BJP MLA Bishal Lama was sworn in as Minister of State in the West Bengal cabinet on Monday — the first Gorkha neta to hold a state ministerial berth in 55 years. The last was the late Deo Prakash Rai in 1971. For a community that has long felt sidelined in Bengal politics, the moment…
The Record That Started It All: Long before it conquered Bengal, the BJP had already made history on paper. Guinness World Records certified it as the world’s largest political party — surpassing even China’s Communist Party — with 88 million members in 2015 and over 170 million by 2022. A party of that scale was…
File photo of former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP of practising “state terrorism” and said she would challenge its actions through legal means, invoking the Constitution and the judiciary.“I want to remind the judiciary that they are the true protectors of the…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said the state govt will replace the “law of the ruler” with “rule of law” in the state, marking the end of “jungle raaj” in Bengal. Bhattacharya said that the political culture of violence has to be stopped “at any cost”.“We want to bring the state out…
