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Kolkata, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Assam government accusing it of harassing a resident of Cooch Behar in West Bengal by branding the latter as an infiltrator. "I am shocked and deeply disturbed to learn that the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has issued an NRC notice to Uttam Kumar Brajabasi, a Rajbanshi, resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar for over 50 years. Despite furnishing valid identity documents, he is being har ...Read More >
New Delhi/Patna, Jul 6 (PTI) The controversy over special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar intensified as Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, RJD's Manoj Jha and several NGOs moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Election Commission's order, which they claimed violated the Constitution. The Election Commission (EC) issued a statement on Sunday clarifying that it has not changed its instructions on the revision process, after several social media posts, includi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 6 (PTI) An umbrella body of civil society groups, Abhaya Mancha, on Sunday announced a march to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat on August 9, seeking justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on that day last year. Hundreds of people will march from Hazra More to Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat on that day, seeking punishment for all those involved in the heinous murder, said a spokesperson of the West Be ...Read More >
Patna, July 6: Asserting that he was contesting the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar, Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday voiced his support for the introduction of domicile policy in government jobs in the state. Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), made the announcement while addressing a rally in Saran district that borders his Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency. "People have been asking me whether Chirag Paswan will contest the assembly elections. I want to announce from ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 6 (PTI) Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that he would release the names of 50 leaders of the TMC's students' wing who are allegedly targeting pupils, specifically women, like Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the rape case at a law college in south Kolkata. Adhikari alleged that all these leaders belong to the 'bhaipo (nephew) gang', an apparent reference to TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is the nephew of CM Mamata Banerjee. "Th ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP MLA and leader of opposition in the West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday welcomed the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, where assembly polls are due later this year, and said such an exercise should also be conducted in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued instructions to carry out the exercise in Bihar to weed out ineligible names and ensure that all eligible citizens are included in the electoral ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital medic and announced a 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to the state secretariat) on August 9, demanding justice for the victim. Accompanied by the victim's grieving parents at their Sodepur residence in North 24 Parganas, Adhikari declared that the rally would be a citizens' movement, not a political one. "There will be no party colours. No party flags. Only ordinary people, ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital medic and announced a 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to the state secretariat) on August 9, demanding justice for the victim. Accompanied by the victim's grieving parents at their Sodepur residence in North 24 Parganas, Adhikari declared that the rally would be a citizens' movement, not a political one. Also Read | Gurugram Shocker: Police Arrest Man for Killing His Friend ...Read More >
KOLKATA: With the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls on the horizon, the BJP has placed its bet on soft-spoken RSS loyalist and party veteran Samik Bhattacharya to steer its troubled state unit out of a prolonged phase of internal discord, grassroots disarray and 'cultural disconnect' with the Bengali electorate. But as Bhattacharya, a quintessential Bengali 'bhadralok' takes charge, a key challenge before him is whether the state BJP under his leadership pursues a moderate, inclusive Hindutva lin ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) With the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls on the horizon, the BJP has placed its bet on soft-spoken RSS loyalist and party veteran Samik Bhattacharya to steer its troubled state unit out of a prolonged phase of internal discord, grassroots disarray and "cultural disconnect" with the Bengali electorate. But as Bhattacharya, a quintessential Bengali 'bhadralok' takes charge, a key challenge before him is whether the state BJP under his leadership pursues a moderate, inclusive ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP "isn't fighting Muslims... and the state's plurality needs to be saved", Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday after taking over as the party's new state president."There is a conscious effort to divide Bengal on basis of religion. The minority community should understand that we are not fighting against them. We are fighting against the forces that shove stones in their boys' hands. We want to replace stones with books. We want to replace the swords in their hands with pens," Bhattac ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leader and MP Ravishankar Prasad on Thursday had declared BJP Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya as the next Bengal party chief. Addressing the gathering during a felicitation programme at Science City, Kolkata, Bhattacharya said, "Our only aim is to oust Trinamool Congress (TMC) from the state and we will fight unitedly to achieve our aim. BJP has gone through several odds to make its mark. In Bengal as well BJP has gone thro ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Wednesday officially named the new president of the West Bengal BJP, with the party tasking him to lead its charge in the 2026 assembly elections, a battle he described as a fight to save the state's culture and pluralism from what he termed the "corrupt misrule" of the TMC. A dyed-in-the-wool party loyalist and articulate communicator with deep roots in the RSS, Bhattacharya's election as the West Bengal BJP president signals the ce ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha MP, Samik Bhattacharya, was unanimously elected as the party's West Bengal president on Thursday, succeeding Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar. The election of the new state president comes as the party looks to challenge the incumbent Trinamool Congress in the upcoming 2026 Assembly polls in the state. Bhattacharya is a former West Bengal Assembly MLA from the Basirhat constituency from 2014 to 2016 and was elected ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Wednesday officially named the new president of the West Bengal BJP, with the party tasking him to lead its charge in the 2026 assembly elections -- a battle he described as a fight to save the state's culture and pluralism from what he termed the "corrupt misrule" of the TMC. Bhattacharya was elected unopposed, with no other candidate filing a nomination for the post by the stipulated deadline on Wednesday afternoon. The formal ann ...Read More >
Kolkata: A dyed-in-the-wool party loyalist and articulate communicator with deep roots in the RSS, Samik Bhattacharya's election as the West Bengal BJP president signals the central leadership's calibrated move to steer the state unit through internal churn and retool it into a winning machine ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. At 61, Bhattacharya's rise to the state's top organisational post is being seen as a reward for decades of silent perseverance, ideological fidelity, and personal dis ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday unanimously elected Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya as the new president of its West Bengal unit. Bhattacharya, the lone nominee for the post, submitted his nomination on Wednesday at the BJP's Salt Lake office in Kolkata, accompanied by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and outgoing state chief Sukanta Majumdar.Bhattacharya, who flew in from New Delhi to file his nomination, had earlier met BJP national president JP Nadda on Monday at his ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Thursday officially declared the new president of its West Bengal unit, and he will lead the party into the 2026 assembly elections. Sixty-one-year-old Bhattacharya was elected unopposed, with no other candidate filing nomination for the post by the stipulated deadline of Wednesday afternoon. The formal announcement came during a felicitation ceremony at Science City here, in the presence of senior BJP leader a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya is all set to become the next state president of the saffron camp in West Bengal. Bhattacharya seemed to be the sole contender of the post as nobody else had filed nomination for the post. Flanked by present state president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Bhattacharuya had filed his nomination on Wednesday. Talking to the media, present state president and MoS Sukanta Ma ...Read More >
Kolkata: With less than a year to go for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP's Bengal unit is set to announce its new state president on Thursday, following the nomination process on Wednesday. "There has been only one nomination, and no other submission was made. Each nomination must be seconded by at least ten members. The only nomination received is that of Shamik Bhattacharya. The name of the new state president will be officially announced tomorrow by senior leader Ravi Shanka ...Read More >
Kolkata: Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya was the only candidate to submit a nomination for elections to the post of Bengal BJP president, almost sealing the outcome. Accompanied by Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari and incumbent party president Sukanta Majumdar, Bhattacharya submitted his nomination at the party's Salt Lake office on Wednesday.Bhattacharya flew down to Kolkata from New Delhi on Wednesday morning to submit his nomination. On Monday, he had met BJP national presid ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the appointment of new state presidents in seven states and two union territories, as part of the ongoing second phase of its organisational revamp. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed new state presidents in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Puducherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As part of the second phase of its Sangathan Parv (Or ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Speaking to ANI, Bhattacharya said that the party leadership asked him to file a nomination, which he followed. 'I have nothing to say right now. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya is set to become the new president of the West Bengal BJP as no other candidate filed nomination for the post till the deadline on Wednesday, party leaders said. Accompanied by outgoing state president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, Bhattacharya submitted his nomination papers at the party's office in Salt Lake in the afternoon. According to a party notice, nomina ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Also Read | Karnataka Shocker: Infosys Senior Employee Arrested for Filming Woman Colleague While She Was Using Ladies' Washroom at Office in Benga ...Read More >
Durgapur: Samik Bhattacharya, a 61-year-old Rajya Sabha member and chief spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s West Bengal unit, emerged as the sole contender for the post of state president on Wednesday as nobody else filed nominations during the organisational election process paving way for the veteran leader, senior party functionaries said. Bhattacharya will replace 45-year-old Sukanta Majumdar, the Lok Sabha member from north Bengal's Balurghat and Union minister of state for ...Read More >
Kolkata: With dates for the election of the state president announced on Tuesday, Bengal BJP faces the challenging task of finding its new Bengal chief before going into the 2026 assembly polls. The results will be declared on Thursday.After Sukanta Majumdar's term ended last Sept, the BJP brass talked to workers and district functionaries to assess the candidate most suitable for the post. Majumdar had replaced Dilip Ghosh as state president after the 2021 assembly polls. He was inducted as a U ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) With less than a year to go for assembly elections, the BJP is all set to announce its new West Bengal president this week, amid intense lobbying, internal deliberations and factional negotiations within the saffron party's state unit. The party's returning officer and MLA, Deepak Barman, issued a notification confirming the schedule, sparking speculations over who will take over the reins of the state unit ahead of the assembly polls in April-May next year. Nomination for ...Read More >
West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, along with other party leaders, were detained by police during a rally protesting the alleged gang rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College. The BJP's march towards the college was halted at Gariahat crossing.The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student wa ...Read More >
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