Kolkata

Hakim, Mukherjee and Mitra have been re-elected as TMC MLAs in the just-concluded assembly elections, while Chatterjee, who left the TMC to join the BJP, has severed links with both the camps.

The coronavirus caseload increased to 9,73,718 after the state also recorded its highest one-day spike of 19,436 fresh cases.

The BJP president his party will ensure that the entire country gets to know about the widespread violence unleashed in the state following the declaration of assembly poll results.

The TMC also described the refusal of the Returning Officer to conduct recounting of the votes as "bad in law and coloured".

The state government earlier allowed 200 people in marriage ceremonies after the Covid-19 situation had improved in the state.

Mahua Das, the president of the council, also said in a statement that annual exams for Class 11 students have been suspended for the year

Saumitra Khan, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Khagen Murmu, Arun Haldar and Shantanu Thakur are among those who shaped the BJP's appeal among Dalits.

Administrative and police authorities are directed to enforce the orders and take legal actions against the violators of social distancing

BJP supporters cheered for Shah, as his caravan inched forward through the crowded streets of Amdanga from Mitre Vijay More to Neelganj More.

Both the BJP and the TMC are trying hard to ensure that the other does not get political mileage out of the Sitalkuchi deaths and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The BJP is trying to convince urban voters that "lawlessness" in the state will impact them and that they too will be impacted by infiltration in the future.

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy told reporters here that Shah was knowingly ”suppressing facts” and giving a communal twist to the incident for electoral gains.

Strongly reacting to the BJP leader's statement, TMC demanded his arrest while the CPI(M) said the comment "unmasks the saffron party's fascist face".

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the TMC and the BJP might join hands if both the parties fall short of the requisite numbers to form the government.

Cooch Behar district will go to polls in the fourth phase of assembly elections on April 10. The BJP won seven seats in North Bengal, including Cooch Behar, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Covid graph in Bengal has been rising over the last fortnight. The state reported 2,058 cases on April 6, over five times the number reported just a fortnight earlier