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After the EC on Monday barred Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours, her party claimed that the poll panel was behaving like a 'wing of the BJP'.
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The ban comes into force ahead of the fifth phase of Assembly polls in the state on April 17.
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The Chief Minister had said that she will hold a protest rally in Cooch Behar on Sunday against the firing incident and visit the homes of the deceased.
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Four persons were killed when CISF personnel opened fire allegedly after coming under attack from locals, who "attempted to snatch their rifles" in Cooch Behar district.
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"It is extremely unfortunate that political battles are thus sought to be fought in this manner instead of being fought in the campaign trail," the EC observed.
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Claiming that a BJP wave was blowing across West Bengal and his party would form the next government, Modi said Banerjee's angry reactions indicate that she has lost the polls.
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Banerjee said, "I work together with Hindus and Muslims, safeguarding your security, society, education and workplace is my responsibility."
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Electorates, including men, women and the first-time voters, reached polling stations well before voting began at 7 a.m.
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While speaking at a public rally in Goghat, she said: I once went to attend a programme in Chamkaitala and we were not allowed to set up a stage for the meeting.
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If you vote for BJP, they will chase you out from the state. By keeping bohiragato (outsider) goons, they will capture everything in Bengal and they will capture Bengal's existence itself.
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West Bengal CM says it is a total violation of code of conduct of elections
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The keenly contested polls begin today with the odds heavily stacked against the Trinamool in the first phase
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The Trinamool Congress is projected to win Bengal with a vote share of 42.1 per cent, a marginal swing away of 2.8 per cent
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"We are being called 'tourists', fun is being made of us, we are being insulted. Didi, people of Rabindranath's Bengal don't consider anybody outsider," Modi added.
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Veteran TMC MP Sisir Adhikari - father of Suvendu Adhikari - joined the BJP at Egra on Sunday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party.
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He also accused the Banerjee government of patronising underground Maoist rebels.
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"No other government in the world has been able to do as much work as ours. Their (BJP) prime minister cannot run the country, totally incompetent," she said.
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Banerjee was injured on March 10 following which she was admitted to SSKM hospital in Kolkata.
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The TMC had announced it will release its manifesto on March 9 but later decided to postpone it to March 11 due to the Kolkata fire incident which claimed nine lives.
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Banerjee, who was on a two-day visit to Nandigram from where she filed her nomination on Wednesday, alleged that she was pushed by a few unidentified people during election campaigning.