Left, Right & Centre

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was attacked today in Nandigram, where she had gone to file her nomination for the coming elections. The Chief Minister said she was pushed by four or five people at a time when there was no police personnel around her. The BJP, which had blamed the Trinamool after its chief JP Nadda's convoy was attacked in Bengal in December, called today's incident a political stunt by the Trinamool Congress. Also on the show, an exclusive chat with Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on "Deshbhakti Budget" announced by the Delhi government ahead of the 75th year of India's Independence. Former Congress leader, PC Chacko, speaks to NDTV on what lead to him quitting the party.

Congress veteran PC Chacko quit the party today complaining that there was "no democracy left" in the Congress and not sparing the "high command" in his recriminations. "There is no Congress party in Kerala as such," just two factions of the party, he said. But he firmly dismissed speculation about joining the BJP.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that neither the local police nor the police superintendent were near her when four-five people deliberately pushed leading to the injury on her leg. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar visited Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata's government-run SSKM hospital amid "go back" slogans by hundreds of the Trinamool supporters gathered there. The Election Commission has sought a report from Chief Secretary and Special Observers.

Delhi's first paperless budget, the "Deshbhakti Budget", was presented by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Assembly. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Manish Sisodia said, "We all celebrate birthdays & anniversaries. This is the 75th year of India's Independence and we want to celebrate it like a festival. The budget is centered on the last 75 years of India's Independence and plans for the next 25 years."

"BJP's only option was their divisive & polarising narrative. Now, they got it straight back from the Chief Minister," Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said about Mamata Banerjee's visit to the Chandi temple in Nandigram.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenged the BJP's Hindutva card a day before filing her nomination from Nandigram - the bastion of her former close aide Suvendu Adhikari who crossed over to the BJP, and visited a temple and a dargah saying she won't allow a Hindu-Muslim divide in the state. This the top debate on Left, Right and Centre.

A massive political row has erupted over the alleged role of a Mumbai police official in the mysterious death of Mansukh Hiren in the Ambani bomb scare case. While the BJP demands the arrest of the police official, the Maharashtra government says a probe is underway and that the guilty will be punished.

Trivendra Rawat on Tuesday stepped down as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister a year before the state goes to polls, amid growing resentment within party ranks. The Congress has called it an admission of the BJP government's failure in the state. Listen in to the former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat.

With both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress fielding actors to boost their prospects in the battle for West Bengal, NDTV speaks to two stars who've stepped into the battlefield to fight it out politically, in opposing parties. Can the star power win votes in the upcoming elections?

The clash of titans in West Bengal heats up ahead of the assembly elections, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leading an all-women march against the BJP, a day after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega rally in Kolkata. Attacking PM Modi directly, Mamata Banerjee ended her speech with fierce slogans against the BJP.