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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.…

06 Jul

BJP workers clash with police during a march to the KMC office in Bengal to protest fake vaccines

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Several senior BJP leaders and members were detained by the police as they marched towards the KMC headquarters. They were eventually released. On Monday (July 5), BJP supporters clashed with police during a march to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices to protest the city's bogus vaccine fraud. Despite the police denying them permission, saffron party workers and leaders held protests outside the BJP state headquarters and the Hind Cinema. The agitation programme exposed cracks in the saffron camp, as Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and BJP Yuva Morcha president Saumitra Khan were conspicuously absent. The saffron party had…

05 Jul

Chirag Paswan launches Ashirvaad Yatra

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Locked in a tussle over the control of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), senior leader Chirag Paswan on Ram Vilas Paswan's birth anniversary said that his own people have betrayed him. Speaking to the media, Chirag said, "I am beginning Ashirvad Yatra from Hajipur because it was my father's karmbhoomi. We will hold this yatra in every district. Our only aim is to take everyone's blessings. I don't have the status to show power to anyone. My own people have betrayed me." "There is no specific message regarding this yatra, I just want the blessings of the people of Bihar. I…

04 Jul

Pushkar Singh Dhami To Be Uttarakhand’s 3rd Chief Minister In 4 Months

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Pushkar Singh Dhami was on Saturday unanimously chosen by the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party to be the eleventh Chief Minister of the state. The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post amid infighting and fading chances of his getting elected to the state Legislative Assembly by September 10.The name of Mr Dhami, considered close to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was declared after the 57 Uttarakhand BJP MLAs met at the party headquarters in capital Dehradun. The 45-year-old is a two-time legislator representing the Khatima constituency in the state's Kumaon region. He was…

04 Jul

Water Cannons Used On AAP Workers Protesting At Amarinder Singh’s House

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Hundreds of Aam Aadmi Party workers led by their Punjab unit chief faced water cannons outside the house of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh while protesting against the electricity crisis in the state during peak summer. A few AAP leaders have been detained by the police.Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann and his party worker gathered in force outside Amarinder Singh's house in Mohali this afternoon and started shouting slogans. Later, they started marching towards the Chief Minister's residence. This drew the police to use water cannons on the protesters. The Punjab government has been facing criticism over severe power shortage…

03 Jul

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigns in less than six months after taking oath

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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya tonight, a little over three months after taking the charge from Trivendra Rawat. Tirath said he had resigned to avoid a constitutional crisis. He had taken oath as the CM on March 10 and had to be elected as MLA within six months to continue on the post. According to Section 151-A of the Representation of the People Act, a bypoll is not held in a state if less than a year is left for the Assembly term to end, which in the case of Uttarakhand…

03 Jul

In the 2022 UP elections, the BJP will repeat its 2017 victory, according to deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

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Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister, expressed confidence that the BJP will win the state's Assembly elections next year. Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister, expressed optimism that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will repeat its 2017 victory in the state's Assembly elections. "In the next assembly elections, the BJP will replicate its 2017 victory. The BJP will perform much better than in 2017, which will be noticed by the opposition parties. The BJP has a strong organisational presence, and its workers at the booth level are confident in it "On Saturday afternoon, he spoke at…

03 Jul

BJP denies Dhankhar a chance to read his full speech at Assembly

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The BJP had moved heaven, earth and Narendra Modi in the hope of winning 200-plus seats in the 17th Bengal Legislative Assembly. When the august House convened on Friday, the BJP’s 70-plus members moved heaven and earth to make their presence felt and ended up stealing the governor’s 15 minutes of fame. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was unable to fully read out his address because of protests from the Opposition benches. Dhankhar spent barely eight minutes inside the House after his ceremonial entry — escorted by Speaker Biman Banerjee and chief minister Mamata Banerjee — around 1.58pm. When he rose to…