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A week after the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Election Commission (EC) published the details on the companies and individuals who purchased electoral bonds and the parties that redeemed them in separate lists, the Supreme Court has directed the government bank to disclose the complete details of the electoral bonds, including the unique bond numbers, by Thursday.
The three-cornered battle for West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats is beginning to take shape with the announcement of candidates by the BJP and the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). While the BJP has named candidates for 20 seats so far, the TMC has announced all 42,ending any hopes of reaching a seat-sharing pact with INDIA bloc ally Congress.
The Election Commission (EC)’s announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls – to be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 with results on June 4 – has set the stage for a grand battle between the ruling BJP and the Opposition INDIA alliance.
The BJP, the ruling party at the Centre since 2014, has been the biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds, redeeming a total of Rs 6,061 crore between April 2019 and February 2024, according to data published by the Election Commission and the State Bank of India (SBI). Trailing behind the BJP are the Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Rs 1,610 crore and the Congress at Rs 1,422 crore for the same period.
Following failed seat-sharing talks between the BJP and the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) for Haryana’s 10 Lok Sabha constituencies, the BJP dissolved their alliance on Tuesday, and subsequently formed a new government with support from Independents and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini at the helm.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will lead a roadshow in Siliguri on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and a proposed National Register of Citizens. This comes a day after Mamata called the Act “unconstitutional and discriminatory” and told people of the state not to apply for citizenship as they would be “marked as refugees and infiltrators … deprived of government schemes”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Assam, Arunachal, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday to unveil a series of projects.
Days ahead of the Election Commission’s (EC) expected announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday markedInternational Women’s Day with another reduction in the price of LPG cylinders.