Mamata leaves her own south Kolkata constituency to power minister, fields cricketer Manoj Tiwari from Singur, releases list of 291 candidates

Polling in Nandigram is scheduled in the second phase, on April 1.

West Bengal Election 2021: The BJP's CEC met to finalise party candidates for the initial phases of assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam, two of the four states going to the elections besides the union territory of Puducherry.

Addressing a rally during the party's Parivartan Yatra in Bengal's Purulia district, the Union minister said the country's essence is unity in diversity.

TMC sought the intervention of EC to remove hoardings advertising central government schemes with images of Modi at petrol pumps

It appears certain that Abbas Siddiqui would continue to dominate the political discourse over March and April, while West Bengal goes for an eight-phase election.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for 'appeasement politics'

While it is still unclear if the RJD will contest the Bengal Assembly polls, party leader Tejashwi Yadav said that he will campaign against the BJP in the state

TMC plans to bring together more young people, women and other leaders with a cleaner image

Kishor in December last year vowed to quit Twitter if the BJP crossed double digits in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.