Op-Eds Opinion

Why West Bengal 2026 Is Amit Shah’s Defining Political Masterstroke

By BPN News Desk May 5, 2026

West Bengal has always been a political outlier. For decades, it resisted the national currents that shaped the rest of India. First under the uninterrupted rule of the Left Front, and then under the firm grip of the All India Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee, the state functioned as a fortress where external political […]

East India State News

BJP Wins West Bengal After Historic Breakthrough

By BPN News Desk May 5, 2026

The Bharatiya Janata Party has secured a major victory in West Bengal, ending the Trinamool Congress government’s long hold over the state. The result marks a major political breakthrough for the BJP in a state where it had never previously formed the government. BJP Wins Control Of West Bengal The BJP crossed the majority mark […]

East India State News

Mamata Tells TMC Agents To Stay Put

By BPN News Desk May 4, 2026

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked Trinamool Congress counting agents not to leave counting centres, even as early trends showed the BJP ahead in the state on May 4. Mamata Banerjee Message To TMC Agents Mamata Banerjee addressed party counting agents through a video message and urged them not to be afraid or […]

East India State News

BJP Leads West Bengal Early Trends

By BPN News Desk May 4, 2026

The BJP and its allies were leading above the halfway mark in early trends for the West Bengal Assembly election results at 10:15 AM on May 4, 2026, while the Trinamool Congress was trailing. West Bengal Election Results 2026 Counting began on Monday morning, and early trends showed the BJP-led alliance ahead in 169 seats. […]

East India State News

Mamata Banerjee Rejects Bengal Exit Polls

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dismissed exit poll projections for the Assembly election, calling them a “market manipulation attempt” and claiming that the Trinamool Congress will return to power with more than 200 seats. Mamata Banerjee Rejects Exit Polls Banerjee rejected the credibility of exit polls and said they did not reflect the […]

Law & Order National

SC Rejects TMC Plea On Counting Staff

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

The Supreme Court has declined to issue any further order on the Trinamool Congress plea challenging the Election Commission’s decision on the deployment of counting personnel for the West Bengal Assembly election. The order clears the way for the existing counting arrangement to continue. Supreme Court Rejects TMC Plea A special bench of the Supreme […]

East India State News

PM Modi Woos Matua Voters In Bengal

By BPN News Desk April 27, 2026

PM Modi Woos Matua Voters In Bengal Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to voters in West Bengal’s Matua belt, promising freedom from what he called Trinamool Congress misrule if the BJP is voted to power in the state. PM Modi Campaigns In Matua Belt Addressing a rally in Thakurnagar, a politically important Matua-dominated region in […]

National Politics

Amit Shah Targets Mamata With Bengal Charge Sheet

By BPN News Desk March 29, 2026

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has released a political charge sheet against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election, accusing the ruling party of corruption, infiltration, misgovernance and institutional decline. The move marks a major escalation in the BJP’s campaign as it tries to frame the […]

East India State News

TMC Releases Bengal Poll Manifesto

By BPN News Desk March 20, 2026

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the 2026 Assembly elections, placing “Didi’s 10 pledges” at the centre of its campaign. The document combines welfare promises, infrastructure commitments and administrative changes as the party seeks another term in office. TMC Manifesto Focuses On Welfare Promises A major part of the manifesto

Op-Eds Opinion

Mamata Banerjee vs. ECI: Why Bangladesh’s ‘Stamp and Stuff’ Model is the New ‘Free and Fair’

By BPN News Desk February 18, 2026

If you have seen the viral videos from the recent Bangladesh elections, you witnessed a level of efficiency that would put any corporate employee to shame. In one clip, a polling agent—let’s call him the “human voting machine”—grabs a booklet of ballot papers. With the speed of a college student copying an assignment five minutes […]