People stand in a queue to cast their vote at a polling station during the 5th phase of State Assembly elections at Santipur, in Nadia
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Home Minister Amit Shah campaigns ahead of 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, at Krishnanagar in Nadia district.
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Crowds throng CM Banerjee in Nabadwip, where she flew in to promote TMC candidate Pundarikaksha Saha, in Nadia district.
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West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally for State Assembly poll to promote TMC candidate Pundarikaksha Saha, in Nadia district.
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Crowds throng CM Banerjee in Nabadwip, where she flew in to promote TMC candidate Pundarikaksha Saha, in Nadia.
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Crowds throng CM Banerjee in Nabadwip, where she flew in to promote TMC candidate Pundarikaksha Saha, in Nadia.
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State ADG(Law and Order) Jag Mohan arrives to attend an all-party meeting over COVID-19 norms in rallies for the ongoing West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Kolkata.
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TMC leader Swapan Dasgupta (2nd L) with other party leaders arrives to attend all-party meeting over COVID-19 norms in rallies, for ongoing State Assembly Poll, in Kolkata.
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Home Minister Amit Shah campaigns ahead of 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, at Krishnanagar in Nadia district.
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Polling officials collect EVMs and other election materials before leaving for election duties for the 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Bidhannagar in Kolkata.
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Polling officials collect EVMs and other election materials before leaving for election duties for the 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections ,at Bidhannagar in Kolkata.
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Polling officials carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS) and other materials from a distribution centre, ahead of 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Nadia.
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Security personnel stand guard ahead of the 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Bidhannagar in Kolkata.
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West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally for State Assembly poll in Nabadwip, Nadia district.
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West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee address during an election rally for State Assembly poll in Nabadwip, Nadia district.
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Polling officials carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS) and other materials to a polling centre, ahead of 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, amid surge in Covid-19 cases...
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West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally for State Assembly poll in Nabadwip, Nadia district.
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West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally for State Assembly poll in Nabadwip, Nadia district.
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Polling officials carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS) and other materials to a polling centre, ahead of 5th phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, amid surge in Covid-19 cases...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and actor-turned Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan during a road show for Assembly election, in Kolkata.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Over one crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the political fate of 342 candidates in the fifth phase of polling.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Activists, including Naxalite supporters, believe this year's elections in West Bengal are extraordinary where every vote will matter.
The EC also extended the silence period from 48 hours to 72 hours in each of the remaining three of the eight phases of the West Bengal polls to be held on April 22, 26 and 29.
The wheelchair-bound chief minister of West Bengal got a rousing welcome from the locals, as she pledged money and other freebies if her party returned to power
There has been speculation in the media that the last three phases of the assembly elections on April 22, 26 and 29 could be clubbed into a single phase.
Mamata Banerjee also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of not responding to the state's plea to vaccinate a majority of people, which could have helped contain the spread of the disease.
Firing, corpses, a ban by the EC and a tweet storm…never a dull moment in the ongoing West Bengal elections. Analysts think this volatile turn will help the TMC.
Two spectres: a worrying second surge amidst a successful vaccination drive, and another virus against which Indian society seems to have no antibodies: the politics of religion.
This is where Mamata, in 2007, went right into the eye of the storm and mastered the furies. She returns again for a rematch—against a renegade satrap.
Young Tejashwi makes a soft border-crossing—endorsing his father’s old bête noire Mamata Banerjee in Bengal, and plumping for the Congress (and a few seats) in Assam
Top TMC leaders like Mukul Roy, Suvendu Adhikari, Sovan Chatterji, Rajib Banerjee, Saumitra Khan have defected to the BJP. How big a price will it be for the party in the coming assembly polls?
What’s cooking in Bengal? Looks like a plate of hot political sukto—Mamata, BJP, Left, a new Islamic party that both AIMIM and Congress are wooing, JMM, even Shiv Sena….