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.
The Chief Minister said the first cabinet meeting with senior officials focused on governance priorities and development initiatives under the BJP's "double-engine government."
Three people have been detained in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant of West Bengal's new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, said sources on Monday.
Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Manish Tiwari have attacked the central government. He said that since the BJP came to power at the center in 2014, government agencies and intelligence systems have been continuously misused. In Punjab, the Vigilance Department, and at the central government level, the ED and CBI are being misused.
Following the announcement of the results of the assembly elections in five states, West Bengal is the most talked-about state. The 15-year-old government of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress party has been toppled in West Bengal. It was widely believed that Mamata Banerjee could not be defeated in her own homeland. For 15 years, she ruled.
