BJP workers decorate the rally and stage area ahead of PM Narendra Modi s election rally at the brigade parade ground, in Kolkata. (ANI)
KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi’s first campaign rally at Kolkata s Brigade Parade Grounds on Sunday is set to run on a double engine of showbiz star power and some promised surprises , including the possible presence of many among the 28 Trinamool MLAs who missed out on party tickets to seek re-election.
Actor Akshay Kumar, who had interviewed PM Modi for TV before the 2019 general elections, and fellow Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakraborty are expected at the central Kolkata venue. A bigger boost to BJP has been the string of defections on the eve of Modi’s rally and a day after Trinamool announced its entire list of Bengal poll candidates.
Stars and surprises lined up for PM Modi s Kolkata rally today
Priyanka Dasgupta & Rohit Khanna | TNN | Updated: Mar 7, 2021, 10:13 IST
BJP workers decorate the rally and stage area ahead of PM Narendra Modi s election rally at the brigade parade.Read More
KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi’s first campaign rally at Kolkata s Brigade Parade Grounds on Sunday is set to run on a double engine of showbiz star power and some promised surprises , including the possible presence of many among the 28 Trinamool MLAs who missed out on party tickets to seek re-election.
Actor Akshay Kumar, who had interviewed PM Modi for TV before the 2019 general elections, and fellow Bollywood veteran Mithun Chakraborty are expected at the central Kolkata venue. A bigger boost to BJP has been the string of defections on the eve of Modi’s rally and a day after Trinamool announced its entire list of Bengal poll candidates.
‘Frontline warriors to be vaccinated on priority basis’ (Express File)
Accusing the BJP of trying to poach Trinamool Congress leaders ahead of next year’s assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said there may be a couple of “opportunists” in her party but the “real assets are the old-timers”.
Indirectly targeting rebel party leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is likely to join BJP later this week, she told a public rally in Coochbehar, “One or two come during the high tide and go out during the low. It doesn’t matter.”
“Those who were there in Trinamool from the first day, they are still here. They’ll continue to fight. Remember, they’ll not change their character. One changes his clothes but not ideology,” said the chief minister, who is on a three-day tour of North Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari Likely To Rope In More Disgruntled Trinamool Leaders To Join The BJP
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Dec 17, 2020 11:08 AM
Suvendu Adhikari.
Snapshot
A few more senior Trinamool leaders are learnt to have established contacts with BJP leaders to negotiate their entry into the saffron party.
On Thursday (17 December), five Trinamool Congress
anchal presidents in Malda district left the party. They are expected to join the BJP.
Even as the decks are being cleared for the entry of Trinamool strongman Suvendu Adhikari into the BJP, it is learnt that the former state transport minister is likely to get along with him a few more senior Trinamool leaders to join the saffron party.