The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has intervened in a simmering power tussle within the Bengal BJP, seeking to heal the growing rift between former state party president Dilip Ghosh and the current leadership helmed by state president Sukanta Majumdar and Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
Using leftover timber meant for Puri’s Jagannath Temple for carving deities in Jagannath Temple in Digha of East Midnapore district of West Bengal, officially referred to as Jagannath Dham Cultural Central Centre, is against “ethics” and “morality”, observed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday.
The Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday, questioned the initial reluctance of chief minister Mamata Banerjee to give her reactions on the devastating fire at a six-story hotel building in central Kolkata, which left several people dead.
On a politically charged Wednesday, while Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a counter-programme in Contai, former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh took a divergent path by honouring an invitation from the state government and visiting the newly-inaugurated Jagannath temple in Digha.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, to hold a rally of "Sanatani" Hindus in East Midnapore district on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.
Suvendu Adhikari, BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition (LoP) and three other legislators of his party were suspended for 30 days by the Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay on Monday from the ongoing Budget session in the state Assembly because of their alleged unruly behaviour in the House.
The Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, today took a dig at the state Budget saying it was a Budget which proved yet again how the state government went bankrupt by not generating jobs for the youths of the state.
Mr Adhikari claimed that the illegal manufacturing unit in Kalyani could be connected with larger criminal networks.
The state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took to the streets on Friday to protest against the Midnapur saline scandal, organising a march from College Square to Mohammed Ali Park.
He criticised West Bengal for opting out of a similar scheme from the Union government, which was active in West Bengal for three years of 2016, 2017 and 2018.
