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NEW DELHI: “Nominated” Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta resigned from the Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday since he was named as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections on Sunday (March 14), even while rival Trinamool Congress was preparing to ask for his disqualification from the House. Nominated by the President of India, Dasgupta joined the House on April 25, 2016 and his term would have lasted till April 24, 2022. But, he has to quit his membership now that he has decided to represent a political party, following Rajya Sabha rules for “nominated” members. How...

Updated Mar 14, 2021 | 18:52 IST Rajya Sabha member KJ Alphons will contest from the Kanjirappally assembly seat in the upcoming Kerala Assembly Elections 2021. BJP leader KJ Alphons  |  Photo Credit: ANI Thiruvananthapuram: Hours after being fielded as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, Rajya Sabha MP KJ Alphons on Sunday said that he was not keen to contest in the polls. However, he asserted that he's happy that the party high command has asked him to contest the elections. "I am happy that BJP high co...

File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Trinamool Congress/Twitter A look at the headlines right now: EC suspends police officers for allegedly failing to provide security to Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram: The Election Commission also said that the alleged attack on the West Bengal CM was not a conspiracy, according to several reports. Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee led a rally in Kolkata on a wheelchair and said she “won’t bow down” in front of anyone. BJP announces candidates for TN, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls: ‘Metro man’ Elatt...

The chief minister filed his papers on the last day of submitting nominations before Majuli Deputy Commissioner Bikram Kairi.

As BJP fields Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, Assam CM debate heats up SECTIONS Share Synopsis Sarma, who heads at least five major ministries in Assam and who manages BJP’s affairs across the eight Northeast states has, on several occasions, said that he is not keen on contesting the 2021 assembly polls and wants to work for the party. He, however, added that the final decision in this regard will be made by the party. Himanta Biswa Sarma BJP’s decision to field seasoned politician Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari has kept alive the chief ministerial debate in poll-bound Assam.