Why is Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee so wary of the BJP? Why is she so relentlessly attacking it in every election rally? Why is she asking voters not to cast even a single vote in favour of the BJP?

Clearly irked by the CPI(M)’s persistent propaganda about use of black money by the Trinamul Congress, party chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday hinted that when she came to power she would probe all the financial irregularities committed by the Left Front government in the past 34 years. “How can they accuse us of stealing money

Acknowledging her debt to Nandigram, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that when she came to power she will give the East Midnapore block whatever it will ask for.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday launched a scathing attack against West Bengal’s Left Front government, saying West Bengal was the “worst-governed” state in India. The minister, in the state to campaign for Congress candidates, said the Buddhadeb Bhattach-arjee government was to blame for all ills

Launching a scathing attack against the Left Front government, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that West Bengal was the “worst governed” state. Mr Chidambaram, who was in the state to campaign for Congress candidates, blamed the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government for all the ills plaguing the state particularly for the “extremely bad” law and order and “precarious” financial situation.

With Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee sitting by his side, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday sang her pariborton (change) tune. In a clear bid to send a positive message about a strong alliance to the workers of the two parties as well as the people, Dr Singh said: “I have come to appeal to you to vote for the

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that she will release all political prisoners who had been arrested on false charges, after she came to power. “As soon as this (Left Front) government is dislodged from power, we will review all cases where people had been put behind bars vindictively on false charges.

On a day when senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and BJP president Nitin Gadkari were touring the state seeking votes for their party candidates, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee intensified attack against the saffron party. Apparently apprehending that the BJP would divide the anti-Left vote, Ms Banerjee called upon the people to

The high turnout of voters (83.75 per cent) in the first phase of Assembly election in Bengal is being viewed by both the ruling CPI(M) and the Trinamul Congress as a good omen. Encouraged by the huge turnout, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had on Monday said that a tsunami of change had swept across North Bengal.

Launching a scathing against the ruling Left Front, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said there has been little development in the past 34 years. “The Left Front government is ruling the state for 34 years and it projects itself as the messiah of the poor and the marginalised but it had failed to serve even their cause. Where is that development, the progress and prosperity which the communists had been persistently promising?” she asked.