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Not much difference between TMC, BJP; Left for change, says Aishe Ghosh
From the protests in front of the admin block or at the Sabarmati Dhaba of the Jawaharlal Nehru University of New Delhi to the roadside tea shops of Jamuria Assembly constituency of Bengal, for 26-year-old CPM MLA candidate Aishe Ghosh nothing much has changed.
Ghosh is the first sitting JNU Student’s Union president to fight an election. “Student politics has made the base of my political understanding. I do not see much of a difference between my politics at JNU and here. You can consider it as an extension of my politics. At JNU we fight for the rights of the students and here our fight is for the better future of my people,” says Ghosh before addressing a street corner at the Jamuria constituency.
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BJP will give ST status to 11 Gorkha castes: Amit Shah
While addresing an election campaign in Darjeeling on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Change Mamata Didi and bring a BJP chief minister, the party will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) to 11 castes of the Gorkha community.”
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EC notice to Dilip Ghosh over remarks on Sitalkuchi violence
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh for his alleged remarks that there would be “Sitalkuchi in several places”, after four people were killed when central forces opened fire during polling in Cooch Behar district.
He has been asked to respond to the notice and make his stand clear on his remarks by Wednesday morning.
The Trinamool Congress had approached the Commission against Ghosh.
The notice cited Ghosh’s alleged remarks that “if someone crosses his limits then you have seen what happened in Sitalkuchi. There will be Sitalkuchi in several places.”
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EC issues warning to Suvendu Adhikari
Election Commission warned BJP’s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari over a speech delivered by him on 29 March, for which he had filed a reply on 9 April. The poll body advised him to desist from using such statements while making public utterances when Model Code of Conduct is in force.
Election Commission of India warns WB BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari over a speech delivered by him on 29th March, for which he had filed a reply on 9th April. EC advises him to desist from using such statements while making public utterances when Model Code of Conduct is in force. pic.twitter.com/03Is42xxQD
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021
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Amit Shah holds public meeting in Darjeeling
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday was in Darjeeling to address an public meeting. “After we form the govt, we will change Darjeeling Municipality into the Darjeeling Municipal Corporation. The BJP will fight anyone for the respect of our Gorkha brothers. We will work to give official status to the Gorkha language,” Shah said.
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EC bans BJP’s Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours
The Election Commission Tuesday barred BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for the next 48 hours for his remarks on Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar violence. Commenting on the incident, Sinha had that the central forces should have killed more people in Sitalkuchi.
Ban imposed without giving Sinha a chance to present his defence due to “urgency of the matter”, says EC
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Mamata Banerjee stages protest in Kolkata against EC ban
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee began a dharna on Tuesday at Gandhi Murti in Kolkata, ANI reported, as a mark of protest against what she called the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional decision” to bar her from campaigning for 24 hours in the ongoing state Assembly polls.
Taking to Twitter, the TMC supremo on Monday said, “To protest against the undemocratic and unconstitutional decision of the Election Commission of India, I will sit on dharna tomorrow at Gandhi Murti, Kolkata from 12 noon.”
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee sits on dharna at Gandhi Murti, as a mark of protest after the Election Commission of India (ECI) imposed a ban on her for 24 hours from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm of April 12 till 8 pm of April 13#WestBengalElections pic.twitter.com/BQR0NIIgkT
— ANI (@ANI) April 13, 2021