Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Saturday that the attack on Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee was the result of “public anger and resentment” towards the previous ruling party in West Bengal.Abhishek Banerjee was severely heckled on Saturday after he reached Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal to meet a party worker who reportedly became a victim of post-poll violence after May 4, when the results…
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday exhibited confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation visit is in India’s interest and will bring a “diplomatic solution” to the global fuel crisis arising out of the West Asia conflict.PM Modi began his five-nation tour from May 15 to 20, covering the UAE, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy. The visit aims to deepen India’s strategic and economic partnerships across key sectors, including energy, def…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) After a demolition drive against illegal construction was launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, party MLAs accused the previous Trinamool Congress regime of indulging in corruption and “benefitting” from the construction of illegal buildings.A day after two people were killed, and five others injured when a fire broke out in a multi-storey building on GJ Khan Road in the Tiljala area of Kolkata, officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation a…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) Senior leaders of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday indirectly targeted the top leadership of the Trinamool Congress over the brutal murder of Chandranath Rath, the long-time personal assistant of outgoing Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, on the night of May 6.Speaking to mediapersons on Thursday, Adhikari said Rath had paid the price for being the personal assistant of a leader who had defeated outgoing W…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday reacted strongly to the killing of Chandranath Rath, Personal Assistant (PA) to the BJP leader and the outgoing Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, suggesting that the murder may have been intended to send a “political message” ahead of the new government formation in the state. In a shocking incident late on Wednesday night, Rath was shot dead while returning home from a party program in the Madhyamgram area of No…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Five candidates in the fray for elections to five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal were declared elected unopposed on Monday. Of the five candidates, four are from the Trinamool Congress and one from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Monday was the last date for the withdrawal of nominations and since the deadline expired without any withdrawal applications, all five candidates in the fray were declared elected unopposed.After being elected, Trinamool Congress candidate …
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday approached the Election Commission alleging several serious irregularities in the nomination papers of BJP candidate Rahul Sinha for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal.State Power Minister Aroop Biswas has sent a detailed complaint to the Election Commission in this regard.According to the minister, the complaint states that serious procedural errors and irregularities were found during the verification of the nomination papers o…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) The process of filing nominations for four Trinamool Congress candidates and one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday.Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal going to polls this time is also five. As per the current numerical strength of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the Assembly, the ruling party is comfortably placed to secure four seat…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) On the death anniversary of Binapani Devi, the former head of Matua Mahasangha in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and the ECI over “deliberate exclusion” of Matua voters from the electoral rolls.Matuas are people from the Hindu backward class community coming as refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh and settling in different pockets in the state, with their concentration mainly in the two districts of North …
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The process for filing nominations for the biennial elections to the Council of States, Rajya Sabha, will begin on Thursday, with candidates set to contest 37 seats in the Upper House.The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 18 announced the schedule for the biennial elections to fill 37 vacancies arising from 10 states. These seats are falling vacant as the terms of the incumbent members are scheduled to conclude in April 2026.As per the notified schedule…