Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Riju Dutta, recently sacked by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for six years, has claimed that disciplinary action was taken against him because he publicly thanked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) helping protect his family after they received threats following the West Bengal Assembly elections. Dutta also levelled serious allegations regarding the party’s ticket distribution process and claimed that the political consultancy firm IPAC was effectively “running the show” and “ma…
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Saturday unfollowed former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s X accounts after Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. At the same time, the list of those whom the Kolkata Police are now following includes the accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his office.The results o…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday made a sharp political attack on the ruling dispensation in West Bengal while reacting to the BJP’s rise in the state and the upcoming swearing-in of Suvendu Adhikari as Chief Minister.Singh said, “It is true that the land of Bengal has been a cultural centre of Sanatan tradition. But those who ruled the state, especially the TMC, became increasingly extremist, targeting Hindus, promoting hooliganism, creating anarchy, and purs…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) After 55 years, another son of the soil of East Midnapore district will become the Chief Minister of the state. On Friday, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the name of Suvendu Adhikari as the leader of the BJP’s Legislative Party who will be the ninth Chief Minister of the state, there was excitement throughout the district. While Suvendu will take oath at Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, initiatives have been taken at various places in …
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel arrived in Kolkata on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari, who is set to become West Bengal’s first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Patel was accompanied by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu and Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu as senior BJP and NDA leaders gathered in Kolkata ahead of the oath-taking ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground.Adhikari was formally elected lea…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prepares to form its first-ever government in West Bengal on Saturday, party National President Nitin Nabin described the development as a “new dawn of trust” and expressed confidence that the state is entering a new phase of growth and governance. In a post shared on X, Nabin said the beginning of the BJP rule in Bengal symbolises fresh hope among the people for development, security and better governance under the leadership of Prime …
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in on Saturday as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister at a ceremony to be held at Brigade Parade Ground.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers, and chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.Earlier on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, m…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Two anti-land acquisition movements that turned out to be principal architects of the fall of 34-year Left Front regime in West Bengal in 2011 were the one against the Tata Motor’s small car project at Singur in Hooghly district and the one at Nandigram in East Midnapore district against the proposed chemical hub project by Indonesia-based Salim Group. At that point in time, sometime in 2007, Singur was a more high-profile movement catching the attention of the internationa…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking the beginning of the state’s first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government since Independence.The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shah with newly elected BJP legislators following the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the results of which were declared on May 4. The oath-taking ceremony will be held on Saturd…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) From “Dum Dum Dawai” (Dum Dum medicine) to “sayesta kora” (to punish) or “chomke deoa” (to surprise or alarm), politics in West Bengal is laced with euphemism that translates into anything from domination to revenge, but it is perhaps for the first time that a party winning the poll verdict is largely facing violence. Across Congress, Left Front, and Trinamool Congress eras, Bengal’s political violence showed continuity more than rupture, with aggression aimed at the vanq…