Pitched battles marked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Siliguri, North Bengal, on Monday afternoon, when police fired tear gas projectiles and used water cannons to prevent workers and party leaders from approached Uttar Kanya, the secretary of state in North Bengal, in violation of prohibition orders under Section …
Read More »‘Will implement new citizenship law in Bengal’: BJP’s Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy – kolkata
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will start campaigning from January for the implementation of the new citizenship law in West Bengal, which is linked to the ballot box, announced the party’s national secretary general, Kailash Vijayvargiya, and the national vice president. Mukul Roy, at a public meeting in Calcutta on …
Read More »Opposition parties call back to Bharat bandh
A number of political parties, from Congress to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have backed on Tuesday the call for a Bharat bandh (closure strike) in support of farmers who have gathered on Delhi’s borders to protest against three agricultural laws introduced. through the Center, as the city’s traffic police braced …
Read More »BJP’s Cup of Woes Filled to the Brim by Farmers’ Protests
From Award Wapasi to the call by regional parties to unite in the name of federalism, the ongoing protest over the new farm laws could be a major political challenge for the BJP, especially at a time when it is betting big on 2021. from West Bengal. Assembly votes and …
Read More »After Suvendu, Bengal Minister Rajib Banerjee criticizes TMC leaders, feels ‘marginalized’
By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Updated: December 6, 2020 6:21:09 pm Those who are doing well, with skill, marginalized in the party: Rajib Banerjee. Amid speculation about the next move by TMC dissident leader Suvendu Adhikari, another minister of state and TMC leader Rajib Banerjee lashed out at …
Read More »Those in contact with opposition parties can resign from TMC: Mamata Banerjee
By: Express News Service | Kolkata | December 5, 2020 5:38:40 am Mamata Banerjee. (Archive) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in contact with the Opposition were free to resign from the party rather than weaken it from within, and warned that “anti-party activities” …
Read More »‘Flatterers are given importance’: another TMC minister shows signs of discontent – kolkata
A day after Trinamool Congress Supreme Mamata Banerjee sent a stern warning to rebels within the ruling party in West Bengal, a minister from her cabinet showed signs of discontent on Saturday. “Whenever I tried to show my competence and ability, I was relegated to the back seat. I do …
Read More »‘BJP topples my government again’, alleges Rajasthan Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot – jaipur
Rajasthan’s Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot again blamed the BJP on Saturday for trying to topple his government, four months after a political crisis was resolved, sparked by the rebellion of then-Chief Deputy Minister Sachin Pilot. Gehlot had blamed the BJP at the time for engineering the revolt to bring down …
Read More »Top BJP Leaders Add Fuel to Speculation Over TMC’s Heavyweight Shift Side
Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party have stoked speculation that Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari would switch sides, a day before the former minister of state could clarify his position. “He has already resigned. Time will tell what you want to do and how many more days you want. …
Read More »We want TMC’s ‘natural death’, we don’t want the President’s government in West Bengal: BJP leader
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samik Bhattacharya said his party does not want the President’s Rule to be imposed in West Bengal, adding that they want the “natural death” of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). “We don’t want Article 356 (President’s Rule) in West Bengal. It is Mamata Banerjee and …
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