Dispur (Assam) [India], November 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Phanidhar Talukdar is leading with 5,754 votes against Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Sailendra Nath Das who has secured 598 votes on Assam's Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, as per initial trends.

Guwahati Oct 22 PTI Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia has demanded the state election commission bar Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by among other things offering Government house construction assistance to voters in election rallies Congress leader Saikia filed a complaint with the state Chief Electoral Officer on Friday demanding debarring of Sarma from campaigning for the October 30 bye-polls Drawing the CEOs attention to video clips Saikia claimed that the Chief Minister had at a bye-election campaign meeting in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency pointed to a person in the crowd and said he be given a house and also asked that whosoever is responsible for allocation of houses in that locality should provide him with a house under the Prime Ministers Awas Yojana PMs scheme for housing or PMAY Saikia said the Chief Minister is not authorised to allot any house as the government has a clear-cut policy for allotment of PMAY houses The list of eligible persons selected for allotment is based on socio-economic conditions and after approval by the Gaon Sabha village council under a panchayat The complaint also stated that the chief minister while campaigning in Thowra constituency repeatedly claimed that the pre-condition for the development of any legislative assembly constituency tis that the MLA should belongs to the ruling political party or ruling alliance The Chief Minister has been openly patronising a system of governance where development will not be possible if the MLA is not from the ruling party Saikia asserted The Congress leader gave another example of violation of MCC at a meeting in Bhabanipur where the Chief Minister stated that he will give Rs 2000 crore worth of development projects if the sitting MLA joined the ruling party The opposition leader also pointed out that the Chief Minister has declared that he will set up a medical college and construct two bridges over two rivers there in violation of the ECI mandated model code of conduct PTI ESB JRC JRC

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 3 (ANI): After Mamata Banerjee won Bhabanipur bypolls with 85,263 votes, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Priyanka Tibrewal claimed that she is the 'Man of the Match' of the game as she secured more than 25,000 votes in the stronghold of West Bengal.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Bhabanipur by-poll Priyanka Tibrewal has written to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court seeking preventive measures in case there is post-poll violence after results are declared on Sunday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamta Banerjee was leading with 5,333 votes against BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal who secured 2,956 votes, after the second round of counting of votes for Bhabanipur Assembly by-election, as per Election Commission data. Banerjee was leading by 2,377 votes.

Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): As polling for the Bhabanipur by-poll continues, a clash broke out between workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): Voter turnout continued to be on the lower side in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency with only 35.97 per cent of people coming out to exercise their franchise till 1 pm on Thursday during the ongoing by-poll here.

Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing by-poll in the West Bengal's Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, the security has been increased in the city to prevent any untoward incident. Women personnel of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) have also been deployed in the constituency.

Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): As voting for the bypoll in Bhabanipur assembly constituency began on Thursday, BJP candidate for the constituency Priyanka Tibrewal alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) was purposely shutting voting machines at a polling booth of ward number 72 and was an attempt at capturing the booth.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 8 (ANI): Days after the Election Commission announced by-polls for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she will file her nomination for this seat on September 10.