West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee, during a run for the upcoming 2nd signifier of West Bengal Assembly elections astatine Bhabanipur area, successful Kolkata.
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The high-stakes conflict for Bhabanipur reached a boiling constituent connected Saturday (April 26, 2026) arsenic a confrontation betwixt Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP workers forced information unit to intervene. The incidental unfolded conscionable days earlier the important April 29 polling date, arsenic the constituency’s 2 superior contenders — Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari — held nationalist meetings wrong earshot of each other.
The hostility marks a melodramatic escalation successful the “battle of Bhabanipur,” a spot Ms. Banerjee has held since 2011 but which the BJP has made its “biggest target” successful the 2026 Assembly elections.
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Citing a “systematic breakdown of instrumentality and order,” the Congress enactment demanded the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for the contiguous apprehension of Papai Ghosh, whom they picture arsenic a notorious repetition offender liable for orchestrating unit successful the Berhampore Assembly Constituency (AC-72). The ceremonial complaint, authored by Niloy Pramanik and addressed to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal, alleges that the administration’s continued inaction has straight “emboldened” Mr. Ghosh and his associates to transportation retired escalating acts of brutality.
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Showdown successful Bhabanipur: Chaos erupts arsenic Mamata, Suvendu clasp rival rallies 100 metres apart
The high-stakes conflict for Bhabanipur reached a boiling constituent connected Saturday (April 25) arsenic a confrontation betwixt Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP workers forced information unit to intervene.The incidental unfolded conscionable days earlier the important April 29 polling date, arsenic the constituency’s 2 superior contenders — Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari — held nationalist meetings wrong earshot of each other.
The hostility marks a melodramatic escalation successful the “battle of Bhabanipur,” a spot Ms. Banerjee has held since 2011 but which the BJP has made its “biggest target” successful the 2026 Assembly elections.
- ANI
April 26, 2026 08:55
Repeatedly ignored: Congress demands contiguous apprehension of Papai Ghosh successful Berhampore
Citing a “systematic breakdown of instrumentality and order,” the Congress enactment demanded the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for the contiguous apprehension of Papai Ghosh, whom they picture arsenic a notorious repetition offender liable for orchestrating unit successful the Berhampore Assembly Constituency (AC-72).
The ceremonial complaint, authored by Niloy Pramanik and addressed to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal, alleges that the administration’s continued inaction has straight “emboldened” Ghosh and his associates to transportation retired escalating acts of brutality.
-ANI
Published - April 26, 2026 09:20 americium IST
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