Atri Mitra

TMC sources said the ritual was held ahead of the Election Commission of India's announcement on the Bengal Assembly elections to pray for the success of the party.

Addressing a rally in Hooghly, Banerjee accused the Centre of targeting women and daughters of her family.

By February 25, at least 125 companies of central forces will arrive in West Bengal to maintain law and order during the Assembly election campaign.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed condolences and promised to provide a job and financial support to his family.

At an SC/ST conference on February 4, Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee launched the Didir Doot app to disseminate information on party programmes. Amit Shah launched the Modipara app at an event during his visit to West Bengal.

The TMC's allotted time on the discussion was exhausted after both the speakers spoke on their designated days, Roy said as he questioned why Trivedi was allowed to speak despite this.

Rajib Banerjee claimed that the state government’s “Swasthya Sathi” health scheme was a hoax. “The funds required for the scheme are much more than the West Bengal government’s annual budget,” he added.

For years, the Matuas were demanding an amendment to the Citizenship Act of 2003, whose provisions made it difficult for refugees to get citizenship. The proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) only added to their insecurity. But the BJP has also provided an antidote — the CAA.

Amit Shah was supposed to address rallies in-person on Saturday and Sunday, but due to the farmers' agitation at the Delhi border and a blast near the Israeli embassy, his state visit was cancelled.

Besides Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya (Trinamool MLA from Bally, Howrah) and Prabir Ghosal (Trinamool MLA from Uttarpara in Hooghly) have publicly expressed their ire against the party. While some have resigned from their posts, others have been suspended by the party.

Banerjee, who represented the Domjur assembly seat, submitted his resignation to Speaker Biman Banerjee and was carrying a photograph of Mamata Banerjee during his visit to the Assembly.

Prime Minister Modi, who addressed Banerjee as “behen” (sister), said Netaji would have been proud to see that the country is following his footsteps.

In a Facebook Live, Banerjee said, “I wanted to do some good work for the people but failedbecause of some persons in the party.” Banerjee said he was patiently waiting for the right time to get his grievances, "solely concerning the wellbeing of people”, addressed.

Former TMC leader Suvendhu Adikari, who switched to BJP last year, had won from Nandigram in 2016.

Launching the BJP’s ‘Krishak Suraksha Abhiyan’ and ‘Ek Mutho Chal’ campaigns at a village in East Burdwan district, Nadda mocked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for agreeing to implement the PM-KISAN scheme, saying it was “too late”.

Two years after coming to power, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) administration enacted the West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013 (WBRTPS Act), and in 2015 it set up the West Bengal Right to Public Service Commission to ensure proper implementation of the law.

The trouble in TMC’s Howrah district unit had come to the fore in July last year when the tussle between two ministers — Rajib Banerjee and Arup Roy — over allegations of corruption against some local functionaries became an embarrassment for the party.

The development, which comes days after several Trinamool Congress leaders joined the BJP, has sparked speculations that Shukla could also be be joining the BJP ahead of party's national president JP Nadda visit to the state.

Sourav Ganguly was shifted to the nearest private hospital after he felt dizzy while exercising on Saturday morning. BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed later that he is stable and recovering.

After Shah's luncheon, Das had expressed his unhappiness with the BJP, saying he was not allowed to meet Shah during his brief stopover.

At Bolpur rally, Bengal CM dubs Visva-Bharati V-C ‘BJP man’, targets Amit Shah.

Claiming that 'attempts were being made to break the backbone and pride of Bengal', the chief minister denied she or her party had labelled people from other states as outsiders.

The development is set to further heat the bitter political atmosphere in the state, which heads to Assembly polls next year, with Mamata leading the charge against a combative BJP.

Shah claimed that BJP would form the next government with 200 seats – there are 294 seats in the state assembly.