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The Election Commission of India has frozen the Trinamool Congress name and ‘Flowers & Grass’ symbol for the October 6 bypolls, assigning separate interim designations to factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy. Amid an urgent Supreme Court challenge by the party supremo, an emerging Congress-Mamata alignment has prompted the resignation of Trinamool’s Nandigram nominee.
The upcoming October 6 by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar have turned into a crucial referendum on Bengal’s political ground reality. While the BJP seeks to consolidate its hold, the contest between Mamata Banerjee’s loyalists and Ritabrata Banerjee’s dissident bloc will decide who commands actual public support as the state’s true opposition voice.
The fight for control of the Trinamool Congress reached the Election Commission of India on Thursday as rival camps led by Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee staked claim to the party name and symbol. With high-profile by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar scheduled for October 6, the ECI’s imminent verdict will determine which faction enters the fray as the authentic TMC.
The “Hasina factor” has officially entered the diplomatic halls of New Delhi. As the new BNP government in Dhaka seeks the return of its deposed leader to face a death sentence, India and Bangladesh are walking a tightrope between legal obligations and strategic partnership. While the extradition remains a complex legal hurdle, the agreement to ease visas and boost energy trade suggests that both nations are looking beyond the past to secure a stable future for the region.
In a dramatic political development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Rakesh Singh as its candidate for the Kolkata Port constituency just 24 hours after he secured bail from the Calcutta High Court.Singh, who had spent over five months in judicial custody in connection with multiple criminal cases, was granted interim bail shortly before the party’s announcement. The swift move by the BJP has drawn significant political attention, underlining the high-stakes nature of the upcoming polls.
In a dramatic development, the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on April 8, 2026, cancelled the Ponda Assembly by-election just hours before voting was scheduled to begin. The decision has sparked political controversy and raised questions about the timing of the Election Commission’s notification.
The political battle in Assam has taken a dramatic turn just days before voting. After Congress leader Pawan Khera accused the Chief Minister’s wife of holding multiple foreign passports, the Assam Police responded with a raid on his Delhi residence. With “incriminating evidence” reportedly found and Khera currently in Hyderabad, the exchange of words between the BJP and Congress has reached a fever pitch, turning a passport row into a defining moment of the 2026 election campaign.
Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar, is set to transition into national politics as he prepares to take his oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in New Delhi on April 10, 2026.
Promising, among others, free education for women up to post-graduation level and filling all vacant government posts with yours within one year.
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