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19 Jul

The Political Fix: What can Prashant Kishor bring to the Congress – or the anti-Modi Opposition?

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Mamata Banerjee’s big win in the high-prestige and high-octane West Bengal assembly election last winter has triggered the possibility of a new federal front against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Regional parties, party factions, small and big political family firms — all seem to be involved in parleys, political intrigue and even publicity-generating photo-ops. Inciting speculation and working across regions, a ‘coalition’ to take on the behemoth that is the BJP’s election machinery seems to be afoot. Weakened states and regional parties in the Modi-Shah era have made the repeat of a 1990s-style anti-BJP coalition at…

17 Jul

Sharad Pawar, PM Modi hold a meeting on ‘issues of national interest

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, the veteran politician raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues, sources in the NCP said. “Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment with PM Modi, got one for this morning. Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Pawar, 80, also wrote…

15 Jul

Raju Bista appointed as BJYM’s National General Secretary

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has released the list of its new executives. In the new team, special importance has been given to Bengal. A statement issued by BJP on Wednesday said that during a meeting with the party's president JP Nadda, Raju Bista has been appointed as the National General Secretary of the party.Apart from Raju Bista, Anup Saha, MLA of Dubrajpur in Birbhum district, has been appointed as the national vice-president of the BJP's youth wing.

13 Jul

The NHRC on Tuesday submitted a report in High Court related to the West Bengal post-poll violence case.

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Calcutta High Court's five judges bench while hearing a petition in connection with post-poll violence has ordered a DNA test of the body of BJP trade union leader Abhijit Sarkar to be done in Command Hospital. Police on Saturday night arrested two key accused in the murder of Sarkar on May 2 after poll results were declared. The detective department’s late-night arrests were based on a tipoff that the duo — Sufal Das alias Ruidas and Sanjay Das alias Rana — had been holed up in Hooghly’s Hindmotor. Both are residents of Maniktala Main Road. The NHRC on Tuesday submitted…

12 Jul

Rajinikanth says ‘NO’ to politics,

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Superstar Rajinikanth on Monday announced he has no plans of entering politics in the future and dissolved his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram. The announcement came after Rajinikanth's meeting with members of the RMM. "I don't have any plans to enter politics in the future,” the 70-year-old actor said after his meeting with RMM functionaries. pic.twitter.com/kaG2L3xil6— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) July 12, 2021 The dissolved Rajini Makkal Mandram will be morph into "Rajinikanth Rasigar Narpani Mandram" or the Rajinikanth Fans Welfare Forum. Before the meeting, Rajinikanth had said he will discuss his political entry with members of his political party. On 3 December 2020,…

11 Jul

Amit Shah’s three-day visit to Gujarat

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Home minister Amit Shah will inaugurate many schemes in his there day visit to Gujarat.Shah will also inaugurate online projects in and around Ahmedabad city, including a water distribution project, a community hall and a ward office built by civic officials. According to sources Shah is likely to reach Ahmedabad on Saturday night. The next day, on July 11, he will visit the Bhopal area of the city and inaugurate a library and civic center there. Shah's Lok Sabha constituency falls in Gandhinagar. . Shah is also likely to visit Sanand. He will then visit Nardipur village in Gandhinagar district…

10 Jul

Mukul Roy as appointed PAC chairman by the West Bengal Assembly Speaker, and the BJP conduct a walkout

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House Speaker Biman Banerjee has selected Mukul Roy, who recently moved to the TMC, as the chairman of the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee. Speaker Biman Banerjee nominated Mukul Roy, a senior TMC lawmaker who recently moved to the ruling camp in Bengal after winning the assembly elections on a BJP ticket, as the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the Assembly on Friday. In protest of this decision, BJP MLAs, led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, staged a walkout in the Assembly. "The PAC chairman is chosen from the opposition party, according to convention. The speaker, on…

08 Jul

Suvendu Adhikari, a BJP leader has asks not to attack Mamata Banerjee

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Staff Reporter: According to the recently concluded assembly election, TMC ministers Rajib Banerjee and Adhikari left the party and joined the BJP. BJP leader Rajib Banerjee on Wednesday (July 7) urged party colleague and West Bengal assembly Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to stand by people affected by rising petroleum prices rather than targeting Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has the people's mandate to rule the state. Before the recent assembly election, Rajib Banerjee and Adhikari, both ministers in the TMC government, left the party and joined the BJP. Adhikari won the election, although Banerjee ran unsuccessfully. "Instead…

07 Jul

Mamata Banerjee vs. Suvendu Adhikari: The Calcutta High Court fined the Bengal government Rs 5 lakh for portraying the judiciary in a bad light

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Mamata Banerjee had already addressed a petition to Rajesh Bindal, the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, pleading with him to reassign her Election Petition to a different judge (not Justice Kausik Chanda) in order to avoid prejudice against herself. The Calcutta High Court fined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh on Wednesday for "casting a bad light on the judiciary." The order was issued by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court led by Justice Kausik Chanda, who recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging BJP leader…

07 Jul

‘Ministry of Co-operation’ created by the Modi Government

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In a historic move, a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by the Modi Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. The ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. It will help deepen Co-operatives as a true people based movement reaching upto the grassroots. The Ministry will work to streamline processes for ‘Ease of doing business’ for co-operatives and enable development of Multi-State Co-operatives (MSCS). In our country, a Co-operative based economic development model is very relevant where each member works with a spirit of responsibility.…