Bjp Second In Bengal

The second successive setback for the BJP in West Bengal has exposed fissures in the state unit, with a former president hitting out at the local leadership and pointing out flaws in the way the campaign was run.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has established a mammoth lead over its nearest rival, the BJP, in the local bodies' elections seen as a litmus test for next year's general elections.

The counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls to nearly 74,000 seats in West Bengal began on Tuesday morning amid tight security, officials said.

As protesters and police clashed in West Bengal for the second day over a suspended BJP leader's remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said some political parties want to engineer riots

Fresh clashes between protesters and police have been reported in West Bengal's Howrah district after the agitation by a group of people on the remarks of suspended BJP leader on Prophet Muhammed turned violent for the second consecutive day today.

A year after the party's defeat in the high-octane West Bengal Assembly polls, BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday claimed that the party would have come to power had the devastating second wave of Covid not affected the campaigning.

In a 4-0 clean sweep in bypolls in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress snatched two seats from the BJP on Tuesday, steamrolling the party for the second time this year in the state.

On the very second day of his job, the BJP's new Bengal chief had a run-in with the police as he campaigned in Kolkata's Bhowanipore area for his party's candidate who is contesting a by-poll against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her neighbourhoo

Officials of West Bengal CID visited BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari's residence in Kanthi Saturday, the second time this week, as part of its probe into the unnatural death of his security guard three years ago, a senior officer said.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his Delhi residence on Wednesday evening for the second time in the last 35 hours to discuss attacks on party workers in West Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the BJP for the resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of the state and said had the government vaccinated everyone in time, there wouldn't have been this second outbreak of the pandemic.

For the second time in two days, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has voiced concerns about the BJP resorting to horse-trading after the elections in case the difference in numbers of seats between the two parties is slim.

Former minister Rajib Banerjee alleged that he was relegated in the TMC for opposing "cut money culture" and had to face "step-motherly" treatment throughout his second term, which ultimately prompted him to sever ties with the ruling party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people of West Bengal and Assam to go out in large numbers and vote for the second phase of the assembly election.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's bold call to take on her party's most prominent defector to the BJP on his home turf will be put to the test today as the people of Nandigram go to vote along with 29 other constituencies in the second pha

The second successive setback for the BJP in West Bengal has exposed fissures in the state unit, with a former president hitting out at the local leadership and pointing out flaws in the way the campaign was run.

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has established a mammoth lead over its nearest rival, the BJP, in the local bodies' elections seen as a litmus test for next year's general elections.

The counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls to nearly 74,000 seats in West Bengal began on Tuesday morning amid tight security, officials said.

As protesters and police clashed in West Bengal for the second day over a suspended BJP leader's remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said some political parties want to engineer riots

Fresh clashes between protesters and police have been reported in West Bengal's Howrah district after the agitation by a group of people on the remarks of suspended BJP leader on Prophet Muhammed turned violent for the second consecutive day today.

A year after the party's defeat in the high-octane West Bengal Assembly polls, BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday claimed that the party would have come to power had the devastating second wave of Covid not affected the campaigning.

In a 4-0 clean sweep in bypolls in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress snatched two seats from the BJP on Tuesday, steamrolling the party for the second time this year in the state.

On the very second day of his job, the BJP's new Bengal chief had a run-in with the police as he campaigned in Kolkata's Bhowanipore area for his party's candidate who is contesting a by-poll against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her neighbourhoo

Officials of West Bengal CID visited BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari's residence in Kanthi Saturday, the second time this week, as part of its probe into the unnatural death of his security guard three years ago, a senior officer said.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his Delhi residence on Wednesday evening for the second time in the last 35 hours to discuss attacks on party workers in West Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the BJP for the resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of the state and said had the government vaccinated everyone in time, there wouldn't have been this second outbreak of the pandemic.

For the second time in two days, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has voiced concerns about the BJP resorting to horse-trading after the elections in case the difference in numbers of seats between the two parties is slim.

Former minister Rajib Banerjee alleged that he was relegated in the TMC for opposing "cut money culture" and had to face "step-motherly" treatment throughout his second term, which ultimately prompted him to sever ties with the ruling party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people of West Bengal and Assam to go out in large numbers and vote for the second phase of the assembly election.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's bold call to take on her party's most prominent defector to the BJP on his home turf will be put to the test today as the people of Nandigram go to vote along with 29 other constituencies in the second pha