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Modi 3.0 Cabinet: List of leaders dropped as ministers in third term of BJP-led NDA government

Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Narendra Modi on Sunday took oath as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive time along with his new Cabinet and Council of Ministers. Leader Name Party Post held in Modi 2.0 Govt 1 Smriti Irani BJP Minority Affairs Minister of India since 2022 2 Anurag Thakur BJP Minister of Information and Broadcasting 3 Sanjeev Baliyan …

India Bihar Maharashtra Congress Gujarat Rural Development West Bengal

2 years, 6 months ago

KLO chief says Bengal BJP MPs support separate Koch-Kamtapur state

The Hindu

A video by separatist group Kamtapur Liberation Organisation’s chief Jibon Singha dubbing West Bengal government as a “bahirgata ” has created ripples in political circles of the State. What has further created a flutter is that the separatist leader in the video message named three MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party namely Cooch Behar MP Nisith Pramanik, Jalpaiguri MP Jayanta …

Video Mamata Banerjee State North Bjp Chief Bengal

3 years ago

BJP MLA writes to JP Nadda, demands separation of Darjeeling from Bengal

India Today

A BJP MLA from Kurseong has written to party president JP Nadda, seeking separation of Darjeeling from West Bengal, months after a similar demand made by the saffron camp’s Alipurduar MP John Barla had stirred a hornet’s nest in the state. Barla had demanded a union territory for north Bengal districts earlier in the year, sparking a debate in the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

What does Sukanta Majumdar’s appointment mean for the BJP in West Bengal?

Hindustan Times

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party appointed 41-year-old Lok Sabha member Sukanta Majumdar as the Bengal unit president — the youngest state leader to hold the post that Dilip Ghosh, 57, was asked to vacate after a six-year stint — rumblings could be heard in the party’s upper rungs on Tuesday. But what Kalyani said is not wrong,” Indicating …

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3 years, 3 months ago

BJP MLA Count Down By 6 Since Bengal Polls: Why Is It Failing To Retain Leaders?

The Quint

A section of BJP workers and state leaders didn’t accept the party's decision to elevate Suvendu Adhikari as the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly. Prior to Supriyo, another saffron party MP Saumitra Khan stepped down as the West Bengal chief of the BJP's youth wing after slamming Adhikari and accusing him of stealing the thunder of other state …

Party State Bjp Bengal Leader Suvendu Adhikari Barla

3 years, 4 months ago

BJP West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh Joins Chorus for Separate State in North Bengal

News 18

After newly appointed minister John Barla demanded a separate state or a Union Territory in north Bengal, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh in Jalpaiguri said the demand was not “illegal”. Ghosh, who shared the dais with MoS Barla at Shohid Samman Yatra to commemorate the victims of post-poll violence in the state, said, “Separate state is not John Barla’s demand, …

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3 years, 5 months ago

John Barla, BJP MP Now Elevated to Minister, Mute on His Comment Seeking Statehood for North Bengal

News 18

From being a tribal leader to a Union minister, BJP MP John Barla has come a long way. Barla, 45, had recently demanded separate statehood or Union Territory status for north Bengal. Even as Barla was being sworn in, Bengal parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee said, “BJP is a curious party. They make a person who wants to divide West …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Modi Inducts 35-year-old Nisith Pramanik, Shantanu Thakur, 2 Others from Bengal Into Cabinet

News 18

Though the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in March to Mamata Banerjee but securing 77 seats by the saffron brigade didn’t go unnoticed before the central leadership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rewarded Shantanu Thakur, Nisith Pramanik, Dr Subhas Sarkar and John Barla with a ministerial post on Wednesday. In Bongaon Lok Sabha seats, Shantanu along …

India Assembly Congress West Bengal Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Polls State

3 years, 5 months ago

Tribal Leader John Barla, Who Raised Voice for North Bengal as UT, Gets Space in Modi Cabinet

News 18

Tribal leader John Barla was inducted into the Prime Minister Narendra Modi cabinet on Wednesday as Minister of State for Minority Affairs, strengthening the new team’s idea of ‘Sabka Vikas’. According to an article in Hindustan Times, he briefly flirted with the idea of being a part of ‘the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha before dumping them …

North Bengal Barla Tribal Leader

3 years, 6 months ago

BJP MP John Barla Rakes Up Demand for Separate North Bengal Again Despite Party Warning

News 18

BJP MP John Barla Wednesday again raked up a controversial demand seeking a separate union territory comprising North Bengal districts, despite his party cautioning against such statements. Reacting to Barla's repeated outbursts demanding that North Bengal be declared a separate union territory, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said "everyone has to go by the party line," while at the same …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Ethnic groups in north Bengal reject BJP MP’s separate UT proposal

The Hindu

Several ethnic groups, which had spearheaded agitations for creation of separate states in north Bengal over the past few decades, have now rejected a BJP MP’s controversial demand for an Union Territory comprising all districts of the region, calling it an “unrealistic” and “vindictive” move. Mr. Barla, during an interaction with the party’s north Bengal leaders, had said he would …

Party Region Lok Sabha Gorkhaland Ethnic Groups Demand Polls

3 years, 6 months ago

BJP MP Seeks Separate State from Bengal's Junglemahal Region, Party Distances Itself from Demand

News 18

Days after BJP MP John Barla sought a separate union territory comprising north Bengal districts, his party colleague Saumitra Khan on Monday raised a similar demand for the Junglemahal region of the state and its neighbourhood areas. Distancing himself from Khan’s views, BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya said the party doesn’t support any demand for Bengal’s bifurcation. He, nonetheless, added that …

Party State Demand Bjp Khan Bengal Tmc

3 years, 6 months ago

Two BJP MPs demand North Bengal UT, Mamata Banerjee says won't allow to divide state

India Today

Two BJP MPs have demanded bifurcation of West Bengal and carving out a Union Territory comprising North Bengal districts out of the state. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would not allow BJP to divide the state and "take away people's rights". I want to make it clear that the BJP has no such agenda to divide Bengal or create …

West Bengal Mamata Gorkhaland State Demand North Bjp

4 years, 2 months ago

'Friend' Bimal Gurung's Exit from NDA Will Impact Next Year's Bengal Election Results, Says BJP MP John Barla

News 18

Days after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung broke his ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and extended his support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming 2021 West Bengal Assembly Polls, several BJP leaders from the state along with national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya reached New Delhi and held a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah on …

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Modi 3.0 Cabinet: List of leaders dropped as ministers in third term of BJP-led NDA government

KLO chief says Bengal BJP MPs support separate Koch-Kamtapur state

BJP MLA writes to JP Nadda, demands separation of Darjeeling from Bengal

What does Sukanta Majumdar’s appointment mean for the BJP in West Bengal?

BJP MLA Count Down By 6 Since Bengal Polls: Why Is It Failing To Retain Leaders?

BJP West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh Joins Chorus for Separate State in North Bengal

John Barla, BJP MP Now Elevated to Minister, Mute on His Comment Seeking Statehood for North Bengal

Modi Inducts 35-year-old Nisith Pramanik, Shantanu Thakur, 2 Others from Bengal Into Cabinet

Tribal Leader John Barla, Who Raised Voice for North Bengal as UT, Gets Space in Modi Cabinet

BJP MP John Barla Rakes Up Demand for Separate North Bengal Again Despite Party Warning

Ethnic groups in north Bengal reject BJP MP’s separate UT proposal

BJP MP Seeks Separate State from Bengal's Junglemahal Region, Party Distances Itself from Demand

Two BJP MPs demand North Bengal UT, Mamata Banerjee says won't allow to divide state

'Friend' Bimal Gurung's Exit from NDA Will Impact Next Year's Bengal Election Results, Says BJP MP John Barla