Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Saumitra Khan said on Thursday that the rebel Trinamool Congress leaders are free to form a separate platform and will not be allowed to join the BJP.His reaction comes amid a growing rift within the Trinamool Congress, leading to the resignation of several party leaders and MPs.Previously, Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar and West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya had made similar statements that no leader from the Mamata Ban…
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Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) BJP MP Saumitra Khan on Monday hailed the decisions taken in the first Cabinet meeting led by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, saying the new government had taken strong steps for public welfare and national security.Speaking to IANS, Khan said the state government had prioritised border security and welfare schemes in its very first Cabinet meeting.”Today, in the very first Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has hit a six for the country’s secu…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) For nearly half a century, political rulers in West Bengal defied, challenged and even ridiculed those at the Centre while fiercely defending their fortress — much like the tiny Gaulish village imagined by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in the popular Asterix-Obelix series.As depicted in the immensely popular comic books, the inhabitants often fought among themselves, but united whenever confronted by those they branded as “outsiders”.Unlike the fictional Gaulish villag…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the names of its various panel chiefs for the state, which includes two sitting Lok Sabha members.According to the list issued by BJP’s state president and the party’s Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, the party’s two-time Lok Sabha member from Bishunupur constituency in Bankura district, Saumitra Khan, has been named as the in-charge of the party’s Yuva Morcha (youth wing) in the state…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday named 34 members of the party’s new state committee in West Bengal.Party Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, was already elected as the state president of West Bengal last year.On Wednesday, the 34 members of the new state committee were named.The 34 new names included 12 vice-presidents, five general secretaries, 12 secretaries, one treasurer, two joint treasurers, one office secretary, and one joint office secretary.At the…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) As the year draws to a close, Trinamool Congress leaders and workers are busy with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s voters’ list. Amid the SIR exercise, Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to hold a political programme at the end of the year.According to sources at the State Secretariat, if all is well, Chief Minister Banerjee will hold a public meeting on December 30 at the Barjora College grounds in Bankura distric…