All posts tagged: West Bengal political news

Trinamool MP Koel Mallick quits Rajya Sabha in latest setback for Mamata Banerjee | Kolkata News

Trinamool MP Koel Mallick quits Rajya Sabha in latest setback for Mamata Banerjee | Kolkata News

Published by Parlour News

Written by: Ravik Bhattacharjee 1 min readUpdated: Jul 16, 2026 02:44 PM IST In another blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, actor Koel Mallick resigned as the party’s Rajya Sabha MP on Thursday, just three months after the party nominated her to the Upper House of Parliament. Koel Mallick is Trinamool’s fourth Rajya Sabha MP to quit amid the meltdown in the party in the aftermath of its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls in May. Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik, who resigned earlier, have joined the BJP. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Eggs hurled, shirt torn: Abhishek Banerjee attacked in West Bengal`s Sonarpur

Eggs hurled, shirt torn: Abhishek Banerjee attacked in West Bengal`s Sonarpur

Published by Webster

Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly assaulted by protesters on Saturday after he reached Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to meet a party worker who reportedly became a victim of post-poll violence after the results of the recently concluded assembly elections were announced on May 4. On Saturday afternoon, shortly after receiving a notice from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for interrogation at his residence on Kalighat Road in south Kolkata, Banerjee left for Sonarpur. His vehicle first encountered protests at Kamal Gazi, where a group of women showed him black flags, news agency IANS reported. However, larger protests awaited him upon his arrival in Sonarpur, where hundreds of local residents, including women, raised slogans against him and described him as a “thief”. Banerjee then got off his vehicle and rode on a motorcycle belonging to a local TMC activist to reach his destination. According to IANS, protesters charged towards him, with some women allegedly slapping him while others threw eggs at him. His shirt was also reportedly …

BJP’s ideology gained recognition in West Bengal; change of power to bring development: Nitin Gadkari

BJP’s ideology gained recognition in West Bengal; change of power to bring development: Nitin Gadkari

Published by Webster

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections reflects growing public acceptance of the party’s ideology in the state and asserted that the political change would accelerate development in the region, reported PTI. Speaking to PTI Videos in Nagpur before leaving for Kolkata to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari, Gadkari described the BJP’s electoral performance as a landmark moment for the party in eastern India. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister

Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister

Published by Webster

BJP legislature party leader Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday, heading the first BJP government in the state. Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Adhikari at a grand ceremony held at the Brigade Parade Grounds. The swearing-in ceremony, held in Kolkata, was attended by several senior BJP leaders and chief ministers from BJP-ruled states, reflecting the significance of the party’s breakthrough in the eastern state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president JP Nadda and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan were among the prominent leaders present during the oath-taking ceremony. Chief Ministers including Himanta Biswa Sarma, Manik Saha, Rekha Gupta and Pushkar Singh Dhami also attended the event and congratulated Adhikari on the BJP’s landmark electoral victory in West Bengal. Suvendu Adhikari Wins Bhabanipur And Nandigram The BJP Legislature Party had earlier unanimously elected Suvendu Adhikari as its leader following the party’s decisive mandate in the Assembly elections. Adhikari emerged as one of the biggest winners …

Amit Shah announces Suvendu Adhikari to be West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister

Amit Shah announces Suvendu Adhikari to be West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister

Published by Webster

After securing a landslide victory in the West Bengal State Assembly Elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first Chief Minister in the state. Addressing the media on May 8, Shah said that the BJP’s victory in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections marks a “historic political shift” in the state. He added that Suvendu Adhikari’s leadership played a crucial role in the party’s performance across Bengal. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

RG Kar victim’s mother Ratna Debnath wins by 28,836 votes

RG Kar victim’s mother Ratna Debnath wins by 28,836 votes

Published by Webster

Debnath, a political newcomer, defeated the Trinamool Congress’ Tirthankar Ghosh by 28,836 votes, securing 87,977 votes in the Panihati Assembly segment. The TMC candidate is the son of incumbent MLA Nirmal Ghosh, who had been accused of attempting to hastily cremate the body of the young RG Kar medic Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Mamata to storm North Bengal as TMC launches ‘two-front’ 2026 campaign; major focus on Suvendu’s backyard

Mamata to storm North Bengal as TMC launches ‘two-front’ 2026 campaign; major focus on Suvendu’s backyard

Published by Parlour News

4 min readKolkataMar 22, 2026 06:56 AM IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will start campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections from North Bengal on March 24 (Tuesday) while her nephew and party’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee will start with election rallies in southern districts, it is learnt. The move is aimed at simultaneously connecting with voters in the state’s two different political battlegrounds. On March 24, the CM will hold a mega rally at Alipurduar Parade Ground before addressing meetings at Matigara in Darjeeling district and Maynaguri in Jalpaiguri the same day. The move is being seen as an attempt by the TMC leadership to wrest back political ground in the northern belt, where the BJP had made deep inroads in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and retained a strong presence through the 2021 Assembly elections. “The CM herself leading the charge from Alipurduar sends a message that the party is taking the BJP’s challenge in north Bengal seriously,” a senior TMC leader said. The CM will leave for north Bengal after addressing a …