While releasing her party manifesto at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee also made an “appeal” to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, to engage in an open debate with an opposition leader ahead of the general election.
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The Left Front has, for the first time, opted for a seat-sharing deal with the Congress for the Lok Sabha election. Earlier, it had entered into a seat-sharing deal with the party for the state assembly polls, which had failed to evoke mass support.
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The leader of All India Trinamool Congress and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee announced the list of 42 party candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Out of the 42 candidates, 17 are women, which is 41% of the total number of candidates.
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The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, hearing petitions seeking a CBI investigation into alleged political murders in West Bengal, raised questions on the prevailing situation in the state.
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Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader from West Bengal and former Trinamool Congress secretary Mukul Roy has been booked in connection with the murder of TMC member of legislative assembly Satyajit Biswas in Nadia district of West Bengal.
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Incidents of clashes between workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress have been reported in Kanthi in East Midnapore district of West Bengal after BJP president Amit Shah’s rally. Both the parties accused each other for starting the violence.
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The Bhartiya Janata Party, with an aim to win a large chunk of minority votes in West Bengal, is contemplating to field more Muslim candidates in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
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Workers from both the parties have actively participated in putting up several pandals in Kolkata and several districts across the state for Ganesh Puja. Many of their local leaders were seen inaugurating the pandals as well as visiting them for various functions.
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