Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lied on the floor of the house about the death of 35-year-old Dalit activist Somnath Suryavanshi in police (judicial) custody in Parbhani, during the winter session of the state Assembly held in Nagpur, after the issue was raised by Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday hit out at Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying that NDA MPs are very agitated over the conduct of the Congress lawmaker in the Parliament premises.
Four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Serampore Lok Sabha constituency in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Kalyan Banerjee, on Thursday, requested people to not allow delivery boys within homes when girls are alone there.
The West Bengal government on Thursday withdrew its affidavit in the election petition filed by Rekha Patra, the BJP candidate for Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the general elections this year.
Lok Sabha Speaker Friday warned the members that there should not be any sort of protests at the 'dwars', and said that action will be taken in case of violation.
There has been sudden attention to women voters in this Lok Sabha election. Political parties in West Bengal, both the ruling and the main opposition parties are wooing women voters.
Elections will be held in Krishnanagar on 13 May, while two other constituencies, Bongaon and Barasat will go to polls on 20 May and 1 June respectively.
However, introspection has been done from booth level by the TMC to plug the loopholes which then helped the BJP to win the Hooghly seat earlier.
According to the local Trinamul Congress in Basirhat, Mr Islam is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the hospital.
The Election Commission of India will deploy Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel in all booths in first phase of the Lok Sabha poll in Bengal.
