A day after winning the Asansol parliamentary seat for the TMC by over three lakh votes, Shatrughan Sinha said the party’s “street fighter” supremo Mamata Banerjee will prove to be a “game-changer” in the 2024 General Election. In an interview with PTI, he credited Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, with the victory from Asansol, … Read more
After ‘Khela Hobe’ in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls, ‘Khamosh‘ has become the new catchphrase in the upcoming bypoll in the state in Asansol, with even the BJP taking up the word from actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha‘s iconic dialogue. BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul in Asansol, who kicked off her campaign on Sunday by offering prayer … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC‘s candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection. “Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in … Read more
Voting for elections to municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Asansol, Siliguri and Chandannagar in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday. Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the police in all the four municipal areas situated in different parts of the state for peaceful conduct of the polls, an official said. As per the … Read more
BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday after Speaker Biman Banerjee refused to admit a series of adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties over a host of issues, including the reduction in duty on liquor while ignoring taxes on fuel. Reading out one of the adjournment motions, BJP’s Asansol … Read more