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BJP leader suggests circumcision test for citizenship, TMC calls it ‘bigotry’

Former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy had said,"The test of the religious status of a male must be CIRCUMCISION OR OTHERWISE".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy
Published on Mar 18, 2024 06:30 PM IST

‘Mamata can aspire to become PM but…': Here's what Tathagata Roy said

On a political high since her recent thumping win against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bengal Assembly election, Banerjee has been keen on stitching an Opposition alliance to take on the saffron camp in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The veteran BJP leader expressed confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would come to power again with a huge margin. (File photo)
Published on Nov 23, 2021 11:17 PM IST
By, New Delhi

BJP's Tathagata Roy bids 'farewell' to party's West Bengal unit for time being

Tathagata Roy was trying to say that he would stop attacking the state leadership for the time being as his criticism led to an embarrassment to the party, the sources said.

Earlier this week, BJP leader Tathagata Roy said the party would become extinct if its West Bengal unit f it did not mend its ways.(Twitter/@Thatagata2)
Published on Nov 20, 2021 02:28 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Tathagata Roy says ‘not voluntarily leaving BJP’ amid feud with Dilip Ghosh

“I have been deluged with phone calls since yesterday. Let me assure you that I am not leaving the party voluntarily,” Tathagata Roy tweeted.

“I will continue to play the role of the conscience-keeper of the party,” BJP leader Tathagata Roy said.(HT File Photo)
Published on Nov 07, 2021 06:37 PM IST
Written by Srivatsan K C | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

BJP leader says Vijayvargiya won't return to Bengal to oversee BJP's functioning

As in-charge of the party in West Bengal, Vijayvargiya supervised its campaign in the 2021 assembly elections in the state.

BJP national general secretary and party's West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Published on Oct 31, 2021 11:35 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Have been asked to meet BJP top leadership in Delhi: Tathagata Roy

Tathagata Roy, during his interaction with reporters on Wednesday, had claimed that "unwanted elements" from the TMC was inducted into the BJP ahead of the assembly polls.

Tathagata Roy had lambasted the BJP's Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh and three Central leaders for the poll debacle.(PTI)
Published on May 06, 2021 07:32 PM IST
PTI |

BJP leader, Meghalaya governor spar on Twitter

West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose said that the party’s ideological founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee seeking partition of Bengal in 1947 was a “historic blunder”.

West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 06:56 AM IST
Hindustan Tiimes, Kolkata | By

‘Those not wanting divisive democracy should go to North Korea’: Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy

Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy’s tweet came hours before protesters reached the entrance of the Raj Bhavan, tried to breach security following which they were lathi-charged and tear-gassed leaving several of them seriously injured.

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy(PTI File)
Updated on Dec 14, 2019 06:06 AM IST
Shillong | ByPress Trust of India

Mamata Banerjee lashes out at Meghalaya Governor for comments on East Bengal

Roy had kicked up a controversy on Tuesday when he asked East Bengal supporters if they had ever wondered why they were with that club while being in West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee not happy with Meghalaya Governor.(ANI)
Updated on Aug 01, 2019 10:48 PM IST
Kolkata | ByPress Trust of India

Row over Meghalaya guv ‘East Bengal Club’ tweet

The tweet drew flak from several quarters, especially supporters and office-bearers of East Bengal as well as former football players.

Tathagata Roy(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 01, 2019 01:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee and Dhiman Sarkar

‘Why support East Bengal sitting in West Bengal’: Meghalaya governor’s remark sparks row

Tathagata Roy’s tweetraised a storm in Kolkata and rest of Bengal since East Bengal and its arch rival, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, comprise an integral part of the state’s culture and history.

Kolkata: Supporters take part in a rally ahead 100 years celebration of East Bengal Football Club, in Kolkata on July 28, 2019.(PTI)
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 04:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee and Dhiman Sarkar

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh bats for PM Modi’s re-election, says ‘we are all BJP workers’

Governors, who are often described as the President’s eyes and ears in the state, are expected to steer clear of politics.

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh said he wanted the BJP to emerge victorious in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.(HT file photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2019 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Meghalaya opposition boycotts Governor’s address over his anti-Kashmiri tweet

The Opposition Congress boycotted a ceremonial address by Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy in the state assembly in protest against his controversial tweets after the Pulwama terror attack.

Former Meghalaya chief minister of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma of Congress addresses a press conference.(ANI)
Published on Mar 08, 2019 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong | ByDavid Laitphlang

‘Boycott Kashmiris’: Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy’s tweet sparks row, Omar Abdullah has a question

Tathagata Roy posted a tweet citing a retired colonel to endorse boycott of Kashmiris in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy has evoked fresh controversy with his tweet backing a call to boycott all Kashmiris in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.(Photo: Twitter/tathagata2)
Updated on Feb 19, 2019 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy sparks off row with ‘insensitive’ tweets on 26/11 victims, presses delete

Tathagata Roy, who was posted as Meghalaya Governor in August isn’t new to controversies. He has hit the headlines several times in the past over his tweets when he was in charge of Tripura.

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy in New Delhi.(Virendra Singh Gosain/HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 05:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By

Tathagata Roy sworn in as Meghalaya governor

Tathagata Roy, who was earlier Tripura governor, has often stirred controversies with his comments on social media some of which had strong communal connotations.

Tathagata Roy was sworn in as the 18th governor of Meghalaya at a function at the Raj Bhavan in Shillong on August 25.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 25, 2018 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shillong | ByDavid Laitphlang

People entering another country for jobs are infiltrators, says Tripura governor on draft NRC

Tathagata Roy also said that those howling about the exclusion of people from the Assam NRC should read the definition of the word ‘refugee’ given by UNHCR.

Tripura governor Tathagata Roy Governor in New Delhi.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 01, 2018 09:45 AM IST
Agartala | ByIndo Asian News Service

Gandhi treated goat as mother: Netaji kin asks Hindus to shun mutton, sparks Twitter war with Tripura governor

Criticising the number of lynchings by cow vigilantes in BJP-ruled states, West Bengal saffron party leader Chandra Kumar Bose in a sarcastic comment asked Hindus to stop consuming goat meat.

Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandson of Netaji’s elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose, joined the BJP in 2016 and contested the Assembly elections the same year from Bhawanipore constituency against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 12:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata | By

Tripura governor seeks govt job for Bengal BJP leader, CPI (M) cries foul

Governor Tathagata Roy insists the letter is for a perfectly bona fide purpose.

Tripura governor Tathagata Roy.(Virendra Singh Gosain/HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2018 10:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Agartala | ByPriyanka Deb Barman

Puranic period people had superhuman imagination, says Tripura governor

Governor Tathagata Roy said it was impossible for people to have conceived ideas such as a cellphone unless they had seen a prototype or had superhuman imagination.

Tripura governor Tathagata Roy and chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb at the inauguration of the new Raj Bhawan building in Agartala on Wednesday. Governor Roy had said it was impossible to think of something such as a cellphone in the 1960’s.(PTI)
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 10:30 PM IST
Indo Asian News Service, Kolkata | By

Excerpt: Syama Prasad Mookerjee; Life and Times by Tathagata Roy

Governor of Tripura, Tathagata Roy’s biography of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, focuses on an important but forgotten politician. This excerpt examines his mysterious death

Dr Mookerjee with his lifelong friend Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, holding a replica of the Sanchi Stupa.(Courtesy Tathagata Roy)
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 10:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByTathagata Roy

Statue row: Bengal intellectuals urge Kovind to take ‘strongest action’ against Tripura guv

Prominent Bengal intellectuals such as Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Nabanita Deb Sen, Goutam Ghosh and others made the plea in a letter to President Ramnath Kovind.

Remains of the five-feet tall statue of Lenin vandalised in Tripura earlier this week.(HT file)
Updated on Mar 10, 2018 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By, Kolkata
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