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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicWest Bengal BJP

Topic: West Bengal BJP

It’s BJP vs BJP in Bengal as Tathagata Roy threatens ‘explosive expose’ on Kailash Vijayvargiya

Roy Monday tweeted a picture of Vijayvargiya alongside a pug with a line in Bengali that read: 'Vodafone is in Bengal again'. BJP leaders call his criticism 'disappointing'.

BJP drags Bangladesh, Kashmir, Taliban into Bengal bypolls, TMC says communalisation won’t work

Four West Bengal constituencies — Shantipur in Nadia district, Dinhata in Coochbehar district, Khardah in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South 24 Praganas — will vote on 30 October.

3 BJP MLAs taken into custody for violating lockdown norms in Siliguri, released later

Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Burman and Sikha Chattopadhyay were protesting against the alleged lack of measures on part of state govt to check rising Covid deaths in north Bengal.

Mamata loses nail-biter in Bengal’s Nandigram to Suvendu, says EC played ‘mischief’

Mamata Banerjee lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 1,956 votes. She said she would go to the court as the ‘people have witnessed the horror of the ECI’ in Bengal.

Mamata lost, Mamata won, Suvendu lost, Suvendu won — it’s all very confusing in Nandigram

Mamata Banerjee wants a recount, says ‘there has been a mischief played by the ECI in Nandigram’. The Election Commission is yet to officially declare the result for Nandigram.

Why BJP’s Bengal blitzkrieg and Modi-Shah attacking Mamata have failed

BJP’s hopes of forming its first government in Bengal crumbled Sunday as trends for 2021 assembly elections pointed to a clear victory — third in a row — for Mamata Banerjee’s TMC 

Only ‘tareekh pe tareekh’, no salary, say workers at this Bengal factory as owner fights polls

The owner of Howrah’s Shalimar Steel firm is contesting on a TMC ticket. Labourers say they have stopped working as their salaries are due for eight months.

BJP supporters greet Mamata Banerjee with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in Nandigram

Scheduled to address rallies ahead of the West Bengal elections' second phase Tuesday, the TMC chief had strongly reacted to 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans in the past.

BJP’s Jitendra Tiwari gets EC show-cause notice for promising voters free trip to Ayodhya

Tiwari made the promise at a public meeting in Haripur on 21 March, and at a party meeting, officials said Thursday. TMC had lodged a complaint with EC on 22 March on the issue.

BJP drops ex-CEA Lahiri as Alipurduar candidate after protest, picks leader who led agitation

In its list of candidates for 156 seats in Bengal, BJP has fielded 8 Muslim candidates in Muslim-majority seats of Dinajpur and Murshidabad districts.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.