matua community

Chakdaha/Bongaon, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities have been deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the state.Addressing a rally in Chakdaha in the Nadia district, Banerjee said that...

Kolkata, April 7 – Nearly 91 lakh voters have been removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following a special revision exercise in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission.The election panel has not yet officially announced the final voter list after the...

Kolkata, April 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the state.Addressing a rally at Chakdaha in Nadia district, Banerjee said that the TMC will...

New Delhi/Kolkata, March 31 The BJP on Tuesday released its fourth list of 13 candidates for the West Bengal assembly polls, fielding recent Congress entrant Santosh Pathak from Chowringhee and Union minister Shantanu Thakur's wife Soma from the Matua-dominated Bagda seat, as it sought to...

Kolkata, March 24 CPI(M) leader Dipsita Dhar expresses disappointment that the mother of the victim in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case wants to contest the West Bengal assembly elections on a BJP ticket, but maintains her commitment to seeking justice for the traumatized medical intern...

Kolkata, March 16 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP government at the Centre of attempting to deprive the Matua community of their citizenship rights under the guise of voter list revision, and vowed to fight for their rights.In a post on X on the occasion of...

Kolkata, March 16 – The prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in West Bengal, to strengthen its position in the state assembly largely depend on the results from the 152 constituencies across 16 districts that will vote on April 23 in the first phase of the...

Kolkata, March 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being...

Kolkata, March 16 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari extended greetings to the Matua community on the 215th birth anniversary of the sect's spiritual leader, Harichand Thakur, on Monday.A Matua Dharma Mela is being organized in North 24 Paraganas...

Kolkata, March 15 – Aggression and novelty have been hallmarks of West Bengal elections. We look at the issues that are likely to be central to the campaigns of political parties.Bengali sub-nationalism: Before the SIR exercise gained prominence in Bengal, the TMC aggressively campaigned, both...

Kolkata, March 15 With the assembly polls now announced, West Bengal is officially on track to chart the course of its government for the next five years. The following provides a look at some of the key constituencies in the districts, which could significantly influence the political landscape...

Kolkata, March 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called off her protest against the "flawed SIR" on the fifth day, stating that the demonstration was being temporarily suspended following the Supreme Court's order to establish an appellate mechanism regarding the revision of the...

Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into "uncertainty and confusion" in the name of granting citizenship.Remembering Matua matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known...

Mathurapur (WB), March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah intensified the BJP's campaign on infiltration in West Bengal on Monday, stating that while "only names are being deleted" from the state's electoral rolls under the SIR, infiltrators would be "removed from the state" once the party comes to...

Kolkata, March 2 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday that not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighboring country due to religious persecution, will be deported."The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single...

In Mathurapur, West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday intensified the BJP's campaign against "infiltration," stating that while names are being removed from West Bengal's electoral rolls under the SIR, they will be "removed from the state" once the party comes to power, raising the...

Kolkata, March 2 The Trinamool Congress on Monday announced a 60-day mass outreach program aimed at connecting with voters in 84 assembly constituencies with a majority of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe members across West Bengal, while accusing the BJP of depriving the state of funds and...

Kolkata, March 2 Panic, anger, and suspicion are spreading through the Matua heartland in West Bengal, putting the BJP on the defensive in its stronghold, even as the TMC senses a political opportunity, following large-scale deletions under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...

Kolkata, March 1 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, recasting voter profiles across districts, border areas, and key...

Kolkata, February 28 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but it has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, reshaping voter profiles across districts, border...