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Assembly elections 2026: Single-phase polling begins for 296 seats across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2026

Polling began on Thursday for 296 assembly seats across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry.

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‘Everyone must break their necks, spines, and arms’: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee under fire for instigating violence against the BJP, complained filed

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2026

The BJP highlighted how, during the 2021 assembly elections in the state, post-poll violence happened at the behest of TMC leadership.

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ECI flags violation of Model Code of Conduct to Karnataka govt ahead of bypolls, Deputy CM Shivakumar calls it a BJP conspiracy

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2026

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar accused the BJP of conspiring with the Election Commission.

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West Bengal: Election Commission suspends Assistant Returning Officer Jyotsna Khatun after she was found to be campaigning for TMC, criticised SIR saying ‘ECI made...

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2026

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Jyotsna Khatun, Joint Block Development Officer (Jt BDO) of Khandaghosh Development Block and Assistant Returning Officer...

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Calcutta HC dismisses PIL challenging ECI’s pre-poll transfers in West Bengal, affirms Commission’s authority: Read what the court said

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2026

The High Court said that the petitioners could not establish that the ECI's orders were used in an arbitrary manner and resulted in an injury to a public interest.

Crime

West Bengal: Election Commission suspends police inspector for failure to prevent attack on BJP workers and police by TMC workers in Basanti

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2026

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Inspector Avijit Paul, in-charge of Basanti Police Station in South 24 Parganas district, with immediate effect...

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Bengal: EC removes 340 Muslim names including BLO from Basirhat booth during SIR process, were marked “under adjudication” in draft roll

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2026

The names of the Booth Level Officer, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, and his two siblings had been deleted from the supplementary list.

Government and Policy

Election Commission removes seven CAPF personnel from election duty in West Bengal for breaching code of conduct by attending Iftar party

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2026

The EC is using the incident as an example to train the CAPF personnel.

Law

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging the reshuffle of senior IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal ordered by the ECI

OpIndia Staff - 20 March, 2026

A petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court contesting the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer senior administrative and police...

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