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2021 Assembly Elections

Follow updates on the Assembly Elections set to take place in West Bengal, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Interviews

MP Locket Chatterjee alleges Rohingyas are being brought for settlement in Bengal, says she was boycotted by film industry for joining BJP

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 11 May, 2022

BJP MP Locket Chatterjee speaks to OpIndia about West Bengal post poll violence and the iron fisted reign of Mamata Banerjee

News Reports

BJP lambasts Akhilesh Yadav for his silence after Samajwadi Party leader’s son gets convicted in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

OpIndia Staff - 19 February, 2022

BJP slammed Akhilesh Yadav over his silence after SP leader Shadab Ahmed's son Saif was convicted in 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case

Politics

Mamata Banerjee to fight 2024 General Elections from UP, snubs Congress again

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2022

In the 2021 West Bengal state assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee had lost Nandigram seat to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who had left the TMC and joined the BJP earlier.

Politics

Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur assembly seat, BJP says courtesy to fake voters

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2021

The bypolls were conducted because Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram seat she was contesting from in elections held earlier this year to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari.

News Reports

West Bengal by-polls: BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal catches a fake voter at a booth in Bhabanipur allegedly planted by TMC

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

BJP candidate from Bhabanipur Priyanka Tibrewal claimed that the Trinamool Congress planted a fake voter at a polling booth

Politics

West Bengal bypolls: BJP candidate from Bhabanipur alleges booth jamming by TMC, bombs hurled in Samserganj constituency

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

The Bhabanipur constituency has garnered sharp attention as the poll result will decide the fate of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee as a Chief Minister.

Politics

West Bengal: Prashant Kishor registers as voter from Bhabanipur, BJP says Mamata Banerjee in need of votes from “outsiders”

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2021

Meanwhile, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged people to go out and cast their vote for her in the September 30 Bhabanipur bypoll and not be deterred by the cyclone.

News Reports

Two FIRs filed against Asaduddin Owaisi on charges of attempting to disturb communal harmony and disrespecting the national flag

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2021

Asaduddin Owaisi has been booked on charges of attempting to disturb communal harmony, flouting Covid norms and disrespecting the national flag

News Reports

“We know that the SIT is not functional,” says Calcutta High Court on Bengal post-poll violence case

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2021

The SIT was to be formed to look into the cases of post poll violence other than cases of murder and sexual assault assigned to the CBI for investigation.

News Reports

Third judge recuses himself hearing petition related to TMC leaders, Justice Kausik Chanda to not hear Mamata Banerjee’s election petition for Nandigram

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2021

He is the third judge hailing from West Bengal to recuse himself from cases involving the TMC. Earlier Supreme Court judges Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Indira Banerjee had recused themselves.

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