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 9 (IANS) As the first BJP-led Cabinet in West Bengal is slated to be sworn in on Saturday morning, the next Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, this morning, stated that the oath-ceremony in the presence of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will mark an historic dawn for the state.Adhikari also stated that this historic oath ceremony would mark the end of the misrule of the last 15 years of the Trinamool Congress regime and the beginning of a new journey for West Bengal towards the path …
Patna, May 9 (IANS) BJP Bihar President, Sanjay Saraogi, on Saturday described the swearing-in of Suvendu Adhikari as the Chief Minister of West Bengal as a big day for BJP workers across the country. He said the ‘anti-people’government in Bengal had been defeated and expressed confidence that the state would witness major development under BJP leadership. Speaking to IANS, Saraogi said, “Today is a big day for Bharatiya Janata Party workers across the country and for the people of Bengal. The…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Colour has long mirrored political change in West Bengal, vividly reflecting shifts in power over the last half-century. From the Left Front’s iconic red to the Trinamool Congress’s blue-and-white, political transitions in the state have often found expression through colour.Just as Left leaders favoured red, former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned Kolkata blue — a shade she said symbolised the idea that “the sky is the limit”. Her personal attire, a white s…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) As the West Bengal Assembly election results indicate a change of power with the BJP heading to victory, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the deployment of Central forces in government offices, including Nabanna, the current state secretariat.This is being done to protect government documents, said officials on Monday.CRPF teams were deployed at several government offices in the state in the afternoon to “protect government documents from being destroyed”,…