Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home
2 years ago

Court allows Abhishek Banerjee rally near Suvendu Adhikari's Kanthi home

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court granted conditional permission to Trinamool Congress MP Abishek Banerjee to hold a political rally in Bengal’s Kanthi at the scheduled venue, less than 200 metres from the residence of the Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari. Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday filed a case before the Calcutta High Court against Banerjee’s decision to hold a public meeting near his home. The TMC General Secretary is scheduled to visit Kanthi on December 3, where he will be addressing a public meeting at a ground just 175 meters away from Adhikari’s home. In the matter filed before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, Adhikari alleged that the Trinamool plans to hold a 'mega show' on December 3 to humiliate his family members.

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Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account
1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account

India TV News  

In a stunning show of strength, the Trinamool Congress has secured a clean sweep in the West Bengal assembly bypolls, winning all six contested seats, including the crucial Madarihat constituency in the Alipurduar district. Despite the BJP's stronghold in the region, TMC's Jayprakash Toppo triumphed in Madarihat by over 28,000 votes, further consolidating the party’s influence in North Bengal. In …

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence
5 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a four-hour sit-in demonstration with a group of around BJP 300 workers outside Raj Bhavan on Sunday against the post-poll violence allegedly by the Trinamul Congress in the state. Mr Adhikari however announced the plan of a new agitation by the BJP on July 21, the day when TMC holds …

BJP's Suvendu protests near Raj Bhavan, alleging voter 'disenfranchisement' in Bengal by-polls
5 months, 1 week ago

BJP's Suvendu protests near Raj Bhavan, alleging voter 'disenfranchisement' in Bengal by-polls

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress did not allow thousands of genuine voters to exercise their franchise in the recently held by-elections to four assembly seats in West Bengal. Responding to the allegations, senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said repeated rejections of BJP by the people of West Bengal in every election …

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal

The Hindu  

A month after the Lok Sabha election, the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are set for an electoral face off in the bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal, scheduled for July 10. BJP candidates bagged the other three seats in 2021 but later, MLAs Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from …

Calcutta High Court allows Suvendu Adhikari to stage dharna outside Raj Bhawan
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court allows Suvendu Adhikari to stage dharna outside Raj Bhawan

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday passed an order allowing West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to stage a dharna outside the Raj Bhawan. Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, had moved the court to seek permission for a dharna in front of the Raj Bhawan over post-poll violence in the state. Suvendu Adhikari had written …

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims
6 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal Police blocks Suvendu Adhikari from entering Raj Bhavan amid post-poll violence claims

India TV News  

Amid escalating tensions over post-poll violence, the West Bengal police on Thursday prohibited BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from entering the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Ananda Bose. Earlier, Adhikari in his allegations has stated that, "During the election process and after the results were declared, opposition political workers, especially BJP Bengal Karyakartas, are being targeted in West Bengal. …

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence
6 months, 1 week ago

Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC over post-poll violence

The Hindu  

Amidst incidents of electoral violence continuing in West Bengal, almost ten days after the last elections, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court on the issue of post-poll violence. Last week, a single judge Bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda expressed concern over post-poll violence and …

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal
6 months, 1 week ago

[Lok Sabha Elections] BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Over Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal

Live Law  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari has approached the Calcutta High Court flagging instances of alleged post-poll violence taking place in West Bengal in the wake of the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya, appearing for Adhikari approached a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, stating that the petitioner. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari …

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress registered a massive victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, winning 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats till reports last came in on Tuesday evening, and final results are awaited. Key player With an emphatic victory in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee has emerged as …

In final phase, action shifts to City of Joy and Sundarbans
6 months, 3 weeks ago

In final phase, action shifts to City of Joy and Sundarbans

The Hindu  

Nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Kolkata, its nearby suburbs, and the Sundarbans are going to the polls in the last phase of elections in West Bengal, scheduled on June 1. The region is considered a bastion of the Trinamool Congress, and the State’s ruling party had won all the nine seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The Jadavpur Lok …

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm

News 18  

Kolkata Uttar is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal that will go to polls in the seventh phase of election on June 1. In the North Kolkata Lok Sabha seat, where the TMC’s “old guard” is pitted against the “new guard”. The BJP dealt a lethal blow to the TMC’s fortunes when Tapas Roy, now the saffron …

At Kanthi, it’s a prestige fight between Adhikari family and Mamata Banerjee
7 months ago

At Kanthi, it’s a prestige fight between Adhikari family and Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: During the 34-year-long Marxist regime in West Bengal, which lasted till 2011, voters at the Kanthi Lok Sabha seat in East Midnapore district swam against the Left tide to keep the Trinamool Congress flag high in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, a year after Mamata Banerjee formed the party, quitting Congress. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader …

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah
7 months ago

More Mamata harasses Suvendu, higher position BJP would give him, says Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Slamming West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee a day after police raided the house of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Suvendu Adhikari, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the more Banerjee harasses Adhikari, the higher the position BJP would give him. But not even four annas were recovered from Adhikari’s house,” Shah said while addressing a rally at …

Mallikarjun Kharge's Posters Defaced In Front of Bengal Congress HQ After His Snub At Adhir
7 months ago

Mallikarjun Kharge's Posters Defaced In Front of Bengal Congress HQ After His Snub At Adhir

News 18  

A day after he snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s loyalty to the INDIA bloc, several posters and hoardings of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge were defaced with ink in front of the party’s state headquarters here on Sunday. This is the handiwork of the TMC which wants to create differences between senior …

Ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay's ‘Mamata Banerjee, what is your price’ remark triggers row; TMC moves Election Commission
7 months ago

Ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay's ‘Mamata Banerjee, what is your price’ remark triggers row; TMC moves Election Commission

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday moved the Election Commission against former high court judge and BJP candidate, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, for allegedly making “misogynistic” remarks against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Former Calcutta high court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joined Bharatiya Janata Party in March. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined the BJP after resigning from his post as the Calcutta high court …

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday accused senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, of allegedly endorsing voting for the BJP in a poll-bound rally saying that it is better to vote for BJP than TMC in West Bengal. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury In the purported video shared by the Trinamool's official X handle, the …

‘Not just another election’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP in north Bengal rallies
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Not just another election’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP in north Bengal rallies

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: India will lose her independence and witness dictatorship if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins the coming Lok Sabha election, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told voters on Monday at two back-to-back rallies in north Bengal. TMC chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in support of party candidate Jagadish …

‘Sheer display of hooliganism’: TMC accuses Adhir Chowdhury of physical brawl
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Sheer display of hooliganism’: TMC accuses Adhir Chowdhury of physical brawl

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Saturday accused Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of purportedly getting into a physical fight with a party worker amid the campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. Screengrab of video shared by TMC showing Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury getting into an altercation. He was The party slammed the Congress candidate from West Bengal's Behrampore and said, "SHEER DISPLAY …

Banerjee Welcomes Modi's Bengal Rally Amid Polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Banerjee Welcomes Modi's Bengal Rally Amid Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha Election campaign rally in West Bengal, chief minister and Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee asserted that anyone can visit the state to hold political programme during polls. On Thursday Mr Modi will address a BJP rally at Rasleela ground in Coochbehar at around 3 pm to support his party candidate …

In West Bengal's Tamluk, BJP fields ex-Calcutta HC judge against Trinamool's ‘Khela Hobe’ creator
8 months, 4 weeks ago

In West Bengal's Tamluk, BJP fields ex-Calcutta HC judge against Trinamool's ‘Khela Hobe’ creator

Hindustan Times  

BJP's fifth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, released on Sunday with names for 111 seats, showed that Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned from Calcutta high court earlier this month and joined the saffron party, will contest from the Tamluk parliamentary seat in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Debangshu Bhattacharya Pitted against him is Debangshu …

Bloodshed has returned in Bengal politics before Lok Sabha elections, Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata govt
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Bloodshed has returned in Bengal politics before Lok Sabha elections, Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata govt

India TV News  

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal and BJP's MLA from Nandigram has slammed the Mamata Banerjee's government saying bloodshed has returned in the state politics before Lok Sabha elections alleging that his party workers were brutally attacked by Trinamool Congress goons in Canning Purba region. Sharing a long note on social media platform X, …

Trinamool's mega Kolkata rally to have 3 ramps as Mamata Banerjee takes centre stage. What does it mean?
9 months, 1 week ago

Trinamool's mega Kolkata rally to have 3 ramps as Mamata Banerjee takes centre stage. What does it mean?

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress has opted for ramps to facilitate closer interaction between leaders and supporters during speeches as the ruling party in Bengal is set to launch its Lok Sabha poll campaign with a grand rally on Sunday at Kolkata's famed Brigade Parade Grounds. Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishekh Banerjee inspects reparations at Brigade Parade Ground for TMC's "Janagarjan …

Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee to announce TMC's candidates list at mega Kolkata rally today
9 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee to announce TMC's candidates list at mega Kolkata rally today

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress is set to launch its 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign with a mega rally - ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ - at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Grounds and announce its list of 42 party candidates on Sunday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will take the centre stage during the rally to set the …

TMC to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal, Congress hoping for seat-sharing arrangement
9 months, 4 weeks ago

TMC to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal, Congress hoping for seat-sharing arrangement

Op India  

On Friday, Trinamool Congress politician Derek O’Brien announced that the party will contest from all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, thereby ruling out possible seat-sharing arrangement with I.N.D.I. TMC leader Derek O'Brien says 'no change' in party's stand of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, a few in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya, amid …

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali
10 months ago

Calcutta HC division bench refuses state govt appeal, allows BJP leader Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali

New Indian Express  

Justice Chanda on Monday directed the state to deploy adequate number of security personnel to ensure that no untoward incident takes place during Adhikari's visit to Sandeshkhali village in Sandeshkhali block II in North 24 Parganas district. Adhikari's advocate Billwadal Bhattacharya stated before the division bench that Adhikari and Ghosh were prevented by police from reaching Sandeshkhali on the ground …

'Don't care': Adhir Chowdhury on Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in Bengal
11 months ago

'Don't care': Adhir Chowdhury on Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said he does not care about Trinamool's new plan to contest all 42 seats in West Bengal in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All seats include Adhir Chowdhury's Baharampur too -- though Trinamool is a key member of the opposition INDIA bloc led by the Congress. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury earlier said the Congress …

Mamata Banerjee mounts pressure on Cong, says TMC can contest all Bengal seats
11 months ago

Mamata Banerjee mounts pressure on Cong, says TMC can contest all Bengal seats

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Weeks after offering to honour the INDIA coalition by not contesting the two West Bengal Lok Sabha seats that the Congress won in 2019, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee told her party leaders at a party meeting on Friday that the TMC can contest all 42 seats in the state. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration …

Suvendu Adhikari slams Abhishek Banerjee for deploying 4700 cops for cloth distribution ceremony
1 year, 1 month ago

Suvendu Adhikari slams Abhishek Banerjee for deploying 4700 cops for cloth distribution ceremony

Op India  

On Sunday, West Bengal BJP President Suvendu Adhikari slammed the General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress, Abhishek Banerjee, for his larger-than-life security arrangement. While taking to X, Adhikari pointed out that 4700 police personnel were deployed for the TMC leader’s cloth distribution campaign in Falta in Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency on Friday. The BJP President posted the 33-page copy …

Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien among TMC MPs detained by Delhi Police following dharna at Krishi Bhawan
1 year, 2 months ago

Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien among TMC MPs detained by Delhi Police following dharna at Krishi Bhawan

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien and other lawmakers were detained by the Delhi Police after they staged a dharna inside Krishi Bhawan after being denied a meeting with Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. “Over two dozen TMC supporters detained, including Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien”, said a senior police officer, asking not to be named. A video shared …

‘TMC a rich party, should use chartered flights to send workers to Delhi’: Suvendu Adhikari
1 year, 2 months ago

‘TMC a rich party, should use chartered flights to send workers to Delhi’: Suvendu Adhikari

Hindustan Times  

Refuting the allegations made by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee that BJP is cancelling trains so that TMC workers cannot attend protests in the national capital on Sunday, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said that TMC is lying and Bengal ruling party should use its chartered plane to send their party workers to join protests. They …

West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari calls for 'encounter' policy, cites Yogi's UP; TMC hits back
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari calls for 'encounter' policy, cites Yogi's UP; TMC hits back

India TV News  

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday drew a parallel between the West Bengal Chief Minister and her Uttar Pradesh counterpart and said that “an able administrator like Yogi Adityanath should have been at the helm” in Mamata Banerjee-led state and advocated for “encounters” of those committing crimes against women. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the law and order …

'Mamata Banerjee has done nothing for West Bengal, just 'steals' Central schemes': Suvendu Adhikari
1 year, 4 months ago

'Mamata Banerjee has done nothing for West Bengal, just 'steals' Central schemes': Suvendu Adhikari

Firstpost  

Suvendu Adhikari said the monsoon session of the West Bengal Assembly was convened in a ‘whimsical manner’ without consulting the opposition from 24 July and after the ruling party now plans to wrap it up this week Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari Thursday slammed chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led government, accusing Trinamool Congress of “stealing” Central government schemes. …

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bengal: BJP to corner TMC with mega rally on 19 July with people displaced by poll violence

Firstpost  

BJP will continue exerting pressure on the West Bengal government, asserting that the law and order situation is deteriorating in the state The BJP has decided to organise a mega rally in Kolkata on 19 July with people who were forced to flee their house due to the violence during the Panchayat elections and after the results. On Sunday, state …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari puts lock on election office after Bengal poll violence

India Today  

In a symbolic protest against the violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, locked the gate of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata. This protest came after BJP leader Adhikari's meeting with Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, where he had expressed his discontent with the violence that took place in several parts of the …

Trinamool asked me to become Bengal Deputy-CM in 2020: Suvendu Adhikari
1 year, 5 months ago

Trinamool asked me to become Bengal Deputy-CM in 2020: Suvendu Adhikari

India Today  

The leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said on Wednesday that he was offered the post of Deputy Chief Minister by the Trinamool Congress in December 2020. Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "No one offered Suvendu the post of Deputy Chief Minister." àæ¶àçàæ­àç‡àæèàçàææàçàæ•àç‡ àæ•àç‡àæ‰ àæ‰àæªàæ®àçàæ–àçàæïàæ®àæèàçàæäàçàæ°àç€àæ° àæ àæëàæ¾àæ° àææàç‡àæïàæ¼àæèàæ¿àåä àæèàæ¾àæ°àææàç‡ àæ¸àæ¿àæ¬àæ¿àæÆàæ‡ àæ“àæ° àæèàæ¾àæ®àç‡ àæàæëàæÆàæ‡àæÆàæ° àæ•àæ°àæ¾àæ° àæªàæ° àæ“ …

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury BJP's agent: Tinamool's Abhishek Banerjee tears into Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury BJP's agent: Tinamool's Abhishek Banerjee tears into Congress

India Today  

The relationship between the Bengal Congress faction and Trinamool Congress appears to be strained, with Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, expressing dissatisfaction over the possibility of an alliance between the two parties in the run-up to 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Responding to Chowdhury's statement, Abhishek Banerjee, the second-in-command in Trinamool Congress, criticised the Congress leader and questioned the party's …

Bengal panchayat polls: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari moves high court against state election panel
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengal panchayat polls: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari moves high court against state election panel

India Today  

The Leader of Opposition in Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, has once again approached the Calcutta High Court in connection with the ongoing violence in the state ahead of the crucial panchayat poll. Adhikari has filed a contempt petition against the Bengal State Election Commission, claiming that the commission has failed to comply with the court's order to deploy central forces across …

TMC demands Suvendu Adhikari’s arrest after his convoy’s SUV allegedly kills man
1 year, 7 months ago

TMC demands Suvendu Adhikari’s arrest after his convoy’s SUV allegedly kills man

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Friday demanded the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari following Thursday’s incident in which a man died after allegedly being knocked down by a car of Adhikari’s convoy at Chandipur in East Medinipur district. People took to street to protest the death of villager who was allegedly killed after being hit by a convoy …

Abhishek Banerjee starts TMC's new campaign, says BJP's 'communal' narrative won't dictate Bengal's politics
1 year, 7 months ago

Abhishek Banerjee starts TMC's new campaign, says BJP's 'communal' narrative won't dictate Bengal's politics

The Hindu  

Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on April 25 said polls to 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal will be held on the issue of development and not on the "communal" narrative propagated by the BJP. Mr. Banerjee, who earlier in the day launched a mass outreach campaign ‘Trinamool ey Nabajowar’ from Cooch Behar district with an eye on the …

Amit Shah to travel to Bengal’s Birbhum district, address rally on April 14
1 year, 8 months ago

Amit Shah to travel to Bengal’s Birbhum district, address rally on April 14

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah will address his first West Bengal rally of 2023 at Siuri town in Birbhum district on April 14, marking the launch of the campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said on Wednesday. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari and Rahul Sinha lead a rally on plight of potato farmers …

WB panchayat polls: SC dismisses Adhikari's plea against Calcutta HC order
1 year, 8 months ago

WB panchayat polls: SC dismisses Adhikari's plea against Calcutta HC order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court declining to interfere with the West Bengal panchayat poll process. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala asked how can it stop elections midway when it is already scheduled. The Calcutta High Court …

West Bengal: Voting for Sagardighi assembly by-poll begins amid tight security
1 year, 9 months ago

West Bengal: Voting for Sagardighi assembly by-poll begins amid tight security

Hindustan Times  

The voting for the by-poll at Sagardighi constituency in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district is underway amid tight security. The by-poll was due after the death of TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December last year. While the ruling Trinamool Congress has fielded Debashish Banerjee, Dilip Saha is contesting for the Bharatiya Janata Party while Bayron Biswas is the …

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent
1 year, 11 months ago

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent

Hindustan Times  

A court in West Bengal’s East Midnapore has issued arrest warrants against four people including Sheikh Sufiyan, a ruling Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in the Nandigram assembly constituency in 2021, in connection with an alleged post-poll murder. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram seat in the 2021 polls. The Central Bureau …

Suvendu Adhikari And Abhishek Banerjee Show Their Might In West Bengal Ahead Of Panchayat Polls
2 years ago

Suvendu Adhikari And Abhishek Banerjee Show Their Might In West Bengal Ahead Of Panchayat Polls

ABP News  

Ahead of panchayat polls in West Bengal, the political ground of the state is heating up with BJP and TMC showing their might. BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee took on the other's home turf on Saturday, reported PTI. Suvendu Adhikari’s Rally Addressing the meeting in South 24 Parganas's Diamond Harbour, the Lok Sabha constituency of Banerjee, Adhikari asked …

Abhishek Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari lock horns at rallies on each other's turfs
2 years ago

Abhishek Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari lock horns at rallies on each other's turfs

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday hit out at actor-politician Paresh Rawal for his remark on Bengalis and their fish-eating habit and questioned why BJP leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, did not condemn it if they were custodians and protectors of the Bengali pride. Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and BJP's Suvendu Adhikari. Banerjee's rally was held even as leader …

Calcutta High Court gives permission for BJP rally after Mamata Banerjee's admin turns down request
2 years ago

Calcutta High Court gives permission for BJP rally after Mamata Banerjee's admin turns down request

India Today  

The Calcutta High court on Friday gave permission to the BJP to hold a rally in Diamond Harbour, the bastion of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, on December 3. The BJP has filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold a rally in the Light House ground in Diamond Harbour on December 3. Soon after the …

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to take out rallies on rival turfs
2 years ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to take out rallies on rival turfs

India Today  

Ahead of the panchayat elections in West Bengal next year, TMC's national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and BJP’s Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari are all set to take out rallies on rival turfs on Saturday. Contai is considered to be the 'home' turf of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, while Banerjee is the sitting Lok Sabha member from the Diamond Harbour …

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari
2 years ago

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, for the time since her former aide quit the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly election. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari. “I had a three-four minute's long courtesy meeting with …

West Bengal: BJP leader wields trishul, warns Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress
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West Bengal: BJP leader wields trishul, warns Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress

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Referring to Trinamool Congress workers as ‘servants’ of Mamata Banerjee, the BJP leader recalled his victory against the West Bengal chief minister in the Nandigram constituency during the assembly polls last year Durgapur : Wielding a ’trishul’ while attending a Jagaddhatri Puja function at Durgapur in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari issued a threat …

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