Assembly Elections 2021 March 18 updates: 'Vikas Hobe', PM Modi takes a dig at Mamata's 'Khela Hobe’

BJP leader Rajib Banerjee declares net worth of Rs 58 lakh

BJP leader Rajib Banerjee, who is contesting the West Bengal assembly election from the Domjur constituency, has declared that his net worth is Rs 58,02,006. Banerjee, who quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP in January, mentioned in an affidavit to the Election Commission of India that his movable and immovable assets are worth Rs 18,37,006 and Rs 39,65,000.

TMC men attacked BJYM members in Nandigram, says Pradhan

Clashes broke out between supporters of the TMC and the BJP on Thursday during Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan's rally here in Purba Medinipur, leaving one or two of them injured, police sources said. Pradhan, however, claimed that five to six TMC men attacked BJYM workers who had taken out a rally in Sonachura area of Nandigram, minutes after the party's candidate from Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari, passed by the area.

Congress can go to any extent to mislead people and garner votes: PM Modi in Assam

Lashing out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the grand old party can go to any extent to mislead people and garner votes. Addressing his first election rally in Assam after the announcement of poll dates, the PM said the Congress is moving around with "tala-chabi" (poll symbol of AIUDF) in the state, even as some of its workers were opposed to the idea.

Election Commission appoints four special observers for Puducherry

The Election Commission has appointed four special observers for Puducherry in connection with the April 6 Assembly polls. Manjeet Singh, a retired IAS officer, has been apppointed as special general observer, Chief Electoral Officer of Puducherry Shurbir Singh said in a release Two retired IRS officers, Madhu Mahajan and B R Balakrishnan, have been appointed as special expenditure observers, while retired IPS officer Dharmendra Kumar chosen as the special police observer for Puducherry.

PM Modi addresses rally in Assam

BJP leaders lure voters with bagful of cash during polls, they are absent during crisis: Mamata

Admitting that the relief doled out after Cyclone Amphan by her government might have missed out "one or two" beneficiaries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said BJP leaders were nowhere to be seen during the crisis. Addressing a rally in Paschim Medinipur, the TMC supremo claimed that BJP leaders "arrive here in choppers and planes from outside with bagful of cash to lure voters and loot votes" just ahead of elections.

Mamata: I am like a tiger, won’t bow my head; only bow head before the public

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Amlasuli: “I'm like a tiger and I won't bow my head. I only bow my head before the public. But a party like BJP tortures women, Dalits - I don't support them.”

Tamil Nadu: CM Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns in Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam district, ahead of assembly elections