tmc (trinamool congress)

Cooch Behar, March 27 – An atmosphere of unease prevails among residents of the Dinhata and Sitalkuchi constituencies in Cooch Behar district, North Bengal, as the April 23 elections approach. Voters are apprehensive, especially given the history of political violence in the region.These...

Kolkata, March 24 Arjuna award-winning heptathlete Swapna Barman, whom the TMC has nominated as its candidate for the West Bengal assembly elections, sought the direction of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday for the railway authorities to accept her resignation from service so that she can...

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 24 West Bengal's minority vote bank, the political bedrock that powered the TMC's rise and helped the party sustain through election battles in the past 15 years, is showing signs of change ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, with smaller Muslim outfits, a resurgent Congress in...

Kolkata, March 22 With an eye on the high-stakes 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, the ruling TMC held an organizational meeting in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home constituency of Bhabanipur on Sunday, where party leader Abhishek Banerjee set an ambitious target of securing her victory...

Kolkata, March 21 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP-led Centre of attempting to "deprive people of their voting rights" through the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls.Addressing thousands of worshippers after Eid...

Kolkata, March 20 West Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations that the saffron party is bringing in outsiders to foment trouble across the state reflect her "desperation" ahead of the assembly elections.Addressing a press conference at...

Kolkata, March 17 – Former IPS officer and BJP's national spokesperson, Bharati Ghosh, extended her support to the Election Commission on Tuesday regarding the transfer of West Bengal government officials, stating that Article 324 of the Indian Constitution empowers the electoral body to perform...

Kolkata, March 17 The political rivalry in Nandigram that defined West Bengal’s 2021 assembly polls is set to return to the forefront, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former protégé, Suvendu Adhikari, competing in Bhabanipur, effectively making it the likely key battleground for the...

In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee announced the candidates for 291 of the 294 West Bengal assembly seats, emphasizing a strategy of controlled change rather than relying on star power.The Mamata Banerjee-Suvendu Adhikari rivalry will intensify in Bhabanipur, where the chief minister will defend her...

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 Over the past two decades, voters in West Bengal have largely focused on Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the TMC.However, despite her popularity, several leaders within the party are seen as having a significant influence on voters, which could impact the TMC's performance in...

Kolkata, March 15 With the election season in West Bengal officially underway, several issues are expected to dominate the political campaigns in the coming weeks.SIR/Citizenship concerns: The publication of post-SIR electoral rolls has triggered a significant pre-election development in the...

Kolkata, March 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the ruling TMC, accusing it of opposing the electoral roll revision to "shield infiltrators" and alleging that illegal immigration under its rule had altered West Bengal's demographic balance, turning Bengali...

Kolkata, March 14 The TMC on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating a "false narrative" about employment and the overall situation in West Bengal during his rally at Brigade Parade Ground, alleging that he was acting more like a BJP campaigner than the Prime Minister.TMC MP...

New Delhi, March 10 Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday challenged the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, accusing it of lacking respect for the judiciary, the Election Commission of India, and democratic procedures, and alleging that "the rule of law has been disregarded" in the state...

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 9 Alleging that the BJP and "its agencies" were distributing leaflets at the site of her protest in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed TMC workers to apprehend them and hand them over to the police.Banerjee, who has been staging the protest at Dharmatala...

New Delhi, March 7 Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday described the "oversights" in President Droupadi Murmu's event in West Bengal as unfortunate, saying the high constitutional office must always receive the respect it deserves.President Murmu on Saturday expressed her dismay over...

Cooch Behar (WB), March 6 Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday ridiculed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest in Kolkata over the SIR (State Identity and Residence), claiming that she is practicing what she will do after losing the upcoming state assembly elections...