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‘We will see where you cast your vote’: TMC goon intimidates people ahead of West Bengal election, forces them to vote for Mamata’s regime,...

OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2026

A similar video went viral on social media earlier this month, showing a TMC goon threatening people not to vote for the BJP.

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Building AIIMS, IITs and IIMs, ensuring women’s safety, and deporting infiltrators: Amit Shah lays out the BJP’s roadmap to transform West Bengal. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2026

Shah said that after forming a government in the state, the BJP will ensure that no one is allowed to perform four marriages in the state.

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BBC peddles Muslim exclusion propaganda over deletion of 90 lakh voter names in West Bengal SIR: Read how the pro-TMC author ignored facts and...

Shraddha Pandey - 14 April, 2026

In the BBC article headlined, “Political turmoil in Indian border state as nine million lose voting rights”, Bhattacharya pushed a border state panic narrative and framed the name deletions as a politically motivated “loss of voting rights” that could “shape state policies”. Staying true to the objective of the propaganda piece, the Kolkata-based ‘independent journalist’ emphasised on the imaginary targeting of Muslims.

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‘Answer the bomb with ballot’: Amit Shah appeals to people ahead of West Bengal election, slams TMC for corruption and Bangladeshi infiltration

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2026

Focusing on border security, Shah accused the state government of not cooperating with the Border Security Force.

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Special Intensive Revision: Over 5.2 crore names purged across 12 states and 3 UTs; Uttar Pradesh leads deletions, followed by West Bengal and Tamil...

Anurag - 13 April, 2026

Special Intensive Revision removed duplicate, shifted and unverifiable electors across states. Uttar Pradesh recorded the largest drop, followed by Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, as total electorate declined after additions during claims, objections and verification.

Fact-Check

The Telegraph peddles fake ‘internal survey’ report of BJP, party slams TMC’s attempt to plant false stories to distract from real issue

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2026

“There is no such internal survey of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The overwhelming support for the BJP in West Bengal has clearly unnerved the Trinamool Congress, which is now planting such scurrilous stories to distract from the real issues,” the party made it clear.

Crime

NIA arrests 3 Congress workers including Shahadat and Asif for violence against judicial officers in Muslim-dominated Malda: Details

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2026

Before the NIA took over, the case was being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which had already arrested 35 people.

Crime

Ahead of West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election, TMC leader murders his wife for supporting BJP: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2026

According to a report by The Times of India, the victim was identified as Adipata Das. The incident occurred on Sunday (12th April) at Minakhan in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

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As West Bengal goes to polls, read about 40 incidents of rapes, murders andvandalism committed by TMC goons following the 2021 Vidhan Sabha election

Aditi - 12 April, 2026

Numerous horror stories of assaults, killings and rapes emerged from across the state after the results of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.

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