BJP state secretary Nabarun Nayek removed on graft charges
In a major embarrassment for the BJP in West Bengal, state secretary Nabarun Nayek has been removed from his post following allegations of corruption.
In a major embarrassment for the BJP in West Bengal, state secretary Nabarun Nayek has been removed from his post following allegations of corruption.
Raj Bhaban has also formed a two-member panel to probe the details of reports carried in some media.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
Despite BJP's poor performance in the six Assembly by-elections, West Bengal BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar confidently stated that they will claim power in Bengal in 2026 through the people's mandate.
Counting is underway for bypolls to six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. As per the early trends, Trinamool Congress led three of the six Assembly constituencies.
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
Interestingly, missing from the displays are graffiti, posters and banners of the fourth largest political party of the state, the Congress.
With this latest casualty the death toll in pre-poll violence reached 18 in the 29 days since the polling dates were announced on June 8.
The former leader of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM), in a letter, drew the attention of the governor to three incidents of poll code violence in Darjeeling Hills.
Ahead of the panchayat polls in politically-sensitive West Bengal, a BJP leader from West Bengal, Bankim Hansda, was found dead…
