Prashant Kishor’s team threatening BJP leaders to join TMC: Dilip Ghosh
Prashant Kishor’s team threatening BJP leaders to join TMC: Dilip Ghosh
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has countered Mamata Banerjee’s allegations of horse-trading and accused her political strategist Prashant Kishor of threatening saffron party leaders to join the TMC.
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UPDATED: December 16, 2020 17:05 IST
BJP West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh has accused Prashant Kishor and his team of threatening BJP leaders (File photo from PTI)
BJP West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh has accused political strategist Prashant Kishor and his team of threatening his party’s leaders to join the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in the state.
Updated Dec 15, 2020 | 18:27 IST
In October, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had approached the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) and urged it to conduct the pending civic body elections. West Bengal: Trianmool Congress govt ready to hold local body polls in March | Photo Credit: Times Now
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government has agreed to conduct local body elections, including Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election in March 2021. It may be noted, that the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 are expected to be held in April-May next year.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections were due in April 2020, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions, the polls were deferred by the Banerjee government. It may be noted that though several elections have been held across several states, there has no word by the Bengal government on holding of the pending local polls.
Regional biggies in talks for floating national Opposition platform
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Vacuum created by Congress and BJP’s aggressive expansionism may force even ‘neutrals’ to join hands. Some of the parties have proposed a joint meeting of the leaders in the near future.
New Delhi: Top leaders of several regional parties have begun talks on forming a national opposition platform for political and electoral mobilisation against the Centre and the BJP with an eye on the next general elections, it is learnt. The move comes even as the Congress leadership vacillates and struggles to put its own house in order since the 2019 Lok Sabha rout.
BSF jawan Biswajit Sahani was allegedly thrashed by Trinamool Congress workers on December 11. TMC workers attack BSF jawan in West Bengal
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BSF jawan was reportedly thrashed by TMC workers after he allegedly tries to overtake TMC rally
Stone were allegedly hurled at BJP president JP Nadda s convoy in Bengal on December 10
Kolkata: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was allegedly thrashed by Trinamool Congress workers in Murshidabad area of West Bengal. The BSF personnel was reportedly beaten on December 11 when the alleged TMC workers were taking part in party’s procession in Kandi area of Murshidabad.
The BSF jawan has been identified as Biswajit Sahani. The BSF jawan s family has registered a complaint at the Kandi Police Station. It has been alleged that the ruling party workers also branded the person as insane.
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