Kolkata, April 5 The TMC and the BJP filed complaints against each other with the Election Commission on Sunday over alleged threats, hate speech, and abusive remarks in the latest flare-up of an increasingly venomous battle weeks ahead of the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls.At the centre of...
allegations of intimidation
amit shah
bharatiya janata party (bjp)
election commission of india
electoral complaints
hate speech
kalyan banerjee
model code of conduct
panihati constituency
political campaign
political rhetoric
rg kar hospital rape case
threats
trinamool congress (tmc)
westbengalassemblyelections2026westbengal chief electoral officer
Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday framed the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections as a "battle over infiltration, national security, and appeasement politics", while releasing a political "charge sheet" against the TMC government and asserting that the outcome would have...
amit shah
border security
corruption
demographic change
illegal immigration
infiltration
mamata banerjee
national security
obc category
political violence
siliguri corridor
sir (state identification and residence) exercise
suvendu adhikari
syndicate raj
tmc government
westbengalassemblyelections2026
women's safety
Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday framed the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections as a "battle over infiltration, national security, and appeasement politics", while releasing a political "charge sheet" against the TMC government and asserting that the outcome would have...
Kolkata, March 24 The 2026 West Bengal assembly elections are shaping up not only as a fierce battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP, but also as a dramatic stage for political comebacks, with several leaders seeking redemption after years of defeats, scandals, exile, or...
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 22 As the battle lines for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections have become increasingly clear, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday launched an animated teaser titled 'Fighter Didi', portraying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the last line of defence for the Bengali identity...
bengali identity
bharatiya janata party
citizenship amendment act (caa)
cultural heritage
election branding
mamata banerjee
national register of citizens (nrc)
netaji subhas chandra bose
political campaign
political narrative
political symbolism
rabindranath tagore
trinamool congress
westbengalwestbengalassemblyelections2026
Kolkata, March 22 The TMC held an organizational meeting on Sunday in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's stronghold, Bhabanipur, where party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee set an ambitious target of ensuring her victory by more than 60,000 votes in the 2026 West Bengal assembly...
Kolkata, March 17 West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the EC, alleging that senior administrative and police officers were being transferred ahead of the assembly polls at the behest of the BJP.She warned that the poll body and the...
administrative officials
allegations of political interference
bharatiya janata party
chief secretary
director general of police
eid
election commission of india
election timing
electoral process
home secretary
law enforcement
mamata banerjee
political transfers
westbengalwestbengalassemblyelections2026
New Delhi, March 16: In a significant escalation of tensions between the Trinamool Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI), Trinamool MPs staged a day-long walkout from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, protesting the election body's decision to remove several top bureaucrats in poll-bound...
chief secretary
derek o'brien
election commission of india
election management
electoral rolls
government reshuffle
nandini chakravorty
political disputes
political grievances
political protests
rajya sabha
state bureaucrats
trinamool congress
westbengalassemblyelections2026westbengal politics
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...
asansol dakshin
bjp
citizenship amendment act
cooch behar district
forward bloc
gaighata
iit kharagpur
kharagpur sadar
malda district
mamata banerjee
matua community
minority population
murshidabad district
nandigram
north 24 parganas district
paschim bardhaman district
paschim medinipur district
purba medinipur district
rekha patra
samserganj
sandeshkhali
shajahan sheikh
st electorate
sujapur
sunderbans delta
suvendu adhikari
tmc
waqf amendment act
westbengalassemblyelections2026
Kolkata, March 2 – The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, is likely to visit West Bengal on March 9 to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) situation in the state ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections...
central armed police forces
central bureau of investigation
chief electoral officer
election commission of india
electoral roll
enforcement directorate
gyanesh kumar
income tax department
judicial adjudication
logical discrepancy
narcotics control bureau
national investigation agency
sir (special intensive revision)
voters' documents
westbengalassemblyelections2026
In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...
bjp
citizenship
cooch behar
data deletion
electoral roll
electors under adjudication
garbeta
infiltration
krishnanagar
migration
political campaign
political strategy
tmc
voter suppression
westbengalassemblyelections2026westbengal voter roll revision
Kolkata, February 19 Bishnu Prasad Sharma, a rebel BJP MLA, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday, dealing a blow to the saffron camp just two months before the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections and creating further political tension in the Darjeeling Hills.Sharma, the...
New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of the political...