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Mithun Chakraborty said that his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has no political aspect to it. He said the two share a spiritual and deep relationship. Actor Mithun Chakraborty with Mohan Bhagwat at the actor s residence.
Mumbai: Rashtriya Swamamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat visited actor Mithun Chakraborty at his home at Madh Island in Mumbai on Tuesday. Bhagwat’s visit comes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for April-May this year.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an RSS affiliate, has been campaigning aggressively in the eastern state and key leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda have launched five Parivartan Yatras on rath across the state.
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PM Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on February 22. Amit Shah will flagoff BJP s Poriborton Katra from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas district. BJP flags (@BJP4Bengal - Representational photo) | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Amit Shah to flag off Poriborton Yatra on Feb 18
TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi announced his resignation from Rajya Sabha on Feb 12
Kolkata: The resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going all guns blazing for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda will be attending party programmes and election rallies in the month of February.
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Trivedi claimed that he feels suffocated in the Mamata Banerjee-led party.
Further, he rued the lack of conversation around the violence which is taking place in the state.
New Delhi: In a big blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, veteran MP Dinesh Trivedi called it quits in Rajya Sabha on Friday (February 12, 2021).
The Rajya Sabha MP said that he feels suffocated in the I m feeling suffocated that we re not able to do anything over violence in the state. My soul tells me that if you can t do anything sitting here, then you must resign. I will continue to work for people of West Bengal, Trivedi said in the Upper House.