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  • Bengal bypolls: Shah to satisfy leaders over debacle

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA:  Upset with the get together’s poor present in Asansol, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet get together functionaries each in north and south Bengal. BJP insiders stated Shah was sad with the defeat within the Asansol Lok Sabha seat, which was earlier with the get together for 2 earlier consecutive phrases, and the get together candidate’s shedding safety deposit in Ballygunge.

    With the defeat within the coal belt, the BJP’s variety of MPs from Bengal has come right down to 17 within the Lok Sabha. Worse, the BJP is seeing discontent amongst its state organisation, with two BJP MLAs saying on Sunday their determination to step down from get together hierarchy.  

    Shah, who was to go to Bengal this month, will now attain the state within the first week of May. “Though his programme schedules are but to be finalised, we’re instructed that Shah will meet the management of the get together’s 9 organisational districts in north Bengal. He is more likely to return to Kolkata the identical day and meet the leaders from south Bengal in Salt Lake,’’ stated a senior chief.

    Sources stated the central management has instructed the Bengal unit to organize a report pinpointing the explanations for the disastrous efficiency within the bypolls. ‘’’The findings will likely be mentioned within the conferences with Shah. The get together’s organisational pitfalls will additionally get high precedence within the conferences,’’ stated the chief.  

    On Sunday, Murshidabad MLA Gaurishankar Ghosh resigned from the publish of BJP state secretary and Behrampur MLA Kanchan Moitra introduced his determination to step down from the state committee. Both the leaders alleged that incompetent leaders have been being given precedence within the get together. The duo stated the dearth of 
    expertise of the state management led to the poor electoral present.

  • Bypolls in Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra introduced

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Saturday introduced that by-elections within the states of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra will probably be held on April 12.

    “The Commission has decided to hold the by-election to fill vacancies in the states of West Bengal – Asansol (Parliamentary Constituency) and Ballygunge, Chhattisgarh – Khairagarh, Bihar – Bochahan (SC) and Maharashtra – Kolhapur North,” the Election Commission mentioned.

    According to the EC, the date of issuing gazette notification is March 17 and the final date of nominations is March 24. The final date of scrutiny of nomination is March 25 and the candidature might be withdrawn until March 28.

    The date of polling will probably be April 12 and the votes will probably be counted on April 16, Saturday.

    “The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the Assembly constituency going for election is included,” the EC mentioned.

    The Commission mentioned it has determined to make use of EVMs and VVPATs within the by-elections in all of the polling stations. Adequate numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made out there and all steps have been taken to make sure that the polls are performed easily with the assistance of those machines.

    Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) shall be the primary doc of identification of a voter. However, Aadhaar Card, MNREGA Job Card, Passbooks with {photograph} issued by Bank/Post Office, Health Insurance Smart Card issued underneath the scheme of Ministry of Labour, Driving License, PAN Card, Smart Card issued by RGI underneath NPR, Indian Passport, Pension doc with {photograph}, Service Identity Cards with {photograph} issued to workers by Central/State Govt/PSUs/Public Limited Companies, Official id playing cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, will also be proven on the polling station.

  • TMC delegation to fulfill EC tomorrow, urge it to carry by-elections in 6 seats

    A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation will meet Election Commission (EC) officers in New Delhi on Thursday demanding holding of the bypolls in six vacant Assembly seats in West Bengal on the earliest.
    “We will meet the EC officials on Thursday and request them to hold the bypolls soon. We will request that a week for campaigning will be enough for the bypolls. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already said that she will focus on holding the civic polls in the state after the bypolls are over. We will have nothing to say if the EC does not hold the bypolls on time, but will continue with our demand,” TMC MP Sougata Roy mentioned right here on Tuesday.
    Mamata Banerjee, who misplaced the Assembly election from Nandigram, should get elected within the subsequent six months to proceed as chief minister. In that case, the bypolls have to be carried out by November 5. After the election outcomes, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, the TMC MLA from Bhabanipur constituency, vacated the seat to permit Banerjee to contest from there. Banerjee had gained from Bhabanipur twice since 2011.
    Dinhata and Santipur Assembly seats fell vacant after BJP leaders Nisith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar resigned as MLAs to retain the Lok Sabha membership.
    In the Assembly elections, polling couldn’t be held in Samserganj and Jangipur seats in Murshidabad district because of the demise of the candidates. Khardah seat in North 24 Parganas district felt vacant after TMC candidate Kajal Sinha died of Covid-19 earlier than the outcomes have been introduced. Sinha gained the election posthumously.
    Meanwhile, state BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya mentioned that his social gathering was not towards the holding of Assembly bypolls. “We are not against holding the bypolls but why is the TMC not holding the civic polls in the state that are due for the last two years. They want bypolls on time but we want the election to the civic bodies be held as early as possible,” the BJP spokesperson mentioned.