DILIP MONDAL CONTROVERSY
Trinamool Congress' MLA Dilip Mondal arrested by Bengal police from Puri for making 'provocative' remarks
West Bengal TMC MLA Dilip Mondal was arrested in Puri, Odisha on Wednesday. Police apprehended him following a complaint about provocative remarks made during a victory rally. Mondal was reportedly staying at a hotel. He is being brought to Kolkata on transit remand. A video of his alleged threats to BJP workers went viral. Searches were conducted at his properties.
Fate of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Dilip Ghosh, Mahua Moitra to be decided in fourth phase LS polls in Bengal
Polling will be held in Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat (SC), Bardhaman Purba (SC), Bardhaman-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur (SC) and Birbhum in West Bengal in the fourth round of the Lok Sabha polls. A total of 1,45,30,017 voters, including 71,45,379 women and 282 third-gender electors, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 15,507 polling stations for the eight constituencies, an official said.
'Get ready to go behind bars', Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar tells Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim
"Partha Chatterjee and Anubrata Mondal are in prison. Hakim is next in line and it is time for him to get ready. We will send him behind bars," Majumdar claimed. Hakim dared Majumdar to get him arrested by any agency and go to prison but not to defame him publicly for being an active Trinamool Congress worker. Hakim said it seems that BJP is preparing the lists and sending them to the agencies.
Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many more
Women candidates, irrespective of their political affiliation, are basking in electoral glory, with several female nominees emerging triumphant in the high-octane elections, including TMCs Ratna Chatterjee, Shashi Panja and Chandrima Bhattacharya, and BJPs Agnimitra Paul, Chandana Bauri and Tapasi Mondal.
