In another jolt to the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress MLA from Cooch Behar (south) Assembly constituency, Mihir Goswami, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Friday.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday tendered resignation as West Bengal Transport minister. Adhikari's resignation comes a day after he resigned from a state government corporation.
Accusing the BJP of trying to poach TMC MLAs by attempting to bribe them, Banerjee, without naming anyone, said some people are acting as fence-sitters who are under the illusion that the saffron party might come to power in the state.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has been at loggerheads with Mamata Banerjee on several issues since he took charge a year ago. Dhankar had earlier written multiple letters to CM Mamata Banerjee over political killings and the poor handling of the coronavirus situation in the state.
Firmly fixing its sights on West Bengal after victory in Bihar, the BJP in Bengal on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national president J P Nadda will visit the state every month till the end of assembly elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi to declare 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, as a national holiday and "take decisive steps to find out what happened to Netaji and place the matter in public domain."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, seeking the declaration of national holiday on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
With the entry of the AIMIM into West Bengal, equations are likely to change,. Buoyed by the results of Bihar polls, Owaisi had announced that the AIMIM would contest elections in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
While talking to INDIA TV BJP Babul Supriyo said Mamata Banerjee using police power in a wrong manner in Bengal.
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that ground in the West Bengal is well prepared for a change and that people are angry over Mamata Banerjee's style of politics.
Students appearing for the Class X and Class XII exams will not be required to sit for their pre-final tests at the school level, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, kicking off BJP's Bengal election campaign on Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win over 200 seats in the West Bengal Assembly Election, scheduled to take place next year — 2021 and form the government.
Amit Shah West Bengal visit: Assembly elections in the state will be held in May 2021. The BJP wants to project it as an alternative to the Trinamool Congress which is ruling the state since 2011 under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership.
The high court said that only organisers can enter the pandals and a maximum of 25 people to be allowed.
Bhartiya Janata Party leader Tejasvi Surya on Thursday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee after a clash between saffron party workers and Kolkata police during a protest.
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed his concern over the "alarming situation" in the state after a BJP leader was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district, and said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should take note of critical aspects that "run down the democratic governance and lawlessness".
Hitting out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that as Goddess Sita had togo through 'Agni Pariksha', the Dalit woman who died after being gang-raped and brutalised in Hathras was put on a funeral pyre in the dead of the night.
Newly-appointed BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra has said that he would hug chief minister Mamata Banerjee if he is infected by the coronavirus to make her feel the pain of the families of Covid-19 patients.
Nothing unites people in Bengal than Preparations for Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal and capital Kolkata have begun in full swing. However, this year, Kolkata's famous pandal samitis will have to follow strict safety protocols and guidelines issued in wake of coronavirus pandemic.
In a move that was wished by many in the country, West Bengal has allowed to reopen cinema halls and open air theatres from October 1 with limited number of participants, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.
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