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Kolkata, March 9 – Five candidates vying for the five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal were declared unopposed on Monday. Of the five candidates, four are from the Trinamool Congress and one from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Monday was the last date for withdrawing nominations, and since...

Kolkata, March 9 Four TMC Rajya Sabha candidates and one BJP aspirant from West Bengal were virtually elected to the Upper House on Monday and received their winning certificates from the Election Commission.With the last day for withdrawal of nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections falling...

Kolkata, March 9 The BJP will make the alleged "insult" of President Droupadi Murmu a central theme of its election campaign in districts of West Bengal dominated by the Adivasi and Santhal communities, senior party leader Rahul Sinha said on Monday.According to Sinha, the party plans to use...

Kolkata, March 9 Alleging that the BJP and "its agencies" were distributing leaflets at the site of her sit-in protest in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed TMC workers to apprehend them and hand them over to the police.Following Banerjee's direction from the stage of...

Kolkata, March 7 – The Trinamool Congress approached the Election Commission on Saturday, alleging several serious irregularities in the nomination papers of BJP candidate Rahul Sinha for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal.State Power Minister Aroop Biswas has sent a detailed complaint...

Kolkata, March 7 The TMC wrote to the Election Commission, alleging procedural irregularities in the scrutiny of nomination papers of BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate Rahul Sinha, and claimed that "discrepancies" in his election affidavit were overlooked by the returning officer.In the March 6...

Kolkata, March 5 – The process of filing nominations for four Trinamool Congress candidates and one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday.Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from...

Kolkata, March 5 The ruling TMC and the opposition BJP filed nominations on Thursday for five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, setting the stage for a largely predetermined Upper House election, which nonetheless carries political symbolism ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls.Four...

Kolkata, March 5 Five Rajya Sabha candidates from West Bengal – four from the ruling TMC and one from the BJP – filed their nominations on Thursday, officials said.The four TMC candidates – minister Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, and actor Koel...

Kolkata, March 5 On the death anniversary of Binapani Devi, the former head of Matua Mahasangha in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and the ECI over the "deliberate exclusion" of Matua voters from the electoral rolls.Matuas are...

New Delhi, March 5: The process for filing nominations for the biennial elections to the Council of States, Rajya Sabha, will begin on Thursday, with candidates set to contest 37 seats in the Upper House.The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 18 announced the schedule for the...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha asserted on Tuesday that his candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party’s recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of “misgovernance” by the ruling Trinamool...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha said on Tuesday that his nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party's recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of "misgovernance" by the ruling Trinamool Congress...

New Delhi, March 3 BJP national president Nitin Nabin was nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, fielding its former West...

Kolkata, March 3 – The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Tuesday that Rahul Sinha, a former National Secretary and former State President of the party, would be its candidate for the Rajya Sabha from the state."Rahul Sinha nominated as BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha. He is a...

New Delhi, March 3 BJP national president Nitin Nabin was nominated as the party's candidate from Bihar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections, fielding its former West...