New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) BJP leaders on Wednesday intensified their criticism of West Bengal’s outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she has lost public mandate and is politically weakening. In a series of statements, BJP leaders claimed that her party’s influence in West Bengal is declining and warned that she could soon be left with “no political trace” in the state.BJP National Spokesperson, Shahnawaz Hussain said, “Mamata Banerjee has lost her election, she has lost h…
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Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to refrain from promoting defections of elected representatives from other political parties and to avoid accepting them into its ranks. This approach is opposite to the strategy employed by the outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress when it assumed power after ending the Left Front’s 34-year rule in 2011.In fact, a strict instruction has come from the state committee of the BJP tha…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday slammed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over her “stubbornness” after she ruled out the possibility of voluntarily tendering her resignation to the Governor as the outgoing Chief Minister. Pradhan said that the “resistance to accountability” and the refusal to accept the public’s mandate by the Trinamool Congress is an example of how democracy in Bengal “is being held at gunpoint”.In a post on X, Pradhan sa…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday criticised Rahul Gandhi and Congress, saying that the party’s recent electoral outcomes reflected a failure of leadership.In a post on X, Rijiju said: “Rahul Gandhi Ji, this is the reason, so why blame others!! It’s the failure of your leadership. Respect Muslims & don’t treat Muslims as mere Vote Bank.” His remarks came amid ongoing political debate following recent Assembly election outcomes, particu…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) After Mamata Banerjee announced that she would not step down from her position as Chief Minister, the BJP stated on Wednesday that the election results reflect the will of democracy and that she should accept the defeat and apologise. Speaking to IANS, BJP Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Sharma said, “The question of resignation does not arise, as her tenure has already ended and the public has not given her the mandate to continue. It appears as though she wants to remain in…
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With the Trinamool Congress losing elections, a series of resignations from advisory-post holders in the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has begun.The flow of resignations from these advisery-post holders has begun despite the outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s war cry on Tuesday that she would not send her resignation to Governor R.N. Ravi. She has said that she felt that the defeat of her party in the state and her personal defeat at the Bhabanipur …
Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said here that after more than five decades, the same party — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — is set to govern both the Centre and West Bengal, a development that is expected to accelerate the state’s progress. Deb, who played a key role as co-observer during the Bengal Assembly elections and campaigned extensively in the state for several months, made the remarks on Tuesday upon returning to Tripura a day after the e…
Patna, May 6 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh has reacted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s emphatic victory in West Bengal, saying that in a democracy, the people’s mandate is final and must be respected. Speaking to reporters in Patna on Tuesday, the Congress leader said there is little merit in lamenting the results after the government has already been formed.While acknowledging the Assembly poll outcome, Singh expressed satisfaction over the Congres…
Davanagere (Karnataka), May 6 (IANS) As part of reviewing the defeat and boosting morale, Karnataka BJP President and MLA B. Y. Vijayendra on Tuesday visited the residence of defeated BJP candidate Srinivas T Dasakariyappa and held discussions with district BJP leaders on strengthening the party organisation in Davanagere district. It may be noted that Srinivas lost to the Congress candidate, Samarth Mallikarjun, by a narrow margin of 5,708 votes in the Davanagere South segment.Speaking to repor…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed West Bengal Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and CAPFs deployed in the state to ensure zero tolerance towards post-poll violence, an official of the Commission said on Tuesday evening. The directive from the Election Commission came following reports that several incidents of violence took place across the state from Monday evening, after the West Bengal Assembly elections results were declared.The Trinamool Congres…