Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 7 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will administer the oath of office to three newly elected MLAs including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the State Assembly on Thursday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 3 (ANI): Bhabanipur gave its verdict for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as she won the assembly constituency bypolls with a margin of over 58,000 votes.

Kolkata Sep 26 PTI The CPIMs Bhabanipur bypoll candidate Srijib Biswas got engaged in a scuffle with the police on Sunday after he was stopped from campaigning on the road that leads to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees residenceSenior CPIM leader Sujan Chakraborty who was accompanying Biswas said they have every right to campaign among the voters of the area but were being unlawfully prevented by the policeAs the CPIM leaders and supporters argued that they have the necessary permission the police said that the candidate and four others can only enter the road together as per the rulesMamata Banerjee is afraid and that is why no one is being allowed to enter Harish Chatterjee Street Chakraborty told reporters after being stopped at the entrance of the road in the Kalighat areaCPIM candidate Biswas Chakraborty and three others were later allowed to campaign in the Harish Chatterjee Street areaLast week BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal and the partys state president Sukanta Majumdar also got engaged in a war of words with the police after being stopped from campaigning in the areaThe police had then said that they did not have vaccination certificates and were trying to breach a high-security zoneBanerjee is the Trinamool Congress candidate in the bypoll scheduled to be held on September 30 PTI AMR SOM SOM

Kolkata Sep 20 PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid a visit to a famous temple in Bhabanipur area of Kolkata from where she is contesting a by-poll and said she prayed for the destruction of all divisive and communal forcesWhile returning from the state secretariat Banerjee dropped at the Sitala temple in Bhabanipur constituency and offered puja and arati She was accompanied by her nephew and Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek BanerjeeToday I prayed at the famous Sitala temple in Bhabanipur for the welfare of every people of Bengal Let the blessings of the goddess destroy hatred sorrow evil and separatist forces I prayed for peace and harmony in Bengal Banerjee posted on her Facebook page along with some photographs of her offering pujaThe TMC chief last week visited a gurudwara a mosque and another temple in the area and interacted with localsBanerjee a resident of Bhabanipur had won the seat in 2011 and 2016 However in the assembly election held earlier this year she contested from Nandigram where the anti-farmland acquisition movement against the Left Front government had transformed her into a major political force in the state to dare her former protege turned adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP in his home turfThough she powered the TMC to a resounding win for a third straight term in office she lost to Adhikari by a narrow margin and challenged the result in the Calcutta High Court The case is pending Banerjee now must win the Bhabanipur seat to ensure an unbroken stint as the chief ministerAfter her defeat in Nandigram state cabinet minister and TMC MLA from Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay vacated the seat to allow Banerjee to contest from thereBanerjee is pitted against the BJPs Priyanka Tibrewal and CPIMs Srijib Biswas for the September 30 by-poll The Congress has decided not to field a candidate against herThe votes will be counted on October 3 PTI PNT NN NN

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 8 (ANI): Ahead of by-elections in West Bengal, which is scheduled on September 30, the Left Front Committee has announced candidates for all three seats - Bhabanipur, Samserganj and Jangipur -- on Wednesday.