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TopicBJP West Bengal

Topic: BJP West Bengal

PM Modi lays foundation of Rs 1,200 cr Kona Expressway in Bengal’s Howrah

Prime minister inaugurated three new metro routes in Kolkata, including the first-ever direct link to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.

BJP is othering Bengalis. Its Hindi imperialism won’t work

The BJP’s agenda is clear. After successive defeats in the 2021 and 2024 elections, the party is attempting to pigeonhole Bengal as a place of Rohingya, Bangladeshis, and Muslims.

BJP calls for global condemnation after Tagore’s ancestral home vandalised in Bangladesh

Party spokesperson Sambit Patra cited media reports to claim that Jamaat-e-Islami & Hefazat-e-Islam were behind the attack.

BJP leader protests, demands central forces in Bengal after violent clashes near Kolkata

LoP & BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that TMC failed to protect Hindus from the violence in Rabindranagar & Maheshtala on Wednesday.

Kolkata rape-murder: Mamata says BJP trying to defame Bengal over 12-hour bandh call

The Bengal CM defended police action on the BJP-supported march to the state secretariat Tuesday, adding the rapist would be rightfully punished.

BJP’s Priyangu Pandey accuses TMC workers, Kolkata police of ‘throwing bombs, firing’ on his vehicle

Pandey claims his vehicle was attacked by a mob, describing the incident as a 'joint conspiracy' to murder him. Meanwhile, the TMC has accused the BJP of trying to create anarchy in Bengal.

With loss of assembly bypolls to TMC, BJP’s electoral fortunes in Bengal continue to dwindle

TMC wrested Raiganj, Bagda and Ranaghat Dakshin seats from BJP, while retaining Maniktala in assembly bypolls held on 10 July. Mamata Banerjee hailed it as ‘victory of the people’.

Changed seat, short campaign & ‘anti-BJP’ mood — ex-MP Dilip Ghosh lists reasons for Medinipur loss

Ex-Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was fielded from Bardhaman-Durgapur instead of his seat Medinipur and lost Lok Sabha polls to TMC's Kirti Azad. This was Ghosh’s first poll defeat.

If TMC slips by even one seat in 2024, Mamata Banerjee’s 2026 shot becomes that much harder

BJP has successfully executed 'Operation Lotus' in Goa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. Mamata Banerjee must repair internal friction and fight harder to prevent this fate for TMC.

Prominent Hindu speaker who chose monk life at 17 — Kartik Maharaj in eye of BJP-TMC political storm

While addressing a rally, CM Mamata Banerjee had made remarks against Hindu organisations, including Kartik Maharaj's Bharat Sevashram Sangha, sparking political row in West Bengal.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.