Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma from Kurseong Assembly constituency joined the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday.
Speaking after a Congress meeting on the elections, West Bengal Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir said, "A meeting was held today and everyone was present in it. The topic was what the party leaders think about the upcoming elections in West Bengal, how to move forward. All leaders gave
The Congress is exploring its options for poll-bound West Bengal and could decide to go alone in the Assembly elections in the state with no talks held so far for alliance with Left parties, party sources said here on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at Ranaghat in Nadia district, West Bengal, on December 20. The meeting will be held ahead of the forthcoming organisational activities in West Bengal and the 2026 Assembly elections.
The incident reportedly took place in Masdhura near Sukhia Pokhari, where Bista was targeted while travelling in his convoy. The BJP leader described the incident as a "cowardly attack" and linked it to previous assaults on BJP leaders in the state.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, calling the bill "illegitimate". He alleged that the BJP-led government brought the bill, intending to reap electoral benefits in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal.
"Bengal is the ONLY state for whom they have withheld the funds after getting a drubbing in 2021 Polls while lakhs of poor people here are still suffering due to him and his government's stepmotherly attitude towards Bengal, that highlights zamindari culture." the TMC said.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday welcomed back her former close aide Mukul Roy into the party fold from the BJP and claimed that more leaders from the BJP will come back to join Trinamool in the coming days.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): A day after BJP office in Asansol was allegedly vandalised by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said since the TMC won the recently concluded assembly elections by a huge mandate, the maximum responsibilty
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): After the BJP office in Asansol was allegedly vandalised by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers, BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh warned West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee to stop voilence in the state.