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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicWest Bengal BJP

Topic: West Bengal BJP

It’s BJP vs BJP in Bengal as protests erupt over naming TMC turncoats, newcomers as candidates

Since Monday, BJP workers have staged protests across several Bengal districts for fielding TMC turncoats and new faces and ignoring the party’s old-timers.

Sonar Bangla vs Joy Bangla — 19th century poets Tagore, Nazrul fight 2021 war for BJP, TMC

Both parties’ chief election slogans have been derived from two iconic poems — Rabindranath Tagore’s Amar Sonar Bangla and Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Purna Abhinandan.

How BJP’s using intellectuals, actors to win Bengal & ‘get traction’ in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

By fielding public figures, BJP aims at expanding its footprints in Kerala & Tamil Nadu, but in Bengal, its strategy is to counter TMC’s outsider jibe, party leaders say.

Bengal BJP has shortlisted 4-5 candidates per seat for first two phases, says Dilip Ghosh

The party's Central Election Committee will meet Thursday in New Delhi to finalise the candidates list for 60 seats. Polling will be held in 30 seats each on 27 March and 1 April.

Revive jobs in Bengal, promote phuchka, push tourism — report by BJP think tank ahead of polls

Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation has come up with a report suggesting that BJP’s focus should be on two most important job-creating sectors — knowledge and tourism. 

Ghosh, Roy or Adhikari? Why BJP brass wants no talk on Bengal CM contender as murmurs grow

BJP state chief Dilip Ghosh’s name is being pushed by supporters for CM post after TMC rebel Suvendu Adhikari emerges as tough challenger, party leaders say. There is also Mukul Roy.

BJP promotes 3 TMC turncoats accused in Saradha-Narada — scams it had used to target Mamata

Mukul Roy, Suvendu Adhikari and Sovan Chatterjee, all accused in Saradha chit fund scam & Narada sting cases, are now in BJP and hold significant posts.

Mamata-Modi govt ‘schemes war’ heats up in Bengal ahead of polls, TMC says take ideas from us

Bengal hasn’t implemented PM-Kisan and Ayushman Bharat schemes as the state introduced their own schemes. BJP says Mamata is depriving people for her petty political interests.

BJP MP Saumitra Khan says will file for divorce as wife joins Trinamool Congress

Bishnupur MP Khan expressed surprise over his wife’s decision. His wife Sujata Mondal Khan said she hopes 'good sense prevails' & he joins Trinamool too.

Amit Shah’s Bengal rally sees big-ticket defections from Mamata’s TMC, 7 MLAs jump ship

Suvendu Adhikari was among the MLAs who joined BJP. At the rally, Shah said TMC has gone from a party of Ma, Mati, Manush to one of extortion, appeasement and nepotism.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.