Left Front

Mamata cautions people against voting for CPI(M)

Mamata Banerjee claimed since Trinamool government came, there had been an all round development while Left Wing Extremism had also been contained.

Mar 26, 2016, 17:53 PM IST

Left Front unveils manifesto for Bengal assembly polls

The manifesto states if elected to power, the Left Front will see that the administration work in accordance with the tradition of multi-party democracy.

Mar 20, 2016, 23:16 PM IST

West Bengal polls 2016: Congress announces fresh list of 42 candidates, pits Deepa Dasmunshi against Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur seat

The election in West Bengal will be held in six phases in which the polling for the first phase will take place on April 4 and 11. 

Mar 18, 2016, 19:45 PM IST

Congress releases list of 43 candidates for West Bengal polls

The Congress on Tuesday released a list of 43 candidates for the coming Assembly polls in West Bengal amid efforts to work out a working alliance with the Left Front.

Mar 15, 2016, 22:28 PM IST

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016: Understanding reached with Left in all but seven seats, says Bengal Congress chief

The Congress' West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday claimed an understanding has been reached with the Left Front in all but seven constituencies for polls to the 294-seat assembly.

Mar 13, 2016, 23:37 PM IST

WB polls: Congress, CPI(M) hopeful of solving seat sharing issues

Left Front Chairman Biman Bose said talks are still on and he hoped that a solution would be worked out.

Mar 11, 2016, 14:09 PM IST

West Bengal polls: 11 seats in LF's second list overlap with Cong's choice

The Left Front on Thursday announced the second list of its 84 candidates which includes 11 seats Congress also intends to contest even as the two seek to formalise a tie-up for upcoming Assembly polls.

Mar 11, 2016, 00:07 AM IST

Left Front-Congress seat-adjustment talks get a jolt

The seat-adjustment talks between the Left Front and the Congress hit a major roadblock on Thursday with the former coming out with its second list of 88 candidates that contained a number of seats which the Congress has also decided to contest.

Mar 10, 2016, 22:45 PM IST

Left Front announces second list of candidates

The Left Front on Thursday came out with its second list of candidates for the coming assembly elections in West Bengal leaving two seats each to its associates Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal.

Mar 10, 2016, 19:21 PM IST

Left Front partners unhappy over Congress putting up own candidates

Miffed with Congress for putting up its own candidates in seats where the Left Front has decided to contest, Forward Bloc and RSP today said they will raise the issue in the LF meeting.

Mar 09, 2016, 20:25 PM IST

Won't have any understanding with Congress in WB polls: CPI

CPI has decided to contest 16 seats in West Bengal.

Mar 08, 2016, 17:17 PM IST

West Bengal Assembly polls 2016: Left Front releases first list of candidates, rules out joint campaign with Congress

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday released the first list of candidates for the upcoming state Assembly Elections.

Mar 07, 2016, 20:49 PM IST

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to campaign for Left in upcoming Assembly polls

A day after Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition 20 days ago, was released from the Tihar Jail, reports on Friday said the JNUSU president will campaign for upcoming Kerala and West Bengal Assembly polls for the Left Front.

Mar 04, 2016, 16:21 PM IST

Assembly Elections: RSP protests Bengal tie-up with Congress, warns of leaving Left Front

Both the Congress and the CPI-M have favoured the need for an electoral arrangement to take on the ruling Trinamool in the coming assembly polls, but the talks are yet to start formally.

Mar 01, 2016, 23:02 PM IST

Sonia has no idea of any Congress-Left alliance: Trinamool MP

Ridiculing the proposed CPI-M-Congress alliance for the West Bengal assembly polls, Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Sunday claimed that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has no inkling about any such arrangement. The Congress termed his statement "laughale".

Feb 28, 2016, 23:42 PM IST

Tripura's Left Front sweeps Village Committee elections

 Tripura`s ruling Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Sunday swept the Village Committee (VC) polls.

Feb 28, 2016, 17:43 PM IST

West Bengal polls: TMC will win, alliance will have no impact, says Saugata Roy

TMC leader Saugata Roy on Sunday said the alliance between Congress and CPI-M will have no effect on Trinamool Congress in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.

Feb 21, 2016, 18:58 PM IST

Left Front, Congress take out joint rally in Kolkata over JNU row

West Bengal Congress general secretary Om Prakash Mishra said the rally was taken out to defeat "fascist" forces.

Feb 15, 2016, 20:31 PM IST

Left Front nod to alliance discussion, Cong says procedural methods should not be a hindrance

With CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal on Thursday formally agreeing to discuss the issue of alliance with Congress in the coming assembly election if it is approached, the Congress said procedural methods should not be a constraint in the bigger interest of the people.

Feb 11, 2016, 22:33 PM IST