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BJP in Bengal

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JD(U) distances itself from Prashant Kishore’s association with Mamata, says it is in his personal capacity

OpIndia Staff - 7 June, 2019

JD(U) distanced itself from the poll strategist and its National VP saying that the party does not have anything to do with what Prashant Kishor is doing personally.

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Mamata Banerjee’s TMC to hold door to door campaign on ‘Bengali culture’

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2019

In an attempt to put a halt to BJP's bull run into the state, Banerjee has decided to start a door-to-door campaign to tell people “How Bengal and Bengali culture are different from what is being displayed by the BJP”.

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BJP’s West Bengal 2021 assembly election preparation, “Jai Maha Kali” slogans to accompany “Jai Shri Ram”

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2019

BJP will contest the West Bengal assembly elections with “Jai Shri Ram” and "Jai Maha Kali” slogans

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Mamata’s intolerance: 10 people have been arrested after Mamata got irked hearing ‘Jai Shree Ram’, threatened action

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2019

Banerjee who is known to be hypersensitive even when it comes to humour or constructive criticism has in recent times been displaying similar volatility to the name of Lord Ram

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Families of over 50 BJP workers killed in West Bengal to attend PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2019

Narendra Modi government' swearing-in ceremony is to be held at the Jaipur Gate of Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on May 30.

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I like Muslims, no? Will go for Iftar 100 times: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee over Muslim appeasement allegations

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2019

Tipped over by BJP's thumping victory, Mamata, amongst all the Modi critics and oppositions, has had the worst and the most amusing meltdown

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Every BJP vote in Bengal is owed to the ground level workers who have given their lifeblood for the saffron surge

Jhankar Mohta - 24 May, 2019

BJP has lost many of its workers to TMC's violence and bloodshed in West Bengal.

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As Bengal becomes Modi-fied, Mamata Banerjee becomes the first to claim ‘moral victory’

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2019

The rising popularity of BJP amongst the people of West Bengal, which began last year during the panchayat polls, and kept burgeoning this election season, had left Mamata’s brigade completely baffled.

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BJP worker shot at, shop burned in West Bengal post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2019

In several incidents of post-poll violence, a BJP worker was reportedly shot at while shops have been set ablaze in Cooch Behar. In Bhatpara too, violent clashes are being reported.

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