A notice was issued by the Election Commission of India to TMC leader turned BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari for communal overtones of his speech directed at the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

This year’s assembly election in West Bengal is a high pitched battle between TMC, which is looking forward to a third term and the BJP seeking to make inroads into the state polity.

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In Damjur, West Bengal, while addressing a rally on Thursday CM Banerjee stated that the Election Commission could serve her ten notices but she would urge people to vote unitedly without any division. In the rally, she also commented, “How many complaints have been filed against Narendra Modi? He does Hindu-Muslim every day.”

Three roadshows were held by BJP President JP Nadda in Alipurduar, Dinhata, and Mekliganj ahead of the fourth phase of the Assembly elections in the state.

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The first three of the total eight phases of West Bengal’s assembly elections are now over and the electorate in 91 constituencies have already cast their votes. A total of 44 seats will go to polls on April 10 for the fourth phase.

Few days back, a complaint was submitted to the Election commission by TMC leader-Derek O’Brien regarding a sexual assault carried out on a minor girl by a CRPF jawan in Tarakeshwar, on which the ECI has still not responded.