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Might contest from both, East Medinipur in Nandigram and Bhowanipore, in bid to achieve twin purposes of snubbing saffron outfit and showing solidarity with farmers
The BJP on Sunday alleged that several TMC leaders in West Bengal were administered Covid-19 vaccines meant for healthcare personnel and frontline workers
The three-time MP from Birbhum said she held talks with Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and he addressed all issues raised by her
"If a minister of the Indian government coming to West Bengal is termed as an outsider, then I want to ask that people from which place are considered as insiders," he said
West Bengal's political cauldron was on the boil through 2020
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday asked TMC workers to put up posters, organise rallies and gherao officials to force the completion of NH 60 bypass at Dubrajpur in Birbhum district
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday that he would do everything possible to ensure state elections are held peacefully
Adhikari said, "In BJP we will work as a disciplined soldier of the party to dislodge TMC and put BJP in power in the assembly polls in 2021"
Modi had blamed the state government for depriving farmers in Bengal of cash benefits under the 'PM Kisan Nidhi Samman' scheme
The TMC rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's accusation that West Bengal had fared abysmally on development indices under the present dispensation
The statement came a day after Home Minister Amit Shah's high-voltage West Bengal visit, which saw 34 TMC members crossing over to the BJP
Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the primary membership of the TMC
Suvendu Adhikari had helped Mamata Banerjee in her anti- land acquisition movement against the Left Front government in Nandigram in 2009 that catapulted her to power in 2011
The TMC has been at the forefront in opposing the farm laws in Parliament. It has also lent its support to the protests by the farmers but has decided not to go with Tuesday's Bharat Bandh call.
"At a party meeting held during the day, Banerjee said that if one leader quits the party, she can create a lakh more such leaders," a senior TMC leader said on condition of anonymity
TMC will stage Dharna on December 8, 9, and 10 against recently enacted farm laws near the Gandhi Statue in Kolkata
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh claimed the TMC govt had failed to draw investors to the state, and asserted that the saffron party, if voted to power, would ensure a new era of industrialisation
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed medical infrastructure has played a "significant role" during the Covid-19 crisis.
A local TMC leader SK Noor said, "BJP workers captured our Purba Alaichak party office by removing all flags