Four MPs, actors, defectors, and an economist, BJP raises stakes in Bengal game

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The BJP on Sunday announced that it will field former chief economic adviser to the central government and member of the 15th Finance Commission, Ashok Lahiri, from the Alipurduar seat, and minister of state for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge against TMC minister Arup Biswas, and former journalist Swapan Dasgupta from … Read more

How the absence of recognisable faces within BJP in Bengal is leading to a host of defections from TMC

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In the run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh faced a major struggle. In almost all the 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state, he had difficulty finding candidates with a reasonable chance of winning the elections. Most would bomb at their ballot box debut, was the belief then. But the … Read more