Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the Trinamool Congress-led state government and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing the latter of attempting to “spread” illegal infiltrators in the country. The BJP also held the Trinamool accountable for developmental issues in the state.The BJP leaders campaigned in different parts of the state for the upcoming two-phased Assembly elections, scheduled for April 23 and …
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha on Monday began a hunger strike in Dinhata to protest what he described as the arbitrary deletion of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Guha alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had removed the names of ordinary voters at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In protest, leaders and worker…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday appealed to people to “boycott the BJP” in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, alleging that the party was targeting voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Banerjee made the remarks while addressing party workers at a sit-in demonstration at Esplanade in central Kolkata to protest against nearly 60 lakh people being placed in the “under adjudication” cate…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) West Bengal electoral list includes Bangladeshi infiltrators, Rohingyas, and fake voters, reiterated state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday, stressing that intruders will be “detected, deleted, and deported”. The Rajya Sabha MP was addressing the media at New Delhi’s party headquarters along with BJP Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Balurghat constituency and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar.Commenting on West Bengal Ch…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Saturday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she has transformed ‘Sonar Bangla’ (Golden Bengal) into ‘Bhay Bangla’ (Bengal of fear). He also accused her of indulging in what he described as divisive appeasement politics.He further said that the “TMC stands for ‘Tushtikaran’ (appeasement), Mafia, and Crime by infiltrators”.Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New…
Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fact-finding committee formed in the backdrop of row surrounding demolition and rehabilitation of encroachers in Kogilu Layout region of Bengaluru by the Congress-led state government after the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in this matter. Speaking to the media after submitting a report to the State BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra at …
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) At least four Rohingyas, who had entered India illegally, were arrested by the security forces in Assam’s Cachar district on Friday, officials said. According to police, four persons, including two women, were caught in the Katigorah locality in the Cachar district after it was found that they crossed the international border and entered Indian territory by illegal means.The police said that forged documents, including refugee cards, were recovered from their possession….
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) Karnataka BJP chief President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday that the Congress-led government is colluding to turn the state into another Bangladesh. Speaking at a protest organised near the Country Club on Bagalur Main Road under the slogan “Save Kogilu, remove illegal migrants”, Vijayendra termed the move to allot houses to alleged illegal migrants an unpardonable crime and said the BJP strongly condemns it and will launch statewide protests.He alleged that …
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) Security has been tightened along certain portions of the international borders in Tripura following reports of the movement of cadres belonging to two Bangladesh-based armed groups — the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) and the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), officials said on Saturday. District Magistrate of Gomati district in southern Tripura, Rinku Lather, issued a notification stating that reliable inputs had been received from the Border Secu…
New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar of not giving any proper answer to the questions raised by the party delegation of MPs led by him on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal during a meeting at the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in Delhi.“Last time in November, when we met the CEC and highlighted our points related to …