New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) When West Bengal goes to poll in the second and last phase of Assembly election on Wednesday, the Matua community will hold an important position in determining the outcome of the May 4 results, especially in the two North Parganas districts, and Nadia.Primarily spread across North 24 Parganas and Nadia, the bloc is seen as the single most decisive swing-constituency within several key Assembly seats.From Gaighata and Bangaon Dakshin to Habra and Hasnabad, analysts est…
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) West Bengal’s principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will need to significantly shore up its 2021 performance in phase two of Assembly election scheduled on Wednesday, April 29, where most of the 142 seats spread across seven districts have historically voted overwhelmingly for the ruling Trinamool Congress. The BJP had a favourable field among the 152 constituencies which went to poll in the first phase last Thursday, April 23, where it had won 59 of the …
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighbouring country because of religious oppression there, will be deported, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday. “The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single Hindu refugee will be deprived of their Indian citizenship or deported,” the Home Minister said while addressing a gathering at Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The devastating fire at the factory-cum-warehouse of Wow Momo at Anandapur on the Southern outskirts of Kolkata earlier this week that killed 25 people, was not a simple accident but a result of rampant corruption on part of the Mamata Banerjee-led state administration in West Bengal, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah said on Saturday afternoon.Speaking at a mass rally-cum-BJP workers’ conference at Barrackpore in South 24 Parganas district, the Union Home Minister also cla…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday countered the Trinamool Congress’ claims that several voters from the Matua community in West Bengal will lose their voting rights following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state, underlining that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not only determined to protect the voting rights of the Matuas and other religious refugees in West Bengal but also ensure their long-term development.”I request the people from the …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s Friday visit to Thakurnagar in North 24 Pargana district – the cultural and spiritual hub of the Matua community – and paying obeisance at a temple has sparked a political spat. This underscores the community’s importance in swinging political fortunes with Assembly elections slated in the first half of 2026.During the short visit, Abhishek accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of …
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had “deliberately” targeted the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) as the agency was assisting the Trinamool Congress with its poll strategy and also helping the party during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.He also accused the ED of being habitual in harassing Trinamool Congress leaders, including…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party national president and the Union Minister for Health, J.P. Nadda, will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday night and will attend two crucial meetings, one administrative and the other political.On Thursday morning, he will attend and address a health-related seminar in the city, and in the second half, will chair a crucial organisational meeting of the BJP’s state leadership, confirmed a state committee member of the BJP.He will return to New Delhi on Th…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) After the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to West Bengal during the year-end, BJP President and the Union Minister of Health, J.P. Nadda, is likely to come to Kolkata this month to review the party’s organisational preparedness for the assembly elections. A state committee member of the party said that on January 8, Nadda will visit Kolkata to address a health-related seminar in the city. “Samik Bhattacharya had specially invited Nadda to be present at…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the core leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal to constantly counter Trinamool Congress’ propaganda, which is spreading fear and panic among voters from the Matua community about their potential loss of voting rights following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.While addressing a press conference in the city on Tuesday afternoon, the Union Home Minister clearly assured the Matua com…