WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY
Bengal Governor writes to President after Speaker administers oath to MLAs Governor CV Ananda Bose, who on Thursday night authorised deputy speaker Asish Banerjee to administer the oath, has taken exception to assembly speaker Biman Banerjee administering it instead. On Friday, Bose wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, compl...
06 Jul, 2024, 12.26 AM ISTBJP retains most state incharges but names for UP, Maharashtra, WB not declared BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde will continue as in-charge of Bihar. Former Jharkhand BJP Chief and Rajya Sabha member Deepak Prakash will be his deputy. Similarly, general secretary Tarun Chugh will continue to handle Jammu and Kashmir- where ele...
06 Jul, 2024, 12.03 AM ISTNo scope for alliance between Congress, AAP for assembly polls in Haryana, Delhi: Jairam Ramesh In an interview, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh stated there will be no alliance between Congress and AAP for Haryana and Delhi assembly polls, but the INDIA bloc will contest together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. He emphasized there’s no uni...
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Muslim Rashtra's rule has started in Bengal, state will merge with Bangladesh...: BJP's Khan attacks TMC BJP MP Saumitra Khan accused the TMC of excessive Muslim appeasement, suggesting that in ten years, the TMC MPs might not return to Parliament. "Muslim Rashtra's rule has started there...this is the biggest problem," Khan stated, adding that Hindus ...
02 Jul, 2024, 03.48 PM ISTWest Bengal: BJP MLAs stage protest over assault on couple in Chopra, woman in Cooch Behar BJP's Asansol MLA Agnimitra Paul and three other legislators held the protest, demanding punishment for those involved in the two incidents. She told reporters that the BJP legislators staged the demonstration outside the assembly premises to make p...
02 Jul, 2024, 02.16 PM ISTJungle-raj kaisa hota hai? Mamata-raj jaisa hota hai: BJP's Gaurav Bhatia attacks TMC over Chopra incident "It won't be wrong to say 'Jungle-raj kaisa hota hai? Mamata-raj jaisa hota hai. Mamata Banerjee is worried about the protection of TMC goons. Tajmul, aka JCB, is shredding the Constitution to pieces. TMC MLA Hamidul Rehman told a journalist that so...
01 Jul, 2024, 02.47 PM IST"Will answer it after 4 pm that day," West Bengal Governor reacts to remarks of TMC's Kunal Ghosh West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose responded to Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh's remarks about the "untold story of hotel Taj Palace" and the "3 pm" deadline by stating he would address the matter after the deadline. The tension between the Gov...
29 Jun, 2024, 06.55 AM ISTSwearing-in impasse of TMC MLAs: West Bengal speaker calls Jagdeep Dhankar, seeks his intervention West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay is seeking Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar's intervention to resolve the stand-off over the oath-taking ceremony of two newly-elected Trinamool MLAs. Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has criticized CM M...
28 Jun, 2024, 11.50 PM ISTWill approach President if Bengal governor doesn't administer oath to new MLAs: TMC Efforts persist to resolve the impasse over the oath-taking ceremony in the West Bengal assembly for the newly elected MLAs, emphasizing the need for proper administration of the oath.
27 Jun, 2024, 09.49 PM ISTWest Bengal Governor has no right to disallow oath-taking of MLAs: Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised Governor CV Ananda Bose for delaying the swearing-in of TMC MLAs, citing safety concerns raised by women about visiting the Raj Bhavan. Banerjee argued that the Governor should not obstruct the e...
27 Jun, 2024, 05.46 PM ISTImpasse over swearing in: 2 newly elected TMC MLAs waiting for Guv in Bengal assembly Amid the ongoing impasse over their swearing-in, two newly elected Trinamool Congress MLAs arrived at the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday, stating they would wait until 4 pm for Governor C V Ananda Bose to administer the oath of office or give his...
26 Jun, 2024, 01.25 PM ISTWest Bengal Governor, state govt at loggerheads over oath taking ceremony of new MLAs The dispute between the Governor and the state government over oath ceremonies for Trinamool MLAs intensifies. The Speaker's letter was deemed disrespectful by the Governor, leading to tensions. Trinamool MLA Sayantika Banerjee prefers an Assembly o...
25 Jun, 2024, 10.07 PM ISTBJP announces name of candidates for by-polls to 4 assembly seats in Bengal The BJP announced Kalyan Chaubey and three new candidates for the July 10 West Bengal assembly by-polls. They will contest against Trinamool Congress candidates in Maniktala, Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin (SC), and Bagda (SC). This follows recent vacanc...
17 Jun, 2024, 03.39 PM ISTBJP forms committee of 4 MPs to look into post-poll violence in West Bengal BJP president J P Nadda formed a committee, including Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal, and Kavita Patidar, to investigate alleged political violence in West Bengal and accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of inaction. The party con...
15 Jun, 2024, 01.35 PM ISTBJP's Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, has approached the Calcutta High Court, alleging numerous incidents of post-poll violence in the state following the Lok Sabha elections. A division bench led by Chief Justice T...
10 Jun, 2024, 02.00 PM ISTEC announces bypoll dates for 7 states: Check details here The assembly seats going for bypolls are Rupauli (Bihar), Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala (all West Bengal), Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu), Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh), Badrinath and Manglaur (Uttarakhand), Jalandhar West (Punjab) and Dehra, ...
10 Jun, 2024, 12.40 PM ISTNeeds to be examined why BJP couldn't maintain momentum in Bengal after 2021: Dilip Ghosh BJP leader Dilip Ghosh reflects on 'conspiracy and backbiting' behind his electoral loss in West Bengal after the 2021 elections, highlighting the challenges faced in maintaining momentum and performance gaps.
05 Jun, 2024, 06.40 PM ISTEC apprises SC about tentative schedule for by-election to Maniktala assembly constituency in Bengal The Election Commission (EC) has submitted a tentative schedule for the Maniktala assembly constituency by the Supreme Court. The EC had refused to hold a bypoll for the seat due to Chaubey's pending election petition. Chaubey had moved an applicati...
03 Jun, 2024, 03.01 PM ISTPhase 7 Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 62% voter participation recorded in final phase In the final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal led with a voter turnout of 69.89% till 5 pm, followed by Jharkhand at 67.95% and Himachal Pradesh at 66.56%. The overall turnout was 58.34%. Voting covered 57 constituencies across sev...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.50 AM ISTVoter Turnout: West Bengal sees highest voter turnout at 78.4%, J&K lowest at 37.9% Lok Sabha elections Phase 4: 96 constituencies across 10 states and union territories were in play during this phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Alongside, voting for Andhra Pradesh and Odisha's Assemblies was also conducted.
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