Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is officially now a “former Chief Minister” of West Bengal, following Governor R.N. Ravi’s announcement of the dissolution of the state Legislative Assembly, which also means the automatic end of the previous state Cabinet led by her. The Governor announced this on Thursday evening. However, in her official social media handles (both.
West Bengal has delivered a political jolt—ending a 15-year rule and opening the door to a completely new power shift. It wasn’t just an election—it felt like a political reset. In a stunning upheaval that few predicted at this scale, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept West Bengal with 207 seats, toppling a 15-year regime.
His remarks came after Mamata Banerjee, in a strong reaction on Tuesday, accused the Election Commission and the BJP of "looting" the democratic process, even as the results indicated a decisive mandate against her party.
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday evening rubbished the allegations raised earlier in the day by outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that her defeat from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was result of counting misappropriation within the Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls College in South Kolkata,.
Following the West Bengal election results, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that their battle was not against the BJP, but against a biased Election Commission.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the BJP “looted” more than 100 seats and termed the Election Commission “the BJP’s commission,” calling the victory “immoral” and “illegal.” She said she had complained to the Chief Officer and Manoj Agrawal, but no action was taken. She termed the.
Several workers and volunteers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gathered outside the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Monday, raising slogans in support of the party for the stupendous show, even as early vote counting trends signaled at a decisive shift in state's electoral history.
Deepika Bhan In February 2019, Mamata Banerjee wrote an 18-line poem titled ‘Key’, lamenting what she saw as a ‘shrinking’ democratic space under the regime at the Centre. The poem spoke of voices being stifled, of lips metaphorically locked, and of a reckoning that would one day confront those in power. It was a political.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s apprehensions over an “imaginary” breach of security at the EVM strongrooms are nothing but reflections of her “fear of defeat”, prompted by her old habit of raising apprehensions about EVM manipulations whenever she senses a negative electoral pulse, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.
A brief electoral face-off unfolded in Bhabanipur on Wednesday as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari arrived at Ward No. 73 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Chakraberia at the same time to inspect a polling booth.
