Barely 48 hours after the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here, the Bharatiya Janata Party got a jolt when at least 7 councillors quit the party to join the Shiv Sena, party officials said here on Tuesday.
Sanjay Raut responds to Amit Shah s accusation, says closed room benefited BJP as well ANI | Updated: Feb 08, 2021 12:29 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 8 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday responded to Union Minister Amit Shah s attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about promises made in a closed room , saying that the same closed room has benefited the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. In the same closed room that Amit Shah is talking about, Balasaheb ji gave his blessings to the BJP and many senior leaders for Hindutva. PM Modi and Amit Shah have benefitted. Everyone knows this, Raut told ANI.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday responded to Union Minister Amit Shah s attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about promises made in a closed room , saying that the same closed room has benefited the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. In the same closed room that Amit Shah is talking about, Balasaheb ji gave his blessings to the BJP and many senior leaders for Hindutva. PM Modi and Amit Shah have benefitted. Everyone knows this, Raut told ANI. Why should we (Shiv Sena) lie about anything? For power? Shiv Sena was not born for power, he said, adding that for them, it was a temple, not a closed room .
Third Minister Quits Mamata Banerjee s Government, Breaks Down On Camera Third Minister Quits Mamata Banerjee s Government, Breaks Down On Camera His move comes days after he had complained about some leaders in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) carrying out propaganda against him.
Rajib Banerjee has not named anyone who he claimed was carrying out propaganda against him.
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He is the third minister to resign from the state government in one month
He had claimed some TMC leaders were carrying out propaganda against him
Kolkata:
West Bengal Minister Rajib Banerjee today quit the government citing a change of portfolio two years ago and broke down on camera, saying: I never thought a day would come when I would have to take such a difficult step . He is the third minister to resign this month in the middle of an exodus from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress ahead of elections.
West Bengal Minister Rajib Banerjee Resigns From WB Govt & Trinamool Congress
Minister Banerjee s resignation comes in the heels of the state s upcoming election, and follows a string of previous defections of TMC leaders to BJP
| 22 Jan 2021 10:19 AM GMT
West Bengal Forest Minister Rajib Banerjee resigned from his position today. The cabinet minister did not give any reasons for his resignation. His resignation, however, comes in the middle of a recent string of exits from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress (TMC) as the state gears up for Assembly elections in the months of March-April. He is the third minister to resign from the state government in one month.