Bengal Bjp List

Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh, who had expressed his inability to contest the Lok Sabha elections from West Bengal's Asansol just a day after the BJP announced his name for the constituency, took a U-turn on Wednesday.

All three people from Bengal on the BJP-led government's honour list have refused the Padma awards -- a situation deeply embarrassing in a state where the BJP suffered a stunning electoral defeat last year.

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari has not been invited by the state government for the Republic Day celebrations to be held at Red Road in the capital city of Kolkata.

BJP on Friday released a list of 180 candidates for the election to three civic bodies in West Bengal to be held on January 22, party spokesman Samik Bhattacharya said.

Ahead of the crucial bypoll in Bhabanipur, from where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, a BJP delegation met the Election Commission on Tuesday and sought a series of measures to ensure free and fair elections.

Bharatiya Janta Party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia has been made a star campaigner in the recently released list of the party's 30 star campaigners for the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls to be held on April 10.

The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...

The BJP on Thursday pulled out its candidate, the former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, from the Alipurduar seat in north Bengal after intense protests from the local party supporters who described him as an "outsider".

Hours after the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Bengal elections, the party's nominee from Kolkata's Chowringhee assembly constituency has claimed her name was announced without her consent.

The BJP on Thursday announced the names of 157 candidates for the last four phases of the Bengal polls and among the biggest names to join its battle for the assembly is former Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Roy who is now contesting Assembly elections from Krishnanagar North in Nadia district.

BJP workers from various parts of West Bengal continued their protests on Tuesday outside the party's state election office in Kolkata over the selection of candidates for the assembly polls, laying bare the rift between old-timers and new entrants.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP for nominating its sitting MPs from several assembly seats in Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought to know if they would be "spreading lies and engineering riots" after the elections.

BJP supporters held angry protests outside the party's election office in Kolkata all day on Monday, even heckling senior leaders Mukul Roy, Arjun Singh and Shiv Prakash, to protest against the fielding of a large number of former Trinamool leaders as BJP candidates. This on a day when Amit Shah landed in Kolkata unexpectedly to stay the night on h...

The Trinamool Congress jeered at the BJP on Sunday for drafting MPs, movie stars and even a union minister as candidates for the West Bengal elections as well as taking multiple rounds to announce its list of contenders. The BJP, however, brushed off the charge that the party lacked strong local candidates and said that the people of Bengal were "t...

The BJP has sent a list of 40 star campaigners for Bengal, where it is determined to oust two-time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee using all resources at hand, including star power and Trinamool Congress defectors.

Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh, who had expressed his inability to contest the Lok Sabha elections from West Bengal's Asansol just a day after the BJP announced his name for the constituency, took a U-turn on Wednesday.

All three people from Bengal on the BJP-led government's honour list have refused the Padma awards -- a situation deeply embarrassing in a state where the BJP suffered a stunning electoral defeat last year.

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari has not been invited by the state government for the Republic Day celebrations to be held at Red Road in the capital city of Kolkata.

BJP on Friday released a list of 180 candidates for the election to three civic bodies in West Bengal to be held on January 22, party spokesman Samik Bhattacharya said.

Ahead of the crucial bypoll in Bhabanipur, from where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, a BJP delegation met the Election Commission on Tuesday and sought a series of measures to ensure free and fair elections.

Bharatiya Janta Party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia has been made a star campaigner in the recently released list of the party's 30 star campaigners for the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls to be held on April 10.

The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...

The BJP on Thursday pulled out its candidate, the former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, from the Alipurduar seat in north Bengal after intense protests from the local party supporters who described him as an "outsider".

Hours after the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Bengal elections, the party's nominee from Kolkata's Chowringhee assembly constituency has claimed her name was announced without her consent.

The BJP on Thursday announced the names of 157 candidates for the last four phases of the Bengal polls and among the biggest names to join its battle for the assembly is former Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Roy who is now contesting Assembly elections from Krishnanagar North in Nadia district.

BJP workers from various parts of West Bengal continued their protests on Tuesday outside the party's state election office in Kolkata over the selection of candidates for the assembly polls, laying bare the rift between old-timers and new entrants.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP for nominating its sitting MPs from several assembly seats in Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought to know if they would be "spreading lies and engineering riots" after the elections.

BJP supporters held angry protests outside the party's election office in Kolkata all day on Monday, even heckling senior leaders Mukul Roy, Arjun Singh and Shiv Prakash, to protest against the fielding of a large number of former Trinamool leaders as BJP candidates. This on a day when Amit Shah landed in Kolkata unexpectedly to stay the night on h...

The Trinamool Congress jeered at the BJP on Sunday for drafting MPs, movie stars and even a union minister as candidates for the West Bengal elections as well as taking multiple rounds to announce its list of contenders. The BJP, however, brushed off the charge that the party lacked strong local candidates and said that the people of Bengal were "t...

The BJP has sent a list of 40 star campaigners for Bengal, where it is determined to oust two-time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee using all resources at hand, including star power and Trinamool Congress defectors.