West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari accuses State of ‘suppressing’ fresh Covid data

West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari accuses State of ‘suppressing’ fresh Covid data

Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on June 6, 2025, accused the West Bengal government of keeping its State Covid portal defunct. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Leader of Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Friday … Read more

BJP chief in West Bengal praises religious sect in search for votes

BJP chief in West Bengal praises religious sect in search for votes

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP Bengal president Suvendu Adhikari addresses a protest rally following an alleged attack on his convoy, in South 24 Parganas on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited Thakurnagar, the headquarters of the Matua order during the sect’s annual festival, on … Read more

Political storm picks up over Jalpaiguri tornado in West Bengal

Political storm picks up over Jalpaiguri tornado in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee visited people injured in a storm, at a hospital in Jalpaiguri district, on March 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A political storm has erupted over the tornado at Jalpaiguri and other districts of north Bengal with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and leaders of the Bharatiya … Read more

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari | File Photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of not doing enough to check the spread of adenovirus, the BJP on Thursday demanded a statement from the Chief Minister on the recent deaths caused by the infection. The BJP legislature party, towards … Read more

West Bengal: Mohammed Salim is named CPM state secretary

West Bengal: Mohammed Salim is named CPM state secretary

The Bengal CPM has constituted a new state committee with Mohammed Salim as state secretary — the first minority community member to hold the post after CPI’s split in 1964. In a major reshuffle, CPM state secretary and former health minister Surya Kanta Mishra, Mridul De and former MLA Rabin Deb have been replaced in … Read more

Suvendu Adhikari’s Netai visit: West Bengal govt and governor at loggerheads

Suvendu Adhikari’s Netai visit: West Bengal govt and governor at loggerheads

The West Bengal government and the Governor are at loggerheads again over stopping Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari to Netai in Midnapore on January 7. The Governor had asked the Bengal Chief Secretary (CS) to visit him on the issue for discussion several times, to which the CS allegedly did not respond. The Governor … Read more

KMC elections: Suvendu Adhikari alleges TMC looted votes, demands repolling

KMC elections: Suvendu Adhikari alleges TMC looted votes, demands repolling

Hours after voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls concluded, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) looted the votes and demanded that this election should be declared null and void. The BJP leader also alleged that many BJP agents were beaten up during polls … Read more

Role rejig in West Bengal BJP after national conclave

Role rejig in West Bengal BJP after national conclave

Organisational changes are likely in the West Bengal BJP which will be decided at a high-level meeting soon in Delhi in the presence of the party’s national President JP Nadda, said people aware of the matter. Several new faces will be inducted to the state committee and changes will be made to the existing district … Read more

West Bengal CID summons Suvendu Adhikari in connection with former bodyguard’s death

West Bengal CID summons Suvendu Adhikari in connection with former bodyguard’s death

West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) has summoned leader of opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday in connection with the unnatural death case of his bodyguard, Subhabrata Chakraborty. Earlier in July a four-member CID delegation visited Purba Medinipur to probe Chakraborty’s death. The case is related to Chakraborty, who had died under … Read more

BJP lost in the assembly polls due to overconfidence: Suvendu Adhikari

BJP lost in the assembly polls due to overconfidence: Suvendu Adhikari

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she will not be able to win the Nandigram seat despite moving court and even if recounting is done. He also said the complacency about victory led to failure of BJP in the recently concluded state assembly polls. … Read more