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Owaisi’s politics won’t work in Bengal: Muslim clerics react to AIMIM’s poll debut
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2021 12:59 PM IST
The BJP, which has been accusing chief minister Mamata Banerjee of appeasing the minority community for years, has said that AIMIM is an independent party and can contest anywhere
Governor needs sleeping pills, Bengal minister retorts after former talks of violent polls
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 12:18 AM IST
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said there is a general perception that elections in Bengal are marked by bloodshed.
West Bengal governor Dhankhar says country is apprehensive of violent elections in Bengal
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 01, 2021 09:45 PM IST
It will be a massive blow to the democratic system if public servants are engaged in political work and there cannot be a bigger challenge than this to the rule of law, he said.
Don’t like derogatory remarks being made against Visva-Bharati’: Mamata Banerjee
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 05:32 PM IST
A war of words has broken out between the BJP and Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) since Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the university which was founded by Nobel laureate Tagore in 1921.
From BJP to Mamata Banerjee, a 10,000 farmer rally challenge in Kolkata
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 08:03 PM IST
BJP’s Bengal unit chief alleged that Mamata Banerjee prefers to send her emissaries to meet agitating farmers stationed at Delhi borders but does not allow any protest rally in the state.
How the TMC is fighting the BJP juggernaut in Bengal
By Barkha Dutt
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 05:36 PM IST
The Trinamool Congress has made dramatic changes to its organisational power structure and launched two key mass outreach programmes
TMC worker, supporter found dead
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON DEC 25, 2020 03:55 AM IST
In Hooghly, 35-year-old Suchand Jana, a TMC supporter, was found dead on the banks of a canal with bruises on his face.
‘Till lotus blooms’: Suvendu Adhikari says won’t sleep till BJP wins Bengal
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 01:58 AM IST
Union home minister Amit Shah welcomed Adhikari, a former TMC heavyweight, into the BJP, of which lotus is the election symbol, on December 19 as the ruling party strives to extend its political base in West Bengal ahead of assembly elections next year.
Congress seals alliance with Left for West Bengal assembly polls
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON DEC 24, 2020 06:37 PM IST
The Congress said it will fight against both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP.
After being branded a traitor by TMC, Suvendu Adhikari to hold rally in hometown
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON DEC 24, 2020 11:21 AM IST
This would be his first rally in East Midnapore after he joined the BJP on December 19 at union home minister Amit Shah’s rally
NCP slams BJP for trying to to destabilise West Bengal govt
By Asian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON DEC 22, 2020 10:12 AM IST
The NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik said that his party chief Sharad Pawar will raise this issue with leaders of other political parties.
BJP vs TMC politics sparks family drama
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON DEC 22, 2020 04:39 AM IST
Twists and turns straight out of a Bollywood movie played out on West Bengal’s political stage on Monday, shortly after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian’s wife joined the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state where elections are due in early 2021.
Suvendu Adhikari meets Bengal Speaker, says resignation as MLA accepted
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 21, 2020 06:07 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress minister and MLA, quit all posts and had switched over to the saffron camp last week.
Rules for amended Citizenship law to be framed after Covid crisis ends: Amit Shah
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON DEC 21, 2020 11:06 AM IST
Addressing a press conference in Bolpur, Shah said Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress raked up the “outsider-insider” issue to divert public attention from the failures of the state government and said that a “son of the soil” would lead the state if the BJP is voted to power.
Bengal has set 3 dangerous trends in Indian politics: Amit Shah
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 08:22 PM IST
Shah alleged that the TMC’s main slogan of Ma Mati Manush (Mother, Soil and People) had given way to corruption, nepotism and appeasement.
Suvendu Adhikari writes letter to TMC workers; asks them to join hands with him
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani Kumar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 06:28 PM IST
Taking shots at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, he alleged that the TMC is now filled with individuals who do not bother about anyone but themselves.
‘Get over narrow politics of regionalism’: Amit Shah targets Trinamool Congress
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 05:36 PM IST
He said that freedom fighter Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, who gave his life for the country, was also as much a son of Uttar Pradesh as he was of Bengal.
Amit Shah has lunch at Bengal farmer’s house
By HT Correspondent | Kolkata, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 05:32 PM IST
On Sunday, the Union minister is scheduled to have lunch with the family of a baul singer in Birbhum district, where he is also scheduled to attend a road show and visit the Visva Bharati.
‘CM will be picked from Bengal’: Shah hits back at ‘outsider’ jibe
By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 05:04 PM IST
West Bengal CM Banerjee has been desperately trying to brand the BJP as outsiders, and have even tagged them as “Dacoits from Chambal”.
On Bengal trip, Amit Shah takes veiled dig at Mamata’s Trinamool
By HT Correspondent | Kolkata, Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON DEC 19, 2020 02:40 PM IST
During his visit to the poll-bound state, Amit Shah also lashes out at those indulging in “narrow politics”
Amit Shah begins 2-day Bengal trip with visit to Swami Vivekananda’s house
By HT Correspondent | Kolkata, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 12:27 PM IST
There are speculations that former Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikary could join the BJP during Amit Shah’s visit to poll-bound West Bengal.
TMC rebel makes U-turn, swear allegiance to Mamata Banerjee
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 12:00 PM IST
TMC chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had sent a strong message to party rebels in a meeting with the party’s top leadership on Friday.
BJP’s Babul Supriyo says entry shouldn’t be open to all
By Joydeep Thakur | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 08:19 AM IST
“What my top bosses decide is a different thing but I will try my very best with all my might & honesty to ensure that NO #TMC leader who tormented, tortured (both physically & mentally) my grass root level BJP colleagues in Asansol, don’t get an entry in BJP,” union minister Babul Supriyo said in a social media post, without naming anyone.
Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata on 2-day visit
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar | Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 03:15 AM IST
Speculations are rife that Suvendu Adhikari, who gave up his cabinet portfolios and the Trinamool Congress, may join the BJP during Shah’s visit along with a slew of disgruntled TMC leaders, including some MLAs.
‘No coercive steps against BJP leaders’: SC notice to Bengal govt, police
By Abraham Thomas | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 01:44 PM IST
All the cases followed a similar pattern where criminal cases were lodged against most of these petitioners after they left the ruling Trinamool Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP, GNLF join hands for Bengal polls
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri, Siliguri
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 01:28 AM IST
The BJP, which has won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat since 2009, was looking for a new ally after Bimal Gurung of the Gorkha Janmukti Morhca (GJM) switched his allegiance to chief minister Mamata Banerjee in October.
Rebel Suvendu Adhikari quits Trinamool; Asansol’s outgoing mayor steps down
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Kolkata, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2020 05:57 PM IST
There are speculations that Adhikari might join the BJP during Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to poll-bound West Bengal this weekend.
TMC’s Suvendu Adhikari resigns from assembly; more leaders voice dissent before Shah’s visit
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Kolkata, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 09:25 PM IST
Suvendu Adhikari’s aides had said earlier that he was likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party during Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the poll-bound state later this week
BJP calling up my leaders, coercing them to join saffron camp, says Mamata Banerjee
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Arpan Rai | Coochbehar
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 03:02 PM IST
Addressing a rally in Coochbehar, Banerjee termed detractors in her party as “opportunists” and blamed the BJP for trying to break the TMC by using “moneybags”.
No winter session due to Covid-19; Opposition objects
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 11:43 AM IST
Govt says decision in view of pandemic, suggests Budget Session in January; Cong opposes move