Last week in a major setback to Trinamool Congress, sitting Lok Sabha MP from Bankura's Bishnupur Soumitra Khan had joined the saffron party. Joining BJP, Khan slammed both TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek
In an exclusive interview to Financial Express Online, Soumitra Khan said that several TMC leaders want to join BJP and are in touch with him. Asserting that democracy has failed in West Bengal and Police Raj prevails, Khan u
With the BJP emerging as the primary challenger to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in the state in recent elections, the party hopes to build on the momentum going for it in the state
In an exclusive conversation with Financial Express Online, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Nilotpal Basu reveals how the party plans to counter both the BJP as well as Trinamool Congress.
In an exclusive interaction with Financial Express Online, TMC leader and Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy discusses the prospects of a Grand Alliance and why BJP is in no shape to take on the TMC in the state.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said there should be a debate on subjects of state funding of elections, electoral reforms and financial reforms.
West Bengal election result 2016: After winning the West Bengal assembly elections with a resounding majority for a second term, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state would continue to develop wi
They were awarded by their new parties with a poll ticket for switching allegiance. However, for political turncoats, the West Bengal assembly polls turned out to be a mixed bag as some emerged victorious while others tasted
Assembly election results 2016: Though there were no really big surprises in the latest round of assembly elections, apart from J Jayalalithaa beating anti-incumbency for the first time in the state since 1984, the really big
Assembly election results 2016: During Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry, BJP was the most discussed political party while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the most talked a
After the marathon six-phase West Bengal Assembly polls ended on May 5 and their fates sealed in EVMs, heavyweight politicians and celeb nominees are now spending their time with family and friends.
A police case was registered against the BJP's star candidate Roopa Ganguly Monday for assaulting a woman voter and preventing her from casting her ballot in the West Bengal assembly elections, a police officer said.
The ongoing Assembly elections in West Bengal and the forthcoming polls in Tamil Nadu led to thin attendance in the opposition benches in Lok Sabah today with literally no AIADMK MPs and a handful of Trinamool Congress member
