Kolkata: The Railways on Friday sanctioned three new projects for West Bengal, where there has been a change of regime following the recently concluded Assembly polls, ending the 15-year Trinamool Congress rule and marking the beginning of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the state since Independence. According to West Bengal Chief Minister.
The new and the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday announced the suspension of three Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officers including a former Commissioner of the Kolkata Police in connection with the rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August 2024.
During the event, tributes were paid to the architect of the Constitution, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, by offering floral homage at his statue, and the legislators were also formally accorded a Guard of Honour.
Himanta Biswa Adhikari, and Samrat Choudhary, regional leaders from three different states and varied political backgrounds, have now been entrusted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership with carrying forward the party’s “double engine” agenda in Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar, respectively. Having emerged from different political traditions, these three leaders have played significant roles.
In a significant hearing before the Supreme Court on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged that large-scale deletion of voter names had materially influenced election outcomes in the state.
