Kolkata Apr 20 PTI Five BJP MLAs including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday filed petitions before the Calcutta High Court challenging their suspension from the West Bengal Assembly by Speaker Biman BanerjeeThe petitions are likely to be heard before the appropriate bench of the high court soon one of their lawyers saidThe five BJP MLAs were suspended by the Speaker for future sessions this year for their alleged unruly conduct in the House on March 28 the last day of the Budget sessionBesides Adhikari the other MLAs include Dipak Burman Shankar Ghosh Manoj Tigga and Narahari MahatoThe assembly had witnessed pandemonium on the day as ruling TMC and BJP MLAs scuffled after saffron party legislators demanded a statement by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the worsening law and order situation in the state PTI AMR MM MM
Kolkata Apr 19 PTI Amid the internal bickering in the West Bengal unit of the BJP over by-poll defeat the partys state president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said that those having grievances should directly speak to him instead of approaching the mediaMajumdar during the day held a meeting with district leaders and senior members of the state unitAll those with grievances or complaints can come to me or seek an audience with central leaders Instead of approaching the media with their views they can come to me at any time They can also get in touch with central leaders or those in charge he saidShortly after results of two bypolls were announced in Bengal with the TMC bagging both the seats BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra said that his partys state unit leadership should take steps to resolve problems in the camp instead of pretending everything is alrightOn Monday too he asked the state unit to set the house in order by identifying the lacunaeIn the just-concluded bypolls TMCs Shatrughan Sinha defeated BJPs Agnimitra Paul in Asansol Lok Sabha constituency by over three lakh votes while former Union minister Babul Supriyo clinched the Ballygunge assembly seat beating nearest CPIM rival Saira Shah Halim by 20228 votesInterestingly both Sinha and Supriyo are former BJP membersMajumdar during his address announced a series of programmes to mobilise the partys rank and file in the state We will be holding a Save Democracy programme in the state A mega rally will be held on May 2 The day after we will hold a Satyagraha programme We will observe May 3 as black day he saidThe party has also decided to observe Shahid Diwas in May to honour the victims of post-poll violence in the state Majumdar addedAssembly poll results were declared on May 2 last year paving the way for the TMCs third term in office in West BengalThe BJP had alleged that its members were subjected to attacks and torture by TMC activists post the declaration of poll results PTI PNT RMS RMS
Kolkata Apr 18 PTI BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra on Monday asked the partys infighting-affected West Bengal unit to set its house in order by identifying its lacunas or else its existence will be in crisis in the stateHazra who had lashed out at the state unit following the partys drubbing in the by-elections to Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and Ballygunge Assembly seat on Saturday said instead of pretending everything is alright the leadership should take steps to solve the issuesThe internal bickering within the BJPs state unit came to the fore after the TMCs Asansol candidate Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha steamrolled the BJPs Agnimitra Paul by over 300000 votes Former Union minister Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge seat in Kolkata defeating the CPIM nominee by a margin of 20228 votes The saffron party candidate came third there Hazra said If the problem is not discussed how will you rectify your mistakes If you cant tolerate criticism your existence will be in crisis If you always say All is well how will you solve the problems BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said the state leadership should take everybody along and work as a united force to fight against the alleged misrule of the TMCI too was a state president and had worked unitedly for the partys growth Now we cannot win elections so we need to take everybody along and resolve our problems If there is any problem regarding our approach or policy that should be corrected he said BJP MP Saumitra Khan who had recently said the by-poll defeats were on expected lines as the state unit is being led by inexperienced leaders bereft of any political maturity on Monday claimed that the Bengal unit is suffering from a disease and is in dire need of medicines from Delhi central leadershipReacting to these statements BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar said everyone should abide by the party disciplineIf anyone has grievances or suggestions the person can always place them at the party forum instead of airing them in public he saidThe ruling TMC mocked the state BJP for failing to settle its inner differencesThe Bengal BJP unit cannot settle its differences but is dreaming of unseating the TMC from power They should first resolve their own problems TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said PTI PNT NN NN
Kolkata Nov 28 PTI The TMC which has left the CPIM behind to emerge as the main opposition of the BJP in several wards of Tripuras municipal bodies said on Sunday that its exceptional performance despite being a new entrant in the state is an indicator of the partys prospects in 2023 assembly elections The BJP leadership rejoicing over the saffron camps emphatic win in the northeastern state however stated that the civic poll results have exposed the hollowness of TMCs claims of having made inroads in Tripura Several BJP workers here were seen feasting on sweets and smearing each other with gulal during the day to celebrate their partys victory in the neighbouring state Taking to Twitter TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee nevertheless said that it was exceptional for his party which had negligible presence in Tripura to have clinched 20 per cent of the vote share This is despite the fact that we commenced our activities barely 3 months ago and BJP4Tripura left no stone unturned to BUTCHER DEMOCRACY in Tripura Congratulations to all the brave soldiers of AITC4Tripura for their exemplary courage he tweeted Echoing him the TMCs West Bengal general secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that his party has been able to secure the second position in several seats despite the violence unleashed by the ruling BJP there 2023 is ours it the results forms the foundation of Trinamools victory in 2023 Ghosh tweeted as results keep pouring in from different municipal bodies He claimed that the TMC has been able to gain support of a considerable section of people Alleging that the BJP was forming municipal boards by securing wins through violence and intimidation the TMC leader further accused the police and the state election commission in Tripura of favouring the saffron party He thanked party workers for their efforts and the people of Tripura for their support Earlier in the day BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh told reporters here that the saffron camp shares a strong bond with the residents of that state The TMC will not be able to open its account in Tripura unless the BJP decides against fielding candidate from a seat he maintained The civic poll results are on expected lines The TMC did not have any chance to open its account in Tripura they only made noises This verdict shows hired people from West Bengal cannot help a party create a base in a state which has faith in the BJP and not in Trinamool the BJP leader underlined Leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari extended his wishes to BJP workers and leaders and Tripura Heartiest congratulations BJP4Tripura Honble CM BjpBiplab for registering landslide victory in Agartala Corporation all other Nagar Panchayats and Municipalities We are grateful to the people of Tripura for wiping out the corrupt fascist Tolamool extortionist party of Bengal he wrote on the microblogging platform Adhikari was apparently referring to allegations of extortion and corruption levelled by the opposition camps in Bengal against the ruling TMC in the recent past BJPs Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar told reporters that the TMC had tried to create a false impression about its popularity in Tripura The TMC tried to destabilise the situation in Tripura by taking miscreants there from Bengal The party has no support base in that state he added PTI AMR SUS RMS RMS
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 7 (ANI): West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will have an organistional change soon, said party vice president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday.
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