Basanti (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the central forces in the state of coercing voters to cast their vote in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in several areas.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): After all five phases of polling in West Bengal were marred with violence, 713 companies of Central forces are being deployed to ensure peaceful voting in the state, informed S.Ravindran, IG, CRPF, West Bengal.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 1 (ANI): Police or paramilitary force personnel cannot enter a room where an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is kept at the time of polling unless directed by the presiding officer, Election Commission sources said on Wednesday.
New Delhi (India), Apr 29 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging that the Central forces deployed on election duty are acting at the behest of BJP leaders and have created terror in the minds of voters and forcing them to cast their vote
Bolpur (West Bengal) Apr 28 (ANI): Trinamool Congress district unit president Anubrata Mondol has been put under the house arrest from Sunday evening here ahead of the fourth phase of polling on Monday. He will be under the strict vigilance of the central forces till April 30.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded the deployment of adequate security forces for guarding strong rooms across the state, where the last phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held on April 29.
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Birbhum Trinamool Congress chief Anubrata Mondal on Wednesday told voters not to be afraid of the central forces, which will be deployed near the polling booths across states on the election day.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): In a statement that could court controversy, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Chakdaha Ratna Ghosh Kar has appealed party cadres to "chase central forces away."
New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Sunday said the Election Commission (EC) determines various factors such as the number of poll phases, the strength of central forces needed and other arrangements, before announcing the poll dates.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 16 (ANI): Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she had written a strong letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the withdrawal of Central forces from Darjeeling.