Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The first meeting of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal cabinet, led by the ninth Chief Minister of the state, Suvendu Adhikari, will be held at the current state secretariat at Nabanna in Mandirtala, Howrah district, on Monday.Although the BJP had decided that its ministers would operate from the original state secretariat, the Writers’ Buildings, in central Kolkata, where renovations are taking longer, the new cabinet, including the Chief Minister, …
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Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) The husband of a Trinamool Congress panchayat member was found murdered in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday, police said. The Trinamool Congress alleged that workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) beat him to death, a charge the saffron party has denied.According to police, the body of the Trinamool leader was recovered from behind the Trinamool party office on Sunday morning. He had gone missing on Saturday. Police said there are multiple injury marks on th…
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) West Bengal BJP State President Samik Bhattacharya launched a sharp attack on former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, stating that her political era in the state was over and no alliance could bring her back to power.Commenting on Banerjee’s future political relevance, Bhattacharya remarked that she was free to travel anywhere, including abroad, but insisted her political chapter in West Bengal had effectively ended.“She can go to the Moon, she can go to Antar…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday bowed to the people of West Bengal while attending the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. PM Modi arrived in Kolkata to attend the event. After entering the Brigade Parade Grounds, PM Modi, accompanied by Chief Minister designate Suvendu Adhikari and state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, took a ride in an open-air jeep and waved at the thousands of BJP workers and supporters who were pres…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, led by its West Bengal legislature party leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday reached Lok Bhavan to formally stake its claim to form the government with Governor R.N. Ravi. State BJP President and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya, as well as several party MPs from the state and senior state party leaders, were also present in the delegation.Adhikari and Bhattacharya jointly handed over a letter staking formal claim for form…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) After Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, Adhikari said that the decision reflects the “democracy” within the party whose elected representatives have chosen the leader.Speaking to reporters, Adhikari expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Nitin Nabin and Home Minister Shah for the opportunity.”This is the democracy in BJP where elec…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to choose the new leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, who will assume the role of the new Chief Minister of the state following the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently held elections, the results of which were announced on May 4.His flight landed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at around 11 a.m. He was greeted at the airport by…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) BJP West Bengal President, Samik Bhattacharya on Friday said that all preparations for the formation of the new government in the state have been completed and described the occasion as a ‘festival’ for the people of West Bengal. Speaking to IANS, Samik Bhattacharya said, “The preparations for forming the government have already been completed. The oath-taking ceremony will take place tomorrow at 10 A.M. The Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Home Minister, and several Chi…
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…