The leader of the newly incorporated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, said on Saturday that he was ashamed to have been associated with Trinamool Congress (TMC) for so long in his career. Addressing party workers in the BJP office here, Adhikari said: “The political party that …
Read More »As Congress and the Left Front unite for the Bengal elections, so they did in previous polls
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2020 7:31:22 pm Congress President Rahul Gandhi with CPM Secretary General Sitaram Yechury in Jantar Mantar on Thursday. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) In an attempt to reclaim its lost ground in West Bengal in the impending assembly elections …
Read More »Bengal village welcomes Amit Shah with live baul performance and local cuisine
Amid a busy schedule on the second day of his two-day tour of West Bengal, bound for the polls, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah had lunch with a Baul family on Sunday in a remote Bengal village. in the Birbhum district. The family also organized a live performance. The Bauls …
Read More »Determined to defeat BJP who cheated on us, he will support Mamata: GJM’s Roshan Giri
With West Bengal’s assembly elections scheduled for next year, Roshan Giri of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) faction said on Sunday that they will back Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who said that unlike the faction’s longtime ally , the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “keeps her promises”. Giri, general secretary of …
Read More »Mamata Banerjee says Amit Shah’s lunch at the Adivasi house exhibit, the food came from a five-star hotel
West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Monday that Union Interior Minister and Bharatiya Janata party leader Amit Shah’s lunch at the home of an Adivasi party worker in the state earlier this month it was a “boast,” reported PTI. He claimed that the food was ordered from a five-star …
Read More »5 TMC MPs could resign at any time, says BJP MP Arjun Singh in Bengal bound for the polls
At least five MPs from the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal can resign from the party at any time, Bharatiya Janata party MP Arjun Singh said on Saturday. The list includes TMC party veterans and heavyweights such as Saugata Roy and Suvendu Adhikari, Singh added. “At least five TMC MPs …
Read More »Mukul Roy, former confidant of CM Mamata, appointed vice president of BJP ahead of crucial Bengal elections
In an important rejig, the Bharatiya Janata party on Saturday elevated Mukul Roy, a former confidant of Trinamool Congress Supreme Supreme Court Chief Mamata Banerjee, to the post of vice president. Political experts see this as a move that could have a far-reaching impact on the upcoming assembly elections in …
Read More »Explained: Why the appointment of Adhir Chowdhury as head of the Bengal Congress matters
Written by Shantanu Chowdhury | Kolkata | Updated: September 10, 2020 10:49:33 pm The newly appointed President of the Congress of West Bengal Pradesh, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (right), together with the MLA of Congress and the leader of the opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Abdul Mannan, at a press conference …
Read More »Bengal’s new head of Congress wants Zabardast fight, ties with the left
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the new head of the West Bengal Congress Calcutta: Congress wants to join the left in taking on the BJP and Trinamool Congress in the upcoming Bengal Assembly elections, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said at his first press conference since becoming head of the …
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