Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE updates: Congress alleges TMC vandalised helipad ahead of Rahul’s Raiganj rally

Flags of political parties and other campaigning material being sold at a shop ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, at Bara Bazar, in Kolkata. File.
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The Congress on Monday (April 13, 2026) alleged that a helipad being prepared for party leader Rahul Gandhi’s rally at Raiganj in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Tuesday (April 14, 2026) was vandalised by the ruling Trinamool Congress workers and lodged a police complaint in this regard. The TMC rejected the charge and claimed that the Congress itself had done it to malign the ruling party.

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Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) appointed IPS Officer M. Sarvana Vivek as police observer for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. 

Over in Tamil Nadu, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin turned the tables on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami by emphasising that, had she been alive, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa would have opposed issues such as delimitation that sought to deprive Tamil Nadu of its rights. Mr. Palaniswami on the other hand, alleged voters in the State were receiving phone calls asking them to vote for the DMK, and this was being done using the data collected during the Oraniyil Tamil Nadu campaign.

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