According to sources in Mamata Banerjee-camp, the Trinamool Congress has appointed MLA Babul Supriyo as a national spokesperson of the party, news agency PTI reported. Supriyo, who was a union minister while he was in the BJP,  took to Twitter to thank the party supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him... The post appeared first on .

Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], April 17 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Murshidabad Assembly constituency in West Bengal, Gouri Shankar Ghosh, tendered his resignation from the post of State Committee Secretary on Sunday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 16 (ANI): The counting of votes, which began at 8 am, for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Assembly seat bypolls is underway in West Bengal on Saturday.

Kolkata Mar 30 PTI The Election Commission has barred Trinamool Congress MLA Narendranath Chakraborty from campaigning for by-polls to two constituencies in West Bengal for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly issuing open threats to BJP voters and supportersThe Pandabeswar MLA was recently heard telling party workers in a purported video to intimidate BJP supporters so that they do not go to polling boothsThe Commission orders to prohibit him from holding any public meetings public rallies road shows and interviews public utterances in media in connection with ongoing by-election for a week from 10 am March 30 to April 6 2022 8 pm the EC said in a communication to the West Bengal chief electoral officerBy-polls to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje assembly seat will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16 PTI SCH RBT RBT

Asansol (West Bengal) [India], March 29 (ANI): Ahead of the byelections for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat, a video of the ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Narendra Nath Chakraborty has gone viral in which he is seen openly threatening the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Kolkata Mar 22 PTI Former BJP leader and Union minister Shatrughan Sinha who is contesting on a TMC ticket for the by-election to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency feels agencies such as CBI and ED are the biggest allies of the BJP-led central government which is authoritarian in natureThe actor-turned-politician who had left the saffron camp to join the Congress after an association with the BJP spanning decades said he has nothing personal against Prime Minister Narendra Modi but political differences are unlikely to be resolved in the near futurePopularly called Shotgun by fans for his straightforward dialogue deliveries and speeches Sinha refrained from replying directly on the reasons behind leaving the Congress contending Sometimes in order to move to the right direction you have to take a new direction Sinha also dismissed the outsider tag being attached to him by rivals asserting that he was no less a Bengali than any other BengaliWithout realising what political opportunism is they the BJP are levelling such allegations I find it is no longer the party built by the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and has turned into an authoritarian outfit It makes use of the CBI ED and the Income Tax Department on its political opponents to settle scoresThe BJP no longer has allies as most of them have left the NDA So these central agencies are its biggest allies more loyal than the King Sinha told PTI in an interview Thanking Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving him an opportunity to serve the masses he said I have nothing personal against PM Modi The differences are purely political Had we been able to resolve political differences I would not be here with TMC today I can now say thus far and no further he saidSounding critical of the Congress with which he had a three-year stint Sinha said a lot of promises made at the time of his induction were not fulfilledAfter quitting the BJP Sinha who had served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance NDA government joined the Congress and unsuccessfully fought from his native Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in 2019The Congress is going through a crisis phase and I think it is not the appropriate time to put salt into their wounds I dont want to create further confusion and contradiction Sometimes to move in the right direction you have to take a new direction he said Asked about the outsider-insider narrative of the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls Sinha said the description was used as the BJP behaved like the East India Company which just wanted to conquer BengalThe BJP and its leaders acted as if they had come to invade Bengal just like the British East India Company did once upon a time That is why they were branded as invaders and outsiders he saidThe 76-year-old former Union minister also called upon the opposition to join hands to form a front and defeat the BJPI think Mamata Banerjee is best suited to lead such a front he saidSinha is pitted against BJPs Agnimitra Paul in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency scheduled to go to polls on April 12 Votes will be counted on April 16 PTI PNT RBT RBT

Kolkata Mar 21 PTI Trinamool Congress candidates Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo on Monday filed their nominations for by-polls to a Lok Sabha and an assembly seat to be held on April 12 in West BengalSinha has been fielded for by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency while Supriyo was nominated for the Ballygunge Assembly seatSpeaking to reporters after filing his nomination at Alipore Survey Building Supriyo said I am thankful to Didi TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for giving me this opportunity to contest from the presitigious Ballygunge constituency I am really honoured and accept the challenge The bypoll to Asansol was necessitated as Supriyo resigned as the BJP MP after joining the TMC in September last yearThe Ballygunge Assembly seat is going for polls as incumbent MLA and state minister Subrata Mukherjee died in November 2021Sinha a former BJP leader filed his nomination at the office of the district magistrate of Paschim BardhamanThe actor-turned-politician had Sunday taken a jibe at the BJP for labelling him as an outsider wondering what the saffron party makes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from VaranasiIf for national figures like the PM contesting the Lok Sabha polls from anywhere is accepted then the same holds true for me as well he had saidBy-polls to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje assembly seat will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16 PTI DC RBT RBT

Kolkata Mar 20 PTI TMC candidate for by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday took a jibe at the BJP for labelling him as an outsider wondering what the saffron party makes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from VaranasiSinha who would be filing his nomination on Monday told reporters at Andal Airport in Paschim Bardhaman district that he was sure the electorate of Asansol would root for Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee who always stood for the development of BengalIf for national figures like the PM contesting the Lok Sabha polls from anywhere is accepted then the same holds true for me as well the actor-turned-politician saidBengal BJP leaders like Sukanta Majumdar and Agnimitra Paul had recently labelled Sinha as an outsider in the stateSinha said he was touched by the love and warmth of the people of Asansol pointing towards the cheering crowd at the airportThe BJP would be trounced by the people of Asansol who will vote for insaf justice he assertedSinha is pitted against BJPs Agnimitra PaulThe Left Front fielded senior CPIM leader Partha Mukherjee as its candidate for the by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat By-polls to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje assembly seat will be held on April 12 and votes will be counted on April 16 PTI SUS RBT RBT

New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Derogatory remarks made by Trinamool Congress MLA Manoranjan Byapari against people from Bihar have stirred up a political row with both Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal slamming the Mamata Banerjee led party in West Bengal.

New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up for the upcoming by-elections in a Lok Sabha seat and an Assembly constituency in West Bengal.