Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) After Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, Adhikari said that the decision reflects the “democracy” within the party whose elected representatives have chosen the leader.Speaking to reporters, Adhikari expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Nitin Nabin and Home Minister Shah for the opportunity.”This is the democracy in BJP where elec…
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Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s judgment that it would not pass any order related to officers deployed on election duty until April 29, the day of second phase of polling in West Bengal.The decision came after a lawyer verbally appealed the court to restrict Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma.Previously, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan had alleged that Sharma issued threats to hi…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The BJP and Trinamool Congress on Saturday locked horns after clashes were reported in Ram Navami rallies, primarily in Murshidabad in poll-bound West Bengal.Earlier, clashes were also reported in Basanti Bazar area of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which is scheduled to vote in next month’s two-phased Assembly polls.Reacting to reports of violence, BJP leader Locket Chatterjee told IANS, “The law-and-order situation is very bad (in the state). What West Beng…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) BJP leaders on Tuesday attacked the Trinamool Congress after a local BJP worker was found dead in West Bengal’s Raidighi, calling the incident ‘shameful’. BJP’s West Bengal general secretary Locket Chatterjee told reporters, “They (Trinamool) are now attacking BJP workers. Bullet, knife, all this is happening now. The entire country comes to know when elections are happening in West Bengal. It is very shameful. The people of Bengal will reply to this in 2026 (Assembly el…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Out of the five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal for which elections will be held on March 16, the ruling Trinamool Congress is all set to comfortably bag four, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have to settle with one, as per the numerical strengths of the two parties in the state Assembly.Of these Rajya Sabha seats, three will fall vacant with the end of the current terms of sitting Trinamool members, namely Subrata Bakshi, Ritabrata Banerjee, and Saket Gokhale…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Kasturi Goswami, the daughter of former Left Front government Minister Kshiti Goswami joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, along with former National Security Guard (NSG) Commando Dipanjan Chakraborty and retired Central Reserve Police Force officer Biplab Biswas. The eminent personalities joined the BJP at its Salt Lake party office in the presence of West Bengal BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, Leader of the Opposition in State Assembly…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The BJP might finalise its lone candidate for the Rajya Sabha nomination from West Bengal by the first week of March.A total of five seats in the Upper House of the Parliament from West Bengal are falling vacant by the end of April this year.As per the numerical strength equation in the West Bengal Assembly, Trinamool Congress will easily get its candidates elected from four out of the five vacant seats, while the BJP will be able to get its lone candidate elected.Till now…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the names of its various panel chiefs for the state, which includes two sitting Lok Sabha members.According to the list issued by BJP’s state president and the party’s Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, the party’s two-time Lok Sabha member from Bishunupur constituency in Bankura district, Saumitra Khan, has been named as the in-charge of the party’s Yuva Morcha (youth wing) in the state…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday named 34 members of the party’s new state committee in West Bengal.Party Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, was already elected as the state president of West Bengal last year.On Wednesday, the 34 members of the new state committee were named.The 34 new names included 12 vice-presidents, five general secretaries, 12 secretaries, one treasurer, two joint treasurers, one office secretary, and one joint office secretary.At the…