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Amid reports of infighting ahead of Bengal polls, defectors to get BJP ticket
Apparently to ward off faction fighting, the BJP is not likely to field any of the Lok Sabha MPs, as also West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh, in the Assembly elections.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with BJP National President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and others during the BJP election committee meeting. (Photo | PTI)
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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday is learnt to have finalised candidates for the first few phases of Assembly elections in Assam and West Bengal, with fresh faces in the former and turncoats in the latter getting preference.
India News: KOLKATA: With assembly polls just three weeks away, the BJP, amid an all-out effort to oust Mamata Banerjee from power in Bengal, is also struggling t.
TMC MP Satabdi Roy takes a U-turn, says will not quit the party
The statement from the Birbhum MP came after an hour-long meeting with Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee this evening.
Jan 15, 2021, 11:24 PM IST
The TMC-BJP war in Bengal has now reached a fever pitch ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Many top echelon TMC party workers are now switching over to BJP.
This time TMC saved themselves from another embarrassment amid speculations that actor-turned-politician Satabdi Roy was going going to join BJP. However, the rumours have been put to rest after Roy released a statement categorically stating that she was still with Trinamool.
Dissent Boils Over in West Bengal BJP Due to Induction of TMC Leaders
There are apprehensions among a section of BJP old-timers that they might have to accept some TMC leaders in senior positions.
Sujata Mondal (C), wife of BJP MP Saumitra Khan, holds the Trinamool Congress party flag after joining TMC in the presence of party MP Sougata Roy(R) and leader Kunal Ghosh, in Kolkata, Monday, December 21, 2020. Photo: PTI
Politics22/Dec/2020
Kolkata: In a new twist to Bengalâs rapidly developing political changes, Bharatiya Janata Partyâs Bishnupur MP and youth wing chief Saumitra Khanâs wife joined Mamata Banerjeeâs party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Monday afternoon.