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Topic2021 Bengal election

Topic: 2021 Bengal election

Amit Shah holds roadshow in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

Shah's vehicle passed through packed streets as people queued up on both sides of the road during campaigning.

Mamata Banerjee’s purported audio clip with TMC leader on Cooch Behar firing stirs row

BJP's IT Cell chief Amit Malviya claimed that the 'chief minister is trying to instigate riots by asking her party leaders to take out rallies with bodies'.

FIR against Mamata Banerjee in Cooch Behar for ‘instigating’ voters to attack central forces

Siddique Ali Mia, BJP's Cooch Behar minority cell zilla chief, claimed Mamata’s speech provoked voters to attack CISF men, leading to forces opening fire and the deaths of four people.

TMC MPs list EC’s ‘inaction, understand, overaction’ during Bengal polls

TMC MPs listed speeches of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that they have made statements that are in 'violation' of the Model Code of Conduct.

Cooch Behar firing ‘genocide’, EC trying to suppress facts by restricting entry, says Mamata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that central forces 'sprayed bullets aiming at the torso of the victims' in Sitalkuchi, where four people were killed Saturday.

Caste was never a big issue in Bengal politics. This assembly election has changed that

Banerjee sowed seeds of caste-based politics, starting with pursuing the Matua clan comprising Hindu refugees. Now BJP has promised them citizenship. Other SC/ST votes also being eyed.

Didi or family? Furfura Sharif cleric’s family divided over whom to back in battle for Bengal

Qutubuddin Siddique, the eldest pir at Furfura Sharif, mulls fatwa to support TMC. Meanwhile, nephew Abbas’ ISF party has found resonance among those looking for an alternative to the TMC.

Campaigning ends in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, polling on 6 April

Top party leaders pull off massive rallies in all the poll-going states. However, Amit Shah's rallies in Assam were cut short as he returned to New Delhi due to Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.

No plan of conducting NRC in Bengal, only looking forward to implementing CAA: Vijayvargiya

The BJP leader also accused the TMC of 'running a disinformation campaign against the saffron camp' and questioned why the ruling party in the state was opposing CAA.

On Camera

Seven reasons why Rahul Gandhi’s voter fraud claim must be taken with a pinch of salt

Rahul Gandhi is right to point out errors in the voter list, but it is quite unreasonable to allege that the BJP and the ECI were in cahoots.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.