With only around five months to go until the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a 117-member electoral management team as part of the largest electoral machinery the party has ever established in the state. The team has been divided into 31 units, each …
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Disgruntled TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari said Thursday that he will continue to serve the people of the state as a “son of Bengal and India.” His comment came amid speculation about his next political move following the stalemate in dialogue between him and the party, which had claimed that differences …
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, 69, and Minister of State Firhad Hakim, 61, have expressed their willingness to volunteer for the phase 3 trial of Covaxin, the government-backed Covid-19 vaccine. . The trial began in Calcutta on Wednesday. “I have received calls from many people who want to come forward …
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The Oxford Union debating society postponed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s virtual speech late on Wednesday afternoon, citing unforeseen problems. “The request has been made by phone from the organizers, citing some unforeseen problems, a while ago. The program with Oxford Union today is canceled, ”the state Department of …
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Rebel lawmaker Suvendu Adhikari informed Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership on Wednesday that he was unable to work for the ruling party, people familiar with the matter said. Adhikari sent a text message to TMC leader Saugata Roy, saying that his problems with TMC were far from over. He responded to …
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Trinamool Congress Suvendu Adhikari resigned as Minister of Transport and Irrigation Highlight Senior leaders Saugata Roy, Sudip Banerjee met with Suvendu Adhikari “Suvendu keeps the Trinamool,” Roy said after meeting Suvendu Adhikari had resigned from Bengal’s cabinet days ago Calcutta: In a breakthrough for the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, …
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It’s all there on the teleprompter, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, ignoring that Prime Minister Modi quoted a verse in Bengali during his Mann ki Baat radio address on Sunday, adding that she knows a great amount of languages but doesn’t feel the need to advertise or “show off”. …
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With its sights set on the 2021 assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal is launching one of its biggest outreach campaigns to connect with people over the next two months, starting Tuesday. “The Duare Sarkar scheme will highlight about a dozen government programs and address the grievances …
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With voices of dissent in the TMC increasingly high-pitched, BJP MP Saumitra Khan scoffed at the ruling dispensation on Sunday, stating that the governor may soon ask West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, to demonstrate her majority in the Assembly. The TMC, for its part, said that the leaders of …
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Two days after Trinamool Congress (TMC) rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the cabinet, Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee targeted the heavyweight leader in his first rally on Sunday. electoral, even when TMC held two rallies in the Adhikari territory in the east. Midnapore. …
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