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  Former India footballer Dipendu Biswas returns to TMC ahead of Bengal elections

  West Bengal | Apr 03, 2026, 12:22 PM IST

  Former India footballer Dipendu Biswas had quit the TMC ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections after he was denied a ticket and subsequently joined the BJP.

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  BJP back in Bengal assembly after 15 years, Trinamool retains Chowringhee

  National | Sep 16, 2014, 06:03 PM IST

  Kolkata: After 15 long years, the BJP now has a representative in the West Bengal assembly. Party candidate Shamik Bhattacharya Tuesday won from Basirhat (South) in the bypolls, while the state's ruling party Trinamool retained