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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the BJP’s campaign for West Bengal Assembly elections from Cooch Behar today

Published - April 05, 2026 08:46 am IST

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The BJP on Saturday announced its fifth list of five candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections. With this, the BJP has released the names of 292 candidates for the 294 seats in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Cooch Behar district on Sunday (April 5, 2026) to launch the BJP’s campaign for the West Bengal Assembly elections, a senior party leader said.

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Union Minister and BJP election-in-charge for Puducherry, Mansukh Mandaviya, along with BJP Puducherry president V.P. Ramalingam, on Saturday (April 5, 2026) launched the BJP manifesto for the upcoming elections in Puducherry.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday (April 5, 2026), addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, claimed that while the real culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district’s Mothabari have escaped, the NIA is picking up innocent local people and harassing them.

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April 05, 2026 08:46
West Bengal | Modi to launch BJP’s Bengal campaign from Cooch Behar on April 5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Cooch Behar district on Sunday (April 5, 2026) to launch the BJP’s campaign for the West Bengal Assembly elections, a senior party leader said.
Mr. Modi is scheduled to address the BJP’s ‘Bijoy Sankalpa Sabha’ at the historic Ras Mela grounds in the afternoon, marking the start of the party’s intensified outreach in north Bengal, with the aim of consolidating grassroots support in a region that has become a saffron stronghold over the years and a critical electoral battlefield.
During the rally, the PM is expected to outline the party’s vision for a “developed West Bengal”, highlight issues raised in the BJP’s recently released ‘People’s Chargesheet’ against the ruling TMC in the state, and focus on governance, law and order, and alleged corruption.
- PTI

Published - April 05, 2026 08:46 am IST

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