In West Bengal, the ‘apolitical’ governor is now the main political opposition

But it is in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s interests to play along.

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· May 02, 2020 · 09:00 am

West Bengal: Fresh clashes between TMC and BJP, seven houses burnt in Jalpaiguri

The BJP unit in the state blamed Trinamool Congress activists for the attack – a charge the ruling party has promptly rejected.

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· Feb 24, 2020 · 05:37 pm

West Bengal governor calls all-party meeting to discuss two bills pending before him

However, CPI(M) and Congress leaders said they will not be able to attend the meeting.

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· Jan 13, 2020 · 08:32 pm

West Bengal governor locked out of Assembly, calls it shameful

Jagdeep Dhankar’s remarks came amid a two-day adjournment of the House after bills slated to be tabled in the Assembly were still awaiting his approval.

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· Dec 05, 2019 · 04:07 pm

Trinamool’s bye-election sweep is a no-confidence motion on BJP’s NRC plans in Bengal

The Trinamool has been successful in convincing the state electorate that the citizen’s register will harm Bengalis, as it did in Assam.

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· Nov 28, 2019 · 08:33 pm

West Bengal will try to regularise all refugee colonies, says Mamata Banerjee

The chief minister said that the Trinamool Congress government will also give land rights to the displaced people.

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· Nov 25, 2019 · 08:22 pm

West Bengal government is applying pressure on most university vice-chancellors, claims governor

Jagdeep Dhankhar’s remarks came a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused him of acting as the BJP’s mouthpiece.

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· Nov 16, 2019 · 05:40 pm

BJP delegation seeks president’s intervention in West Bengal, tells him about Murshidabad murders

Mukul Roy, who was part of the team that met Ram Nath Kovind, claimed that more than 89 people with links to the BJP had been killed since last year.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 10:05 pm

West Bengal governor says he was insulted at Durga Puja event hosted by CM Mamata Banerjee

Jagdeep Dhankar claimed he was made to sit on a separate stage during the programme on October 11, and was not shown on television even for a second.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 06:54 pm

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP

The former Bidhannagar mayor urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to solve the state’s problems the same way the government ‘cooled down’ Kashmir.

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· Oct 02, 2019 · 11:51 am

West Bengal: Protests, road blockades and clashes mark BJP’s 12-hour strike in Barrackpore

Traffic on the Kalyani expressway, the Naihati-Chuchura ferry service and train services were disrupted.

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· Sep 02, 2019 · 01:52 pm

West Bengal: BJP MP Arjun Singh sustains head injury during protest, blames police

He accused Barrackpore Police Commissioner Manoj Verma of hitting him on the head while attempting to disperse protestors from the saffron party in Kankinara.

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· Sep 01, 2019 · 07:28 pm