Out of 40 Left candidates in the race, deposits of 39 were forfeited as they failed to secure one sixth of the votes cast in their respective seats. The direct beneficiary was the BJP. read more

BJP candidate Samik Bhattacharya and the party’s Bengal election cell convenor Mukul Roy said they did not meet CPI(M)’s Paltu Dasgupta in the Nagerbazar area, as alleged by Trinamool Congress, but went to wish a party worker’s wife on her birthday.... read more

The BJP on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission after a video surfaced showing Bangladeshi actor Ghazi Abdul Noor purportedly campaigning for TMC candidate Sugata Roy in the Dumdum constituency in alleged violation of the poll c... read more

Voting in the Dum Dum parliamentary constituency will be held on the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19 and result will be declared on May 23. read more

TMC raised the matter in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour alleging that four of its members from the Lok Sabha were manhandled when they went to Silchar to assess the situation last week after the publication of draft NRC. read more