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Falta repoll results LIVE: BJP takes commanding lead after three rounds of counting

Falta repoll results LIVE: BJP takes commanding lead after three rounds of counting

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BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secured a commanding lead of more than 14,237 votes over his nearest rival after three round of counting in the repoll to West Bengal’s Falta Assembly constituency on Sunday (May 24), according to the Election Commission. After the three round of the 21 counting rounds, Mr. Panda bagged 21,538 votes, opening up a lead of 14,237 votes over CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi. – PTI Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

BJP legislator Rathindra Bose elected unopposed as assembly speaker

BJP legislator Rathindra Bose elected unopposed as assembly speaker

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His name was proposed in the House by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, following which pro tem Speaker Tapas Roy conducted a voice vote. Roy declared Bose elected as the speaker of the assembly after all 207 BJP legislators extended their support in his favour Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Will hear Trinamool pleas on victory margins being less than deleted votes in SIR, says Supreme Court

Will hear Trinamool pleas on victory margins being less than deleted votes in SIR, says Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court, meanwhile, gave the National Investigation Agency two months to complete its probe into the case of seven judicial officers, deployed for SIR work, being gheraoed in Malda on April 1, ahead of the elections. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court assured Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Monday (May 11, 2026) that it would examine her claims that the lakhs of deletions made during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls “materially affected” results in the recently concluded Assembly election in West Bengal. This is the first Supreme Court hearing in the West Bengal SIR case after the election, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party trounce the Trinamool to assume power for the first time. The BJP secured 207 seats in the 294-seat Assembly, while the Trinamool won 80. The State had registered a record voter turnout of above 90% in the election. Appearing before a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, senior advocate Kalyan Bandhopadhyay, representing the former Chief Minister and …

Suvendu Adhikari named Bengal CM by BJP, oath ceremony on Saturday

Suvendu Adhikari named Bengal CM by BJP, oath ceremony on Saturday

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Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday elected as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party leader in West Bengal, which paved the way for him to take oath as the first BJP chief minister of the state. Home minister Amit Shah receives a warm welcome from BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari upon his arrival, in Kolkata on Friday. (ANI Video Grab) The oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected BJP MLAs is scheduled for May 9 and will take place at the Brigade Parade Ground. Track latest updates in West Bengal govt formation here The key meet to pick the next chief minister of West Bengal was chaired by home minister Amit Shah in Kolkata. Addressing the party leaders at the meet, Amit Shah congratulated the elected MLAs and Suvendu Adhikari, saying that people put their faith in BJP in Bengal polls despite there being many incidents of violence and threats. “The atmosphere that had been created since the Communist era was deepened by Mamata Banerjee, and it was almost impossible to cast your vote there… I am very …

West Bengal Governor dissolves State Legislative Assembly

West Bengal Governor dissolves State Legislative Assembly

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West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal calls on West Bengal Governor R. N. Ravi to hand over the notification on the Constitution of the new Legislative Assembly at Lok Bhawan, in Kolkata on May 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Governor R. N. Ravi has dissolved the State’s Legislative Assembly with effect from May 7, 2026. “In exercise of the power conferred on me by sub-clause (b) of Clause (2) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India, I hereby dissolve the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal with effect from 7th of May 2026,” a gazette notification issued by the order of the Governor said. The 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly which was sworn in after the 2021 assembly elections now stands dissolved. The development is significant because Mamata Banerjee had declared that she would not resign as Chief Minister of the State. In the recently concluded Assembly polls, the BJP ended 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule by winning 207 seats in the 294-member house. The Trinamool was reduced to …

Akhilesh Yadav alleges poll fraud by BJP; meets Mamata Banerjee after TMC defeat,

Akhilesh Yadav alleges poll fraud by BJP; meets Mamata Banerjee after TMC defeat,

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After Mamata Banerjee’s TMC defeat in West Bengal Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met the outgoing West Bengal CM at her residence in Kalighat and extended his moral support to her following her party’s electoral setback in the West Bengal Assembly elections. During the meeting, Akhilesh Yadav told her, “Didi, you have not lost,” and alleged electoral fraud by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India in West Bengal, as per IANS.  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Ram Gopal Varma says Mamata Banerjee is ‘attacking democracy’ by not resigning as West Bengal CM after defeat to BJP

Ram Gopal Varma says Mamata Banerjee is ‘attacking democracy’ by not resigning as West Bengal CM after defeat to BJP

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Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has reacted in shock and raised questions after Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee refused to resign as Chief Minister following her party’s defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Mamata’s TMC was routed by the BJP in the elections, the results to which were announced on Monday. Ram Gopal Varma has reacted to Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to resign as Chief Minister. Also read: Prosenjit Chatterjee says he did not make any calls after WB election results: ‘Don’t put any political colour on me’ What RGV said about Mamata Banerjee In a post on X, Ram Gopal Varma said, “After so many decades in politics and 15 years as CM, I can’t believe that @MamataOfficial is ignoring that democracy by its very DNA is about institutions and attacking them amounts to attacking democracy.” The incumbent West Bengal CM had earlier refused to step down, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of ‘looting’ the elections. About West Bengal assembly election results The 2026 WB Assembly elections saw the BJP surge to 207 seats, comfortably …

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi calls for independent Muslim leadership after poll results

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi calls for independent Muslim leadership after poll results

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Reacting to recently concluded assembly elections in four states including West Bengal and Assam, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that Muslims in India should develop their independent political leadership to become citizens with rights, instead of being mere voters for “so-called secular parties”.  The Hyderabad MP, while talking to the media in Hyderabad, said that the “so-called secular parties” have failed to stop the BJP, as reported by IANS.  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Watch: Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign, rejects poll defeat | Above the Fold | 05.05.2026

Watch: Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign, rejects poll defeat | Above the Fold | 05.05.2026

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Local pitch, softer tone, welfare focus: How BJP breached the Bengal fortress

Local pitch, softer tone, welfare focus: How BJP breached the Bengal fortress

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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) bid to shed the “Bohiragoto” (outsider) tag, success in stoking the fear of illegal immigrants, and a campaign that avoided personal comments on West Bengal chief minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee, even while highlighting misgovernance, worked in West Bengal, giving the party its first-ever electoral success in the state, party leaders said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate the majority in the West Bengal assembly elections, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI) Till around 11.30pm, the BJP had won 206 assembly seats – ensuring that the state that birthed Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the BJP’s progenitor- the Jana Sangh, will have its first BJP CM. Track latest updates in assembly elections 2026 here Leaders cited above also credited the party’s localised campaign, which used slogans such as “Joy Ma Kali” and “Joy Ma Durga” instead of “Joy Shree Ram” and a focus on booth- level management, for its victory. “The Lotus blooms in West Bengal! The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People’s power has prevailed and BJP’s …