The party's Central Election Committee will meet Thursday in New Delhi to finalise the candidates list for 60 seats. Polling will be held in 30 seats each on 27 March and 1 April.
Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury says party approved tie-up with Left and it's the Left that brought ISF as a constituent, hits out at Anand Sharma for 'sabotaging' party’s prospects in the state.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that Mamata Banerjee is pursuing appeasement politics and endangering national security by allowing illegal immigrants into the state for vote bank.
The decision was taken in view of the Covid restrictions, an Election Commission official said. Polling for the first phase is due to take place on 27 March from 7 am- 6.30 pm.
Trinamool Congress also plans a purge of sitting MLAs in constituencies where it trailed during 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Candidate list is likely Wednesday.
Sharma said Congress 'cannot be selective in fighting the communalists' & that the issue of a tie-up with a radical party like ISF should have been discussed & approved by the CWC.
After a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that the first priority of his party was to stop the BJP's progress in West Bengal.
The plea, filed by lawyer M L Sharma, also seeks direction to CBI to register an FIR into the alleged chanting of religious slogans during electioneering in West Bengal.
Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation has come up with a report suggesting that BJP’s focus should be on two most important job-creating sectors — knowledge and tourism.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
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.
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