As Amit Shah Arrives in Bengal for First Time Since 2021 Polls, BJP Leaders Hope for State Unit Revival
2 years, 7 months ago

As Amit Shah Arrives in Bengal for First Time Since 2021 Polls, BJP Leaders Hope for State Unit Revival

News 18  

Home minister Amit Shah arrived in West Bengal on Thursday on a two-day trip after the 2021 state assembly elections in which Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress won massively, bagging 213 seats out of 294. West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar had said yesterday that Shah will arrive in Kolkata in the morning, and visit a BSF camp in North 24 Parganas. “He will arrive in Kolkata the next day, hold meetings with the state leadership, and look into various issues the state unit is facing,” the BJP leader added. West Bengal BJP leaders have also demanded that general secretary Amitava Chakraborty be replaced, a Hindustan Times report said.

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BJP Infighting In Karnataka? Yatnal Camp To Submit Memorandum On Waqf To JPC In New Delhi
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3 weeks ago

BJP Infighting In Karnataka? Yatnal Camp To Submit Memorandum On Waqf To JPC In New Delhi

ABP News  

As the entire Basanagouda Patil Yatnal camp of the BJP is now in New Delhi, BJP MLA of that camp, Ramesh Jarkiholi on Tuesday said they are in the national capital to submit their report to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf and not for any other purpose. Yatnal along with a few senior BJP leaders, including MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, …

BJP’s Mithun Chakraborty faces case over ’provocative’ speech in Bengal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BJP’s Mithun Chakraborty faces case over ’provocative’ speech in Bengal

Live Mint  

Mithun Chakraborty, a veteran Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, landed in legal trouble after the Kolkata Police filed an FIR based on a complaint that he made a highly provocative statement at a party meeting in West Bengal. The complainant alleged that the actor-turned-politician made the statement at a BJP organisational meeting in Kolkata a few days ago, …

Mithun Chakraborty Claims Bengal Throne Will Be BJP's After 2026 Assembly Polls
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Mithun Chakraborty Claims Bengal Throne Will Be BJP's After 2026 Assembly Polls

Live Mint  

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Shah Warns of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Demands BJP Govt for 2026 Elections
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Shah Warns of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Demands BJP Govt for 2026 Elections

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of being involved in the state-sponsored infiltration and corruption. He called for a concerted effort to secure a two-thirds majority for the BJP in the 2026 West Bengal state elections. Shah also raised concerns for the safety of women in the state, referring to recent incidents …

BJP names candidates for Bengal bypolls, football federation chief Chaubey in fray
6 months, 1 week ago

BJP names candidates for Bengal bypolls, football federation chief Chaubey in fray

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on June 17 announced candidates for bypolls on four Assembly seats in West Bengal scheduled next month. The party has fielded the president of All India Football Federation Kalyan Chaubey from the Maniktala constituency in Kolkata, Manas Kumar Ghosh from Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur, Manoj Kumar Biswas from Ranaghat Dakshin in Nadia and Binay Kumar Biswas …

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: From Mahua Moitra to Adhir Ranjan, here's list of top players
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West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: From Mahua Moitra to Adhir Ranjan, here's list of top players

India TV News  

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Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee spar over West Bengal jobs termination
8 months ago

Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee spar over West Bengal jobs termination

The Hindu  

A day after Calcutta High Court terminated about 25,753 jobs of teachers and non-teaching staff in State-run schools on account of illegality in the appointment, Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue during the election campaign in West Bengal. Speaking at a public meeting at Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur, the Home Minister said that the Calcutta High Court suspended …

Mithun Chakraborty abandoned TMC, sided with BJP to bail out son: Mamata Banerjee
8 months ago

Mithun Chakraborty abandoned TMC, sided with BJP to bail out son: Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for abandoning the Trinamool Congress and siding with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2021 assembly polls. The scheduled wedding of Chakraborty’s son had to be called off on July 8, 2018 after Mumbai police arrived at the wedding venue to investigate a rape case against …

BJP removes West Bengal leader Anupam Hazra from party's national secretary post
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BJP removes West Bengal leader Anupam Hazra from party's national secretary post

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party has removed its West Bengal leader, Anupam Hazra, from the post of National Secretary with immediate effect. Shah and Nadda held organisational meetings in Kolkata on Tuesday with the West Bengal party's core members to chalk out strategies for the party in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. After the meeting, Amit Shah …

Amit Shah to launch 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign in West Bengal today
1 year, 8 months ago

Amit Shah to launch 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign in West Bengal today

Hindustan Times  

Union minister of home affairs Amit Shah will arrive in West Bengal on Friday afternoon to launch the campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the state and address a rally in Birbhum, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said. Union home minister Amit Shah will visit Bengal on Friday According to the party leaders, Shah will reach the Andal airport …

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 …

Amit Shah's first West Bengal visit since BJP's drubbing in state polls, to address rally in Siliguri
2 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah's first West Bengal visit since BJP's drubbing in state polls, to address rally in Siliguri

India TV News  

Highlights This is Amit Shah's first visit to West Bengal since last year's assembly polls Shah on Thursday will inaugurate BSF's floating border outposts He will also lay the foundation stone of ‘Maitri’ museum at Haridaspur Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated BSF’s floating border outposts at Hingalganj in Sunderbans area of North 24 Parganas district and flagged …

Amit Shah lands in Bengal today on first visit after 2021 state polls
2 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah lands in Bengal today on first visit after 2021 state polls

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: With union home minister Amit Shah scheduled to arrive in Bengal on Thursday on a two-day visit, speculations have started in the Bharatiya Janata Party state unit on the message he might give to the party’s rank and file where dissent and divisions have surfaced in the recent months. Amit Shah will attend two programmes of BSF in south …

K’taka: Leadership change denied. All you need to know of Amit Shah visit
2 years, 7 months ago

K’taka: Leadership change denied. All you need to know of Amit Shah visit

Live Mint  

Union Minister Amit Shah was on a day long visit to Bengaluru on Tuesday, 3 May, only a little over a month after his previous visit to the state on 1 April. The BJP senior leader's visit had sparked rumours of change in leadership in the southern state, now helmed by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Amid buzz over possible change …

Why Amit Shah's upcoming visit to West Bengal will be keenly watched
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Amit Shah's upcoming visit to West Bengal will be keenly watched

India Today  

In April 2021—the last time he was in West Bengal—Amit Shah made several promises. One of the reasons is that the BJP was focused on the recent assembly polls to five states; there is also the central leadership’s apparent discretion to keep Bengal out of their radar till the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar insisted on …

Home Minister Amit Shah May Visit North Bengal on April 16, His First After 2021 Elections
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Home Minister Amit Shah May Visit North Bengal on April 16, His First After 2021 Elections

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit North Bengal on April 16, in what could be his first visit to the state after the 2021 assembly elections. Party insiders said other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders JP Nadda and BL Santosh, too, may visit Bengal this month. BJP sources said Shah is likely to be on a two-day official …

Amit Shah likely to visit West Bengal on April 16-17
2 years, 8 months ago

Amit Shah likely to visit West Bengal on April 16-17

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on April 16 and 17. According to BJP sources, after winning the assembly elections in 4 states including Uttar Pradesh, the morale of the party workers in Bengal has increased. But Mamata Banerjee's massive victory in the last assembly elections has turned the BJP's hopes of winning 18 Lok …

Amit Shah to visit Bengaluru next week, will he sound 2023 poll bugle?
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Amit Shah to visit Bengaluru next week, will he sound 2023 poll bugle?

Hindustan Times  

Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Karnataka next week has raised speculations about whether he will be kicking off BJP's poll campaign for 2023 elections scheduled next year. Union home minister Amit Shah will visit Karnataka next week. According to reports, Bommai and the state BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel are expected to hold private discussions ahead of Shah's visit, with …

West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari to meet BJP president Nadda, Amit Shah on Tuesday
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West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari to meet BJP president Nadda, Amit Shah on Tuesday

India Today  

The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party has called West Bengal’s leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari to Delhi. BJP’s Adhikari reached the national capital on Monday night and will be meeting BJP president JP Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. This comes only a few days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of the All …

Reduced to 75 in West Bengal, Why BJP Failed to Live Up to Its 2019 Lok Sabha Performance
3 years, 7 months ago

Reduced to 75 in West Bengal, Why BJP Failed to Live Up to Its 2019 Lok Sabha Performance

News 18  

Building up on its success of making a mark in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had an ambition to expand in new areas in West Bengal in recently concluded Assembly elections and enhance its leads from 121 assembly segments to the magic mark of 147 seats. But in the process, the BJP lost many seats in Junglemahal area …

West Bengal exit poll results 2021: Poll predictions for 294 seats to be announced today at 7.30 pm
3 years, 7 months ago

West Bengal exit poll results 2021: Poll predictions for 294 seats to be announced today at 7.30 pm

Firstpost  

West Bengal saw a three-cornered fight between the Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress-Left-ISF alliance The much-anticipated exit poll results for West Bengal will be announced at 7.30 pm, an hour after polling for the eighth and final phase ended on Thursday. Mamata Banerjee: Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is up against party …

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Abbas Siddique denies he would be making it easy for BJP
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Abbas Siddique denies he would be making it easy for BJP

The Hindu  

Tucked away in a narrow lane is the large compound associated with the Furfura Sharif, a mazaar to remember Peer Saheb, a medieval mystic whose descendant Peerzada Abbasuddin Siddique is seeking to make an impact in the West Bengal Assembly election. His emergence, needless to say, has sparked not just speculation on how his support base will affect any consolidation …

Before Bengal polls begin, Amit Shah leads BJP’s mega charge with 30 rallies across districts
3 years, 8 months ago

Before Bengal polls begin, Amit Shah leads BJP’s mega charge with 30 rallies across districts

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal witnessed the biggest election campaign recorded on a single day in recent history with the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s star campaigners led by Union home minister Amit Shah holding 30 rallies across south Bengal districts where elections will be held in the first three of eight phases. “Mamata Bannerjee wants to make bhatija the next chief minister while …

BJP Will Form Next Govt in West Bengal, A Local Will Become Chief Minister: Amit Shah
3 years, 8 months ago

BJP Will Form Next Govt in West Bengal, A Local Will Become Chief Minister: Amit Shah

News 18  

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Home Minister Amit Shah said his party will form the next government in West Bengal after the Assembly election and a local will become the chief minister, adding that action will be initiated against all poll-related violence. Regarding West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s injury in her left leg that she suffered during an incident …

Amit Shah's damage control exercise in West Bengal
3 years, 9 months ago

Amit Shah's damage control exercise in West Bengal

India Today  

Union home minister Amit Shah is despatching a team of central leaders to Bengal in a bid to stem the damage from the protests over the party’s seat distribution. On March 14-15, soon after the party declared its candidates for the first four phases, BJP workers in 13 assembly constituencies hit the streets demanding a change of candidate. Party workers, …

Bengal polls 2021: Only 45 days left for Trinamool Congress' departure, says Yogi Adityanath
3 years, 9 months ago

Bengal polls 2021: Only 45 days left for Trinamool Congress' departure, says Yogi Adityanath

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress, saying "only 45 days are left for the party's departure". Addressing an election rally in Purulia, Adityanath also took a dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her Chandi Path during a public meeting in Nandigram from where she is …

Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah slams Mamata Banerjee's 10-year misrule, vows to end 'gunda raj'
3 years, 9 months ago

Bengal polls 2021: Amit Shah slams Mamata Banerjee's 10-year misrule, vows to end 'gunda raj'

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Home minister Amit Shah has slammed the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over its 10 years misrule. "Under Stand Up India Scheme, the forthcoming West Bengal government will allocate Rs 100 crores to help the tribal community become atmanirbhar," the minister added. The BJP leader said Mamata Banerjee got hurt recently and in …

West Bengal Polls: Mithun Chakraborty To Join BJP During PM Narendra Modi’s Kolkata Rally
3 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal Polls: Mithun Chakraborty To Join BJP During PM Narendra Modi’s Kolkata Rally

ABP News  

Kolkata: Bollywood veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls. Sources told ABP News that Mithun Chakraborty will be joining the saffron party during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Ground on Sunday. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat had last month met Mithun Chakraborty, …

Rajib Banerjee and 4 Other Former Trinamool Leaders Join BJP Ahead of West Bengal Elections
3 years, 10 months ago

Rajib Banerjee and 4 Other Former Trinamool Leaders Join BJP Ahead of West Bengal Elections

News 18  

Hours after former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee quit the Trinamool Congress, he joined the BJP after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. “Former TMC leaders Rajib Banerjee, Baishali Dalmiya, Prabir Ghoshal, Rathin Chakraborti and Rudranil Ghosh joined BJP today in New Delhi. Former TMC leaders Mr. Rajib Banerjee, Ms. Baishali Dalmiya, Mr. Prabir Ghoshal, Mr. …

Will win over 200 seats in Bengal and form govt, says Amit Shah
4 years ago

Will win over 200 seats in Bengal and form govt, says Amit Shah

India TV News  

In a bid to strengthen Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign ahead of the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Kolkata at around 1 am on Saturday for his two-day visit to the state. Amit Shah in West Bengal: Highlights 6:00 pm: We will win over 200 seats in Bengal and form government, says Amit Shah 5:55 …

Amit Shah to begin two-day visit to West Bengal from 5 Nov ahead of 2021 Assembly polls
4 years, 1 month ago

Amit Shah to begin two-day visit to West Bengal from 5 Nov ahead of 2021 Assembly polls

Firstpost  

Shah, along with senior BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, vice-president Mukul Roy and party state president Dilip Ghosh, will interact with booth and district-level leaders Kolkata: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to West Bengal from 5 November to take stock of the party’s organisational matters ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections, party …

Major organisational change in Bengal BJP ahead of 2021 assembly polls
4 years, 1 month ago

Major organisational change in Bengal BJP ahead of 2021 assembly polls

Live Mint  

In a a major organisational change in the West Bengal BJP unit ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, incumbent state general secretary Subrata Chattopadhyay was removed and his deputy Amitava Chakraborty was elevated to the post by the central leadership. The change came as a shock to many in the state unit of the saffron party as Chattopadhyay, who had …

Amit Shah to Visit Poll-bound West Bengal on October 17 to Chalk Out Strategy to Take on TMC
4 years, 2 months ago

Amit Shah to Visit Poll-bound West Bengal on October 17 to Chalk Out Strategy to Take on TMC

News 18  

BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit to West Bengal on October 17. The Union Home Minister is expected to be flanked by state chief Dilip Ghosh, Vice President Mukul Roy, state in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya, state MPs from the region among other state office bearers on the big day. This visit to Bengal …

Amit Shah sounds the poll bugle in West Bengal through Janasamabesh rally
4 years, 6 months ago

Amit Shah sounds the poll bugle in West Bengal through Janasamabesh rally

Op India  

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah kicked off the party’s campaign for West Bengal 2021 Assembly elections on Tuesday with a virtual rally. Amit Shah addressed the ‘West Bengal Jan Samvad Rally’ via multiple social media platforms. Their sacrifice will be etched in golden letters once BJP fulfils the dreams of the people of bringing about real change …

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