New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders on Friday accused the Opposition of acting irresponsibly and avoiding a discussion on the examination paper leak issue, even as Parliament witnessed another day of disruptions during the Monsoon Session.Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh alleged that the Opposition’s conduct was undermining democratic functioning and claimed that the protest movement had been amplified through social media accounts operating from Pakis…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) NDA leaders on Wednesday defended the Union government’s handling of recent anti-NEET leak protests in the national Capital and accused Opposition parties of politicising student issues and creating disorder. However, they agreed that the Centre should hold dialogue with the protesting students. BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh said the NDA government should engage with protesting students and address their grievances.Singh said the protesting students were citizens of the…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday came out in support of former President late Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee after the latter recalled her father calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s first directly elected PM, terming her remark as a “direct attack on Congress’ dynasty politics”.However, the Congress hit back claiming Sharmistha Mukherjee is attempting to “impress” the BJP leadership.BJP leader Rohan Gupta noted that Pranab …
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…
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…