarks which could adversely impact law and order thereby adversely affecting the election process . The Commission hereby sternly warns Dilip Ghosh and advises him to desist from using such statement while making public utterances during the period when Model Code of Conduct is in force and imposes a ban of 24 hours from 7 pm on 15th April 2021 to 7 pm on 16th April 2021 during which he shall not be allowed to campaign, the notice said.
West Bengal polls: EC biased against Mamata Banerjee, says Shiv Sena
Assembly elections are currently underway in West Bengal and the Shiv Sena, which is not contesting the polls, has extended its support to Trinamool Congress head Banerjee
PTI | April 14, 2021 | Updated 10:39 IST
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission was biased against Mamata Banerjee, after the poll panel recently barred the West Bengal chief minister from campaigning for 24 hours over certain remarks made by her.
The stature of a constitutional body like the Election Commission (EC) should not be demeaned for political benefits, an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said.
Mamata Banerjee with a baby in Sitakulchi area of West Bengal s Cooch Behar district.
Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today visited the families of four persons who died in clashes with security forces at a polling booth in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. The tragic incident had earlier sparked some sharp exchanges between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP.
In a tweet posted today by the Trinamool, the party shared a picture of Ms Banerjee holding a baby in Sitalkuchi, about 680 kilometres from Kolkata, where the violence was reported. No one can understand your pain better than Bengal s daughter. Moving image from @MamataOfficial s visit to grieving families of Sitalkuchi genocide, the tweet said.
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State has witnessed alarming spike in number of infections and deaths
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TMC chief Mamata Banerjee during an election campaign rally for West Bengal polls, in Nadia district on April 14, 2021.
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State has witnessed alarming spike in number of infections and deaths
Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Aariz Aftab, on Wednesday wrote to all recognised national political parties to participate in a meeting on April 16 on matters related to election campaign during the COVID-19 outbreak. The State, which is in the middle of election frenzy, has witnessed an alarming spike in the number of infections and deaths.