Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) On the occasion of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, honouring the martyr soldiers on the 27th anniversary of the India’s military victory at Kargil in Jammu & Kashmir, the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal and the party’s Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, on Sunday issued strong note of caution for those in the state raising ‘Kashmir Mange Azadi’ slogans. “None raising the ‘‘Kashmir Mange Azadi’ slogan will be spared. Thos…
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Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, on Tuesday issued a note of caution for party’s state leaders, including elected public representatives, to refrain from excessive interference in the affairs of the different community Durga Pujas in the state, a complaint, which was rampant against leaders, MLAs, MPs and even Councillors during the previous Trinamool Congress government. Bhattacharya has issued a social media …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — filed their nominations on Monday for the bypolls to three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, scheduled to be held on July 24.All three were Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members. However, they resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month before the completion of their respective terms, necessitating bypolls to the three seats.On the afternoon o…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Three former Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress, who resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party’s state headquarters in Salt Lake, Kolkata. BJP’s state president in West Bengal and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the three leaders – Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik – and handed over the party flag to them.Bhattacharya clarified that allo…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The death of Pravas Mondal, the first of the four accused to be arrested in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in a police encounter on early Wednesday morning, has evoked mixed reactions from the different political parties in the state.Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, a prominent face in the faction led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhis…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) On the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that a chapter on the life of Mukherjee will henceforth be included in the school syllabus. The Chief Minister made this announcement while addressing a function organised at the Mitra Institution on Monday afternoon to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder.”The school syllabus should de…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday expressed his displeasure over the recent developments in Kamarhati Municipality in North 24 Parganas district and sought a report on the matter. He also asserted that the BJP will not tolerate such “encroachment politics”.Recently, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee’s elder brother, Sushanta Chatterjee, was made the chairman of Kamarhati Municipality. This has sparked a major political debate in the state. BJP state president S…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) A day before the arrival of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to participate in the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a bust of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder was vandalised in Kolkata, said the police on Sunday.According to the police, the lower part of the altar was found broken on Sukea Street in central Kolkata.The bust was installed in the Sukea Street area in view of the birth anniversary celebrations of the Jana Sangh founder. It was sche…
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has launched a scathing attack on the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, accusing it of unleashing “political intimidation at its worst” following a series of abrupt detentions and police summons.In a strong worded social media post aimed at the BJP government on at Thursday evening on X, Banerjee wrote: “Over the past couple of weeks, STF/CID @WBPolice has without prop…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra, who faced protests after eggs and cow dung were hurled at her by a mob in the presence of police, has received an unexpected supporter from a veteran leader of the party’s arch political rival, CPI(M).Veteran Marxist leader, former party Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, has issued a social media post condemning the attack on Moitra while reminding that he is airing his voice of protest in t…