Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2023, on Sunday (April 12, 2026) joined the Trinamool Congress. Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, Mr. Bose said his earlier decision to join the BJP was a “historic mistake.”
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday (April 9, 2026) alleged that Aam Janata Unnyan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir took money from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to “plot and mislead” Muslims of West Bengal.
A political controversy erupted in West Bengal after a remark by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee eating fish during a religious period triggered a sharp exchange between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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.
In an unprecedented escalation of tensions between the Election Commission of India (EC) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a high-level meeting ended in chaos and acrimony on Monday. Sources within the poll body suggest that the panel effectively told a protesting delegation of TMC MPs to “get lost” after the session devolved into a heated shouting match over the neutrality of central agencies during the election cycle.
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.
In a significant development, Vishnu Deo Sai informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Maoism has been effectively eliminated from Chhattisgarh, marking what the state government describes as a historic milestone in India’s fight against Left-Wing Extremism.During a high-level meeting in New Delhi, the Chief Minister stated that regions once considered Maoist strongholds, particularly the Bastar division, are now witnessing peace and stability after decades of insurgency.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has undertaken a major revision of the electoral rolls, removing more than 91 lakh names across the state. The move is part of an effort to ensure a clean and accurate voter database before polling begins.
