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Creating ''Talent Pool'' For 2021 West Bengal Polls: BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 13, 2019

Looking to consolidate the gains made in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, the BJP's state unit is creating a "talent pool" to identify candidates from among its cadre for the crucial 2021 assembly polls.

Ahead Of Amit Shah's Bengal Visit, BJP Loses Control Of Civic Body

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 1, 2019

Ahead of BJP president Amit Shah's visit to Kolkata, the BJP has lost control of the Garulia municipality in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, after its chairman Sunil Singh resigned from his post, paving way for the Trinamool Congress to regain control of the civic body.

JP Nadda Performs Mass 'Tarpan' For BJP Workers Killed In West Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 28, 2019

BJP working president J P Nadda on Saturday performed a "mass tarpan" for party workers who lost their lives in political violence in West Bengal in the last few years.

"Politically-Blind Giants" Broke Vidyasagar Bust, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Apparently hinting at the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that a group of "politically-blind giants" had vandalised a bust of Bengal Renaissance icon Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar before the Lok Sabha polls in Kolkata, and said his birthplace would be made an educational and tourist hub.

BJP Alleges Trinamool Behind Death Of Its Worker In Bengal's Hooghly

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday July 28, 2019

A BJP worker was found dead in West Bengal's Hoogly district today, leading to a war of words between the party and the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.

BJP Says Will Use "UP Model" Of Encounters In Bengal, Trinamool Hits Back

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 24, 2019

Two senior state BJP leaders Monday courted controversy by saying the party would follow the "Uttar Pradesh model" of giving free hand to the police to wipe out criminals in encounters, when it comes to power in West Bengal.

BJP Says Will Defy Bar On Political Party Programmes In West Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 10, 2019

On a day West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid political violence in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it is not demanding President's rule there but asserted that it will "defy" the Mamata Banerjee government's bar on its political programmes, including victory processions.

Mamata Banerjee Asks Party Leaders To Recapture Offices "Occupied" By BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 1, 2019

Setting the stage for escalation of the fight with the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday asked the party leaders to recapture TMC offices allegedly "occupied" by the BJP as early as possible.

BJP Worker Hacked To Death In Bengal's Burdwan, Trinamool Congress Blamed

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

The BJP has accused Trinamool Congress activists of hacking one of its workers to death at Ketugram in West Bengal's Burdwan district today. News agency IANS quoted sources as saying that the victim -- 50-year-old Sushil Mandal -- was killed while he was putting up BJP flags to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi l...

After Asansol Violence, Babul Supriyo Says Officer Stage-Managed Voting

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Wednesday May 1, 2019

BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday denied allegations of threatening election officials at a voting booth in West Bengal during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election, and accused the presiding officer of stage-managing the polling process.

PM Used Demonetisation To Convert Black Money, Buy Votes: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 24, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of converting huge black money into white through demonitisation and spending it to purchase votes.

Mamata Banerjee Hits Out At Ram Navami Rallies, Says BJP Disturbing Peace

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 13, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday hit out at armed Ram Navami rallies taken out at BJP at various part of the state and accused BJP of trying to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of Bengal.

Left, Congress, BJP Demand Re-Polling In West Bengal's Cooch Behar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 12, 2019

Delegations of Left parties, the Congress and the BJP approached the Election Commission on Thursday with complaints of violence and demanding re-polling.

"We Don't Have Enough Winnable Candidates": Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 16, 2019

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday said his party does not have enough winnable candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.

Efforts Being Made To Create "Inhuman Religion" In India: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2019

In an apparent attack on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday alleged that efforts were on to introduce an "inhuman" religion in the country on the basis of divisive politics.