Tathagata Roy vs Kailash Vijayvargiya: Why Bengal BJP is in a state of perpetual crisis
3 years, 1 month ago

Tathagata Roy vs Kailash Vijayvargiya: Why Bengal BJP is in a state of perpetual crisis

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal is in a state of perpetual crisis, just like the Congress used to be some 25 years ago. READ | BJP lost Bengal as Dilip Ghosh, Kailash Vijayvargiya gave tickets to TMC's 'incoming garbage': Roy Party insiders confirmed that the attack was directed at Suvendu Adhikari, who is now the BJP Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and a “law unto himself”, because he has “bypassed” all accountability to the state leadership of the party by flaunting his connections with the BJP’s top brass in New Delhi. The BJP’s defeat in the West Bengal election, the obvious schism within the party, the reverse flow of defectors back to the Trinamool Congress, the confusion and discontent with party rank and file who have repeatedly demonstrated that they are disappointed with the leadership for failing to reach out to them in the aftermath of the defeat are just some of the problems that are contributing to the prevailing crisis. The failure of the BJP high command to restructure the central leadership team in charge of West Bengal and appoint new people to take control and restore confidence and give direction to the state party that is sinking deeper into crisis is what seems to have provoked leaders like Roy and Ghosh to adopt a tactic that is designed to attract public attention and perhaps penetrate the fortress like walls of the world’s biggest party headquarters on Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg. By lashing out at Vijayvargia and effectively accusing the central leadership of harbouring ‘wheeler-dealers’ in West Bengal, both Roy and Ghosh have challenged the party’s top brass to show what it will do.

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India TV News  

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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1 year, 8 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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India Today  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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West Bengal: 7-year-old killed, another injured while playing with crude bomb
2 years, 2 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

A seven-year-old boy was killed while a 10-year-old was seriously injured after a country-made bomb exploded when they mistook it for a ball near Barrackpore, around 35 km north of Kolkata, on Tuesday morning. Police and the Criminal Investigation Department’s bomb disposal squad recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the same spot. Barrackpore MP and former state BJP vice-president Arjun …

West Bengal Rampage: Is TMC Government Sowing the Seeds of India’s Partition in 21st Century? - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

On October 9, Hindu households were ransacked, vehicles razed, and shops torched by the so-called oppressed Muslim minority in Mominpur, Dompara, and areas of West Bengal’s Ekbalpur, Kolkata over desecration of their flag. Consequently, the West Bengal Police imposed section 144 for two days in the Ekbalpur region of the state for two days starting October 10. The Calcutta High …

What's behind Mamata Banerjee's change of heart for PM Modi | OPINION
2 years, 3 months ago

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India Today  

Multiple anti-BJP leaders have harboured dreams of becoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s challenger. If AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal surpassed his own party’s expectations and retook Delhi in 2020 against the combined might of the BJP’s big two, Mamata Banerjee of the TMC did the same the next year in West Bengal, humbling many psephologists who had projected a lotus bloom powered …

Mamata Govt Won't Exist After December, Assembly Polls In Bengal In 2024, Says Suvendu Adhikari
2 years, 4 months ago

Mamata Govt Won't Exist After December, Assembly Polls In Bengal In 2024, Says Suvendu Adhikari

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said Mamata Banerjee's government in West Bengal will not be in power after December, as reported by news agency PTI. The assembly poll and parliamentary elections will be held simultaneously in 2024 in West Bengal," the BJP leader claimed. "Any such attempts by the BJP …

India must break out of BJP’s prison: Mamata
2 years, 5 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the nation should break out of the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s “prison” and usher in a government of the people. Will you fear the CBI and ED?” Banerjee asked the crowd, referring to Central probe agencies that are carrying out investigations in several cases against TMC leaders, including her nephew and …

Bengal BJP's infighting comes to the fore amid JP Nadda's visit
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengal BJP's infighting comes to the fore amid JP Nadda's visit

Firstpost  

According to state BJP sources, several party MLAs were not present at the state executive committee meeting held at the National Library and addressed by Nadda Kolkata: In the midst of the ongoing visit by BJP national president J P Nadda the infighting in the party’s West Bengal unit came out in the open on Wednesday with its vice-president Raju …

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