Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday thanked the Election Commission for derecognising Trinamool Congress as a national party and asked the party when it is removing "All India" from its party's name.
In significant decisions that have ramifications for national polity, the Election Commission on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition from Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamool Congress.
Antara Sarkar Deb, a newly elected BJP MLA from Tripura, is winning hearts for using an autorickshaw to travel to her constituency as well as for personal use.
The BJP and its allies retained power in Tripura and Nagaland. In Meghalaya where no party was able to secure a majority on its own, the BJP reunited with CM Conrad Sangma s NPP in a bid to form the government