Nandigram, Oct 5 (UNI) In a last-minute move on the eve of polling in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Monday ordered the immediate removal of the inspector-in-charge of Nandigram police station, replacing Ajay Kumar Mishra with Debasish Sarkar as the constituency prepares for a high-stakes Assembly bypoll under an unprecedented security blanket.
Nandigram, Oct 5 (UNI) Nandigram go to the polls on Tuesday under an unprecedented security blanket, with 37 companies of central forces and around 700 state police personnel deployed across the constituency amid heightened concern over violence and bomb-related allegations during the final days of campaigning.
Nandigram, Oct 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday turned the eve of the Nandigram by-election into a direct showdown with the Opposition, daring rival parties to “guard” every booth and even the counting centre — only to be “escorted home” after their defeat.
Nandigram, Oct 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack on former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday over her 2021 claim that she had fractured her leg during campaigning in Nandigram, as the BJP stepped up its final campaign for the October 6 bypoll.
Kolkata, October 3 (UNI) In a significant development, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that the state government would launch a fresh investigation into former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s leg injury during the 2021 Assembly election campaign in Nandigram, claiming that medical records did not show any fracture or dislocation.
Nandigram, Oct 2 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari turned the Nandigram Assembly by-election into a personal high stakes political contest, launching a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress and urging voters to ensure that none of its candidates could retain their deposits.
Nandigram, Oct 2 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that the long-awaited Nandigram-Bajkul-Deshpran train service would be launched within months, while setting a one-year deadline for completing most pending development projects in the constituency.
Nandigram, Oct 2 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday turned his final Nandigram campaign pitch into an unabashed electoral battle cry, asking voters to ensure a record victory for BJP candidate Hasirani Rath in the October 6 by-election and repeatedly urging them to "clean sweep" the booths.
Kolkata, Sep 29 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court granted interim bail to Congress candidate from Nandigram, Milan Pradhan, allowing him to contest the upcoming bypoll from outside jail.
Nandigram, Sep 28 (UNI) The Nandigram bypoll campaign is increasingly boiling down to a fight between two women as BJP candidate Hasirani Rath seeks votes invoking her son''s killing, while Arpita Pradhan has taken charge of the Congress campaign after her husband and party candidate Milan Pradhan was jailed in connection with cases dating back to the 2007 land agitation.
Parmod KumarNew Delhi, Sep 28 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday declined a plea to advance the hearing of a matter concerning appeals pending before 19 appellate tribunals over the inclusion and exclusion of voters from West Bengal''s electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in view of the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly by-elections scheduled for October 6.