Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in West Bengal will take oath on May 9 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya said on Wednesday.Speaking to mediapersons, Bhattacharya said May 9 was chosen for the swearing-in ceremony as the day coincides with the birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore according to the Bengali calendar.The swearing-…
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New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party enjoys near-uniform support across castes, something unique in India’s political landscape, and no other Indian party in history has achieved such a feat, former Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Erik Solheim said on Wednesday.Speaking to IANS, the Norwegian diplomat attributed the BJP’s electoral success to a rare consolidation of support cutting across social divisions.He said the party draws backing from a wide spectrum of commun…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday afternoon submitted a report to Governor, R.N. Ravi, on the post-poll violence in the state after the results of the recent Assembly elections were declared on May 4.The CEO at the same time handed over to the Governor the gazette notification on the list of the 293 elected legislators.Although elections were conducted in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in the state, the Election Commiss…
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…
Ropar (Punjab), May 6 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday blamed the BJP for attempting to turn Punjab into a “laboratory of fear and violence” ahead of elections, alleging that two bomb blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar were part of a deliberate strategy to destabilise the state after the passage of the anti-sacrilege law. Drawing parallels with West Bengal, CM Mann said the BJP “thrives on creating communal tension, panic and unrest in poll-bound states to polari…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) West Bengal BJP President, Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday alleged that Trinamool Congress activists were attacking the offices of the party’s own leaders after the BJP’s landslide victory in the state Assembly polls.He was reacting to reports of post-poll violence in the state which claimed that several offices of Trinamool Congress have allegedly been attacked.Speaking to IANS, Bhattacharya alleged that now there is a “discord” within the Trinamool Congress, because of w…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) BJP MP, Manoj Tiwari, on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, over her refusal to resign following the election defeat, alleging that her stance reflects a disregard for democratic principles and constitutional norms.Speaking to IANS, Tiwari said that there is no provision that mandates a Chief Minister to remain in office after losing political legitimacy and emphasised that the Constitution provides a clear and dignified path…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Former West Bengal ministers Sujit Bose and Rathin Ghosh on Wednesday informed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that they would not be able to appear before its officers for questioning in connection with the municipal recruitment corruption case.The ED had summoned them to appear at its office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake area of Kolkata on Wednesday. However, both separately informed the central agency that they were unable to appear before the investigating officers.A…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants India to modernise rapidly while preserving its cultural and civilisational roots rather than adopting a Western model, Norwegian diplomat Erik Solheim said on Wednesday.Speaking to IANS, Solheim — also a former Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment — said that PM Modi envisions a fast-modernising India that remains deeply anchored in its heritage and traditions, rather than one that imitates the West.”Prime Minister Modi wants…
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) The revival of Kolkata as a growth hub holds the key to reviving the eastern half of India which is “distinctively poorer” than the western half of the country, Member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister, Sanjeev Sanyal, said on Wednesday.During an event at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) here on the ‘The Relative Economic Performance of Bhartiya States,’ Sanyal told reporters that “The relative performance of the Indian states shows one or t…