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"It is the victory of the people of Bengal, the victory of democracy. Bengal has saved India today. This landslide victory came after fighting against several odds -- the Centre, its machinery, its agencies. This victory has saved the humanity," Banerjee said, addressing the press as she stood on her feet for the first time in nearly two months.
PM Modi on Sunday congratulated West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on her party's win in the assembly polls and assured the Centre's all possible support to the state government to fulfil people's aspirations and also to fight the Covid pandemic. Modi also offered congratulations to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and DMK supremo M K Stalin.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday hailed Mamata Banerjee for her "spectacular victory" in the West Bengal assembly polls and said the BJP has met its match in Bengal and lost. "The voters of Bengal (and especially Nandigram) have demonstrated where their hearts lie. The BJP has met its match in Bengal, and lost," he said and also lamented UDF loss in Kerala.
Trinamool Congress vice-president Yashwant Sinha on Sunday demanded the resignation of PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah following the outcome of the West Bengal poll. He also demanded the resignations of BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya and Dilip Ghosh. The result of the poll will have a far-reaching impact on the Uttar Pradesh state election and the 2024 parliamentary election, he said.
If large rallies and the multiple-phase election really contributed to the spike, a surge in Covid-19 cases would have been seen at Haldia where Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally in March, or in the Jangalmahal region which went to polls in the initial phases, BJP's Ghosh said.
Polling began at 7am on Thursday for 43 seats in the sixth phase of the assembly election in West Bengal amid a surge in Covid-19 cases with the state reporting record infections. In this phase, elections are being held in 17 seats in the North 24 Parganas district and nine seats in Nadia -- most of which has a significant presence of the Matuas, who are crucial to the electoral success of any party in the state.
While many political parties have voluntarily scaled down their poll campaign in West Bengal in view of the Covid surge, the Election Commission has once again asked its observers and poll officers to not only strictly enforce its updated norms on Covid-safe campaigning but to also cancel public meetings/rallies and invoke penal provisions if violations are observed.
In view of the rising cases of Covid-19 in the state, the Election Commission (EC) has extended the silence period from 48 hours to 72 hours in each of the remaining three phases of the assembly polls to be held on April 22, 26 and 29.
The Union law and IT minister also attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, calling it an emodiment of "misrule, corruption and (Muslim) appeasement". "It's an alibi as the captain found his ship sinking," Prasad told a press conference while referring to Gandhi's decision to stay away from electioneering in West Bengal due to the second wave of the Covid-19.
BJP supporters cheered for Shah, as his caravan inched forward through the crowded streets of Amdanga -- from Mitre Vijay More to Neelganj More. The home minister showered flower petals on his supporters and the people who queued up on both sides of the road to catch a glimpse of him.
In the fifth phase, 13 constituencies from North Bengal including five in Darjeeling, one in Kalimpong, and seven in Jalpaiguri districts will go to the polls on Saturday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday replied to Election Commission's notice to her against her remarks on Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and said she did not violate Model Code of Conduct.
In a letter to Sudeep Jain, the deputy election commissioner in charge of the state, Chowdhury, also the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha, said that the decision of the poll panel to depute an unarmed civic volunteer should be changed.
Bengal is not a safe place for women under the present TMC government, Adityanath, also Uttar Pradesh chief minister, said addressing three poll rallies in Hooghly and Howrah districts of West Bengal He said if BJP is voted to power it will stress on women and education.
Addressing the mediapersons, Mamata alleged, "It is genocide. We have decided to observe today as a black day. The forces fired on them directly. The CISF is trained to provide security to industries and not to control a mob. I could not sleep last night but the Prime Minister was eating sweets. Such an incompetent government, incompetent Prime Minister, incompetent home minister."
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Mamata Banerjee for her "completely false, provocative and intemperate statements" against central forces performing election duty in West Bengal, provoking a defiant TMC boss to declare she will continue doing so until "the CRPF stops working for BJP".
The Election Commission issued notice to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over a recent speech where she had allegedly appealed to Muslims not to split their votes among different political parties. Calling her statement as a violation of Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, the poll panel asked Banerjee to explain her remarks within 48 hours.
TMC candidate and West Bengal minorities affairs minister Giyasuddin Molla suffered a grievous head injury when attacked on Wednesday evening at Rajarhat by men allegedly belonging to Indian Secular Front and BJP, while Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh’s convoy was attacked by suspected TMC activists in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi on Wednesday.
Assam’s Muslim voters, who account for 35% of the electorate, also form the biggest chunk of voters who turn up at polling stations to vote in almost every election. One of the reasons they do so is fear of being marked as a “D (doubtful) voter” and possibly getting disenfranchised. In the just-concluded elections, too, Muslim-dominated constituencies saw big voting numbers.
Bengal Congress president and long-time Mamata Banerjee baiter Adhir Chowdhury have refused to shut out the “possibility” of a post-poll tie-up between the Congress-Left-ISF alliance and Trinamool Congress. “Politics is the art of the possible,” Chowdhury said on Wednesday, quoting Bismarck when asked whether Congress would support Mamata if there is no clear majority.
