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‘Visage of a chimpanzee’ — BJP’s Tathagata Roy blames Vijayvargiya, Dilip Ghosh for 2021 Bengal debacle

In his memoir, Roy writes that as soon as 2021 Bengal poll results were out, he was shocked to see Vijayvargiya prematurely accept defeat, demotivating many BJP workers.

‘Whistleblower’ Tathagata Roy wants to ‘expose the corrupt in BJP’, party calls him a liability

Former governor Tathagata Roy, in exclusive chat with ThePrint, also claimed he has not been granted ‘active membership’, which he gave up when he became Tripura governor in 2015.  

‘Substandard bunch with no political insight’: Tathagata goes after Bengal BJP leadership again

Tathagata Roy slams Kailash Vijayvargiya, Dilip Ghosh, Shiv Prakash & Arvind Menon for Bengal poll results, said they had dragged names of PM Modi & Amit Shah through the mud.

‘Politically stupid’ film actors given BJP tickets: Tathagata Roy slams Bengal poll leadership

In a series of tweets, ex-Tripura & Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy said Vijayvargiya & Dilip Ghosh must answer why the actors who had nothing to do with politics were given BJP tickets.

Some turncoats in BJP are moles, party must weed them out, says Tathagata Roy

Former Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy says BJP should ‘put an examination process in place for the new inductees’, and also scrutinise their background.

‘Incarnation of Lord Krishna, India’s crown jewel’ — BJP leaders wish PM Modi on 70th birthday

The BJP also organised several events to celebrate the PM Modi's birthday, including a virtual exhibition, quiz competition and a week-long 'Seva Saptah' drive.

Will return to politics, waiting for BJP nod, says Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy

Tathagata Roy's term as Governor ends Tuesday. The 74-year-old has been Bengal BJP chief from 2002-06, and is likely to return to the state by month-end.

Cow dung is no Covid cure, says Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, eyes return to politics

In an exclusive interview, BJP's Tathagata Roy tells ThePrint that such ‘cow campaigns’ have hurt him personally and made the party ‘a laughing stock’ in West Bengal.

Not just Tathagata Roy, time to rethink if we need governors at all

There have been several instances of governors acting at behest of the Centre to weaken state govts run by opposition parties.

Tathagata Roy is India’s first toxic Twitter governor

Governor Tathagata Roy spews hatred towards Muslims and Nehru, revels in conspiracy theories and is called a 'rockstar governor' on Twitter.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.