




A video of former MP Dilip Ghosh's confrontation with the women in Kharagpur has gone viral.
As Ghosh was on his way, TMC supporters allegedly blocked his convoy and squatted in front of his vehicle,
The Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency was established in 2009 and no party has been re-elected since then.
Lok Sabha Polls: The poll panel stated that the recent remarks by both leaders breached the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and demanded a response by 5 pm on March 29
When asked to comment on the controversy he has courted by saying that some CBI officers have a "setting" with the TMC leadership, Ghosh said he is "not bothered" about what others think about his remarks.
He also made comments against the chief minister, referring to her "Banglar Meye" (Daughter of Bengal) campaign during the last assembly polls in Bengal and her later visit to Goa where she had claimed her affinity with the coastal state
Majumdar, 41, is a first-time lawmaker from Balurghat parliamentary seat in West Bengal. His appointment as the party's state unit chief has come into immediate effect, the BJP said in a statement.
Babul Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress last week, told PTI in an interview that his view on the matter may not have been liked by the BJP's top brass.
Supriyo, who had held several portfolios as MOS in the Narendra Modi government since 2014, was removed earlier this month during a major cabinet reshuffle.
The poll body asked Dilip hosh to explain his stand over his remark by 10 am on April 14.
'Naughty boys received bullets at Sitalkuchi. If anyone dares to take the law into his hands, this will happen to him also,' Ghosh said without elaborating on the phrase 'naughty boys'.
Cooch Behar district will go to polls in the fourth phase of assembly elections on April 10.
BJP Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh's purported comment triggered protest from the Trinamool Congress and on social media with some women expressing outrage.
Will the BJP juggernaut roll into yet another state? Or will West Bengal opt for a third Trinamool term? The result would be out on May 2.
Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly will be held in eight phases starting March 27.
Tiwari, who had rebelled against the TMC leadership but had mellowed down after the BJP declined to induct him into the party in December last year, joined the saffron camp in the presence of party state chief Dilip Ghosh at a programme in Sreerampur in Hooghly district.
Dilip Ghosh, while addressing a rally at Kulpi in South 24 Parganas district, said the party will withdraw all "false" cases slapped against BJP and other opposition workers if it comes to power in the state, but warned the TMC cadre of stern action for "committing atrocities against political opponents".
Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh said that Trinamool Congress supreme Mamata Banerjee's brothers were feeling unwell after seeing the support his party was getting in the state.
According to state BJP sources, during virtual rallies, the state BJP would highlight the state's TMC government's "mishandling" of the dual crisis of COVID-19 pandemic and Cyclone Amphan.
Incidentally, Ghosh made the comment at a press conference in Kolkata on March 8, celebrated as International Women’s Day