Two people were killed and one was seriously injured when an ambulance hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj Sadar upazila this morning. The deceased were identified as motorcycle rider Abdul Halim, 26, and pillion passenger Dipak Haldar, 25, reports our local correspondent quoting Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Golra Highway Police Station. The
Poll analysis: Bengal Tigress Didi fights off powerful opposition; emerges third time lucky
But BJP’s ascent from 3 to 77 seat is no less impressive; Muslims ignored the Congress plus Left combine and voted en bloc for Didi; Most of the turncoats bit the dust, barring a couple of them; Journalist Swapan Dasgupta tipped to be the BJP CM lost; Didi tapped the sympathy by hanging her injured leg from a wheelchair throughout the poll campaign.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 7th May 2021 10:04 pm IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally while sitting on a wheelchair, ahead of the state assembly polls, in Purulia district, Monday, March 15, 2021. (PTI Photo)
West Bengal: Of 19 Turncoat MLAs Contesting From BJP, 13 Lost
BJP workers had been unhappy that so many new entrants had been given tickets to begin with.
West Bengal BJP office wears a deserted look after party s defeat to TMC in state assembly polls, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Defecting from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not been a good decision for most of the stateâs turncoat MLAs, it seems from the election results. Of the 19 sitting MLAs from the TMC, the Left and the Congress who joined the BJP since 2019 and contested on a BJP ticket this time, only five have managed to win.
Bengal Polls: Stones pelted at Shahnawaz Hussain in Howrah, Trinamool denies charges
The BJP leader posted on social media a video in which he was seen showing two stones to the officer on duty and blaming the TMC for the alleged incident.
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KOLKATA: BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain alleged that stones were pelted at him in Howrah on Tuesday night when he was campaigning for the West Bengal assembly election.
The BJP leader posted on social media a video in which he was seen showing two stones to the officer on duty and blaming the TMC for the alleged incident.