Just over a week after securing bail in a hate speech case, former MLA and senior BJP leader PC George has once again stirred a controversy by urging Christian families to marry off their daughters before they reach the age of 24, so that they can prevent the threat of “love jihad”.
Haldia BJP MLA Tapasi Mondal officially joined the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Monday, delivering a significant blow to the state BJP and, more specifically, to Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari.
A few of the TMC MLAs during the last 2021 elections then shifted to BJP; among them, the most notable faces were Rajiv Banerjee from Domjur and Uttarpara MLA Prabir Ghosal.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday criticized the BJP-led government over the law and order situation in the national capital, stating that it has “completely collapsed” under the ruling dispensation.
The BJP is planning an elaborate and larger agitation over the ongoing crisis at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) in the coming days after the ongoing higher secondary examinations are over, West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha’s suspension from Rajya Sabha was revoked on Monday, on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.
"It will be a long fight. If we have to fight a party like BJP, then we have to face them with discipline," SP chief said on BJP winning three State polls and future of the INDIA bloc.
"They are not INDIA blocs, they are dash-dot blocs. When the policy and faith are not right, the world sees and the voters also see," Lekhi said.
The BJP in ascendancy replaced Congress and emerged as the principal Opposition party in the state assembly in 2019. The party more than doubled its tally in 2019 by winning 23 Assembly seats from 10 seats in 2014.
Various US newspapers viewed the BJP's resounding victories in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan as an expansion of its dominance in a crucial region before the upcoming general elections
