Babul Supriyo had won the Lok Sabha elections from Asansol in 2019 on a BJP ticket. Supriyo quit the BJP in July this year and later joined the Trinamool Congress.
Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev was one of the first leaders to reach Lakhimpur Kheri after the October 3 incident. Dev explains in detail what happened there.
Dutta joined the state's ruling party at TMC secy-general and cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee's room in the Assembly, in presence of other leaders.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday administered the oath as a member of the state assembly by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
In June, Mukul Roy, who won from Krishnanagar North assembly seats, left the BJP to rejoined the Trinamool
Congress spent Rs 84.93 cr (Rs 84,93,69,986) for electioneering in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and WB during assembly elections.
Boxing champion Lenny Da Gama and former Indian football defender Denzil Franco on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Goa.
Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, who resigned from Congress, has joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee, a resident of Bhabanipur, needs to win in order to hold on to her office. She has contested from Bhabanipur in the past two assembly elections since 2011.
The BJP has said it was not allowed by the police to campaign for the Bhabanipur by-election in the area near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.
The by-election to Rajya Sabha has been necessitated as TMC's Manas Bhunia quit the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly election from Sabang in Paschim Medinipur.
Upon joining TMC, Babul Supriyo said he is extremely excited to be a part of the Mamata Banerjee-led party and will work hard for the development of West Bengal.
Supriyo also said that he will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
The Congress in West Bengal declined to attach much importance to the assertions of the TMC, saying it is too early to predict who will become an alternative face to Modi.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee is required to win a seat in the state assembly by November 5 in conformity with the constitutional provisions to continue as CM.
BJP has alleged that Mamata Banerjee did not mention about pending criminal cases in her nomination papers for Bhabanipur by-poll
Mamata Banerjee's vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more, TMC said as it nominated Sushmita Dev for the Rajya Sabha seat.
Around 9.10 am, bombs exploded on a vacant patch of land, which is just about 200 metres away from Singh's Bhatpara residence, a police officer said.
Mamata Banerjee is a resident of Bhabanipur. She had won the seat in 2011 and 2016. But this time she had shifted to Nandigram. She lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.
Interestingly, disgruntled leader Babul Supriyo, who had resigned from active politics but was persuaded by BJP chief JP Nadda against resigning as a Lok Sabha member, has also found a place in the list of star campaigners.
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