Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: BJP Claims Office Torched by TMC Men in Hooghly, Suvendu Heckled in Haldia

Assam Congress President Ripun Bora Resigns After Poll Debacle | Congress's Assam president Ripun Bora resigned on Sunday after the party's defeat in the state elections. Taking responsibility, the Rajya Sabha MP sent the resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. "I do hereby tender my resignation from the post of President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee owing to the responsibility of the humiliating defeat of my party in the Assam Assembly Election 2021. "Madam, I am extremely saddened and disheartened to inform you that despite my immense hard work we were unable to combat the divisive and communal politics played by the BJP and RSS," Bora said in the letter.

Will Look into What Went Wrong: Dilip Ghosh | "We’ll look into what went wrong. In the last election we won 3 seats, this time it is nearly 80. We had put a big target in front of us but we couldn't achieve it. However, what we have got is not less," West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh said on the target of achieving 200-plus seats in West Bengal.

Swearing-in Ceremony Will Be Simple, Says DMK Chief Stalin | Considering the Covid-19 pandemic, the swearing in ceremony of the new government led by his party would be simple, DMK president M K Stalin said here on Sunday. Stalin, who spoke to reporters after paying floral tributes in the mausoleum of his father and late party patriarch 'Kalaignar' M Karunanidhi at the Marina beach said the date of the swearing-in ceremony would be made known soon.

Belying all expectations, the TMC headed for a landslide victory in assembly elections, overcoming the might of the BJP after a bitter campaign that had turned into a virtual duel between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. trends were clear. Banerjee's Trinamool Congress had won an absolute majority winning 202 seats and was leading in 11 more out of 292 constituencies which went to the polls with some 48 per cent of the votes counted so far.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) scored an emphatic win in the keenly watched assembly elections in West Bengal, MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) returned to power…

EC Rejects TMC's Request For Recount in Nandigram | The Election Commission has rejected the appeal of the Trinamool Congress for a recount at Nandigram, where CM Mamata Banerjee lost to Suvendu Adhikari. The Returning Officer said that the result will be officially declared after the VVPAT slips are tallied with the votes on the Electronic Voting Machines. In Nandigram, which was the cynosure of all eyes due to its high-octane election, BJP star candidate Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday outsmarted TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 votes to emerge the winner in the constituency.

BJP-led Alliance All Set to Form the Govt in Assam | The BJP-led alliance in Assam is all set to form the government for the second successive term winning 65 of the 102 seats declared so far and is leading in nine others. The opposition 'Grand Alliance' comprising the Congress, AIUDF and eight other parties, have won 36 seats so far and is leading in 15 others. The BJP has won 50 seats and is leading in nine others, while its allies the AGP has won nine seats and the UPPL has won in six. The Congress has won 21 seats and is leading in nine others. Its allies the AIUDF has won 11 and is leading in five others, the BPF has won four seats, while the CPI(M) is leading in just one seat.

What Went against Mamata in Nandigram? | Though she lost the election, Mamata is all set to return as the chief minister for a third consecutive term with the TMC winning 213 seats and leading in two more in West Bengal, while the BJP was leading in 75 including 73 wins when reports last came in. A total of 292 seats were on offer. From the first round of counting, Adhikari was maintaining a comfortable lead over Banerjee and the trend continued till the 13th round. READ MORE

Kamal Haasan Loses to BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South | Makkal Needhi Maiam Chief Kamal Haasan loses to BJP women's wing national President Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South constituency. 

BJP Says Party's Office Burnt in Arambagh, TMC Denies | A local BJP leader claimed that TMC activists, shortly after the defeat of their party candidate Sujata Mondal, set fire to the saffron camp's Arambagh office. Sources in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, however, denied the allegation. "The TMC, in a bid to avenge the defeat of its candidate, indulged in acts of arson and torched our party office," the local BJP leader said. In Purba Medinipur district, TMC men reportedly demonstrated next to the vehicle of BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who managed to clinch the prized Nandigram seat by defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a neck-and neck fight.

Party Office on Fire, Worker Attacked in Bengal's Belaghat: BJP | "As West Bengal poll results are being declared, TMC goons are attacking BJP offices and workers. BJP office in Arambagh was set on fire by TMC goons. TMC workers attacked BJP workers in Belaghat, similar incidents happened in Shivpur, Durgapur, Uttar Bardhaman," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.

BJP Claims Office Torched by TMC Men in Hooghly | The BJP alleged that one of its party offices in Hooghly district was set on fire by TMC men while some of its leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, were heckled by TMC activists in other parts of the state, after the poll results showed that the Mamata Banerjee camp was set to retain power in Bengal. A senior police officer in Hooghly said he is looking into the matter, and the guilty would be punished.