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West Bengal: Year after Trinamool return, Mukul Roy continues to create ripples in BJP
BJP's relationship with Mukul Roy has been severed for more than a year. He has gone back to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). But the technique fighting elections taught by Mukul Roy has been ingrained in the minds of those close to him in the West Bengal unit of the BJP

Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya: How Mamata Banerjee's TMC is facing internal rifts and revolt amid corruption row
There is a growing sense of distrust within the supporters and the leaders of the TMC across Bengal and also in the states like Tripura and Meghalaya

SC directs West Bengal Assembly Speaker to decide on disqualification of turncoat BJP MLA Mukul Roy
The bench said it hoped that the Speaker proceeds with the matter on 21 December and decides the same in accordance with law

Actor-turned-politician Srabanti Chatterjee quits BJP; 'would hardly impact party', says Sukanta Majumdar
The actor joins a long list of celebrities and leaders who have either quit the BJP or are maintaining a distance from the party after its defeat in the polls

BJP's Ganga Prasad Sharma, seven others join TMC; saffron party's fall in Bengal imminent, claims Mukul Roy
Sharma, BJP's Alipurduar district president, alleged that the party ignored the sentiments of grassroots workers while choosing candidates for the Assembly polls

Suvendu Adhikari submits petition to West Bengal Speaker seeking Mukul Roy’s disqualification as MLA
Roy recently rejoined the TMC, of which he was once the second-in-command, following his three-and-a-half year-long stint in the BJP

TMC declines turncoat MP Sunil Mondal's feelers, says party has already moved for his disqualification
The Trinamool Congress Wednesday virtually ruled out the possibility of reinducting turncoat TMC MP Sunil Mondal, who had switched over to the BJP last year

Suvendu Adhikari meets West Bengal guv to discuss post-poll violence; 23 BJP MLAs skip meeting
This is the second time when Adhikari met the governor in June. Earlier he met the governor and submitted a representation about unabated post-poll retributive violence

Day after Mukul Roy's exit from BJP, Rajib Banerjee meets TMC leader Kunal Ghosh
Banerjee, who unsuccessfully fought the Bengal Assembly polls on BJP ticket, described his meeting with the TMC general secretary as a 'courtesy visit'

'Opportunist' Mukul Roy's exit will make no difference, says BJP even as concern rise over lobby politics
Several BJP leaders downplayed the impact of Mukul Roy's return to TMC, with Dilip Ghosh saying Roy himself wasn't sure whether the BJP 'gained anything'

Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool Congress: Mamata says more will come, but 'ghar wapsi' comes with a rider
Mukul Roy, who joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday, did not comment on the reasons behind quitting BJP, but he made it clear that he will never rejoin the saffron party

No 'lockdown' on Bengal political mudslinging as TMC, BJP exchange barbs over Narada case, post-poll violence
Both the TMC and BJP appear more intent on attacking each other rather than taking on the COVID-19 pandemic

TMC hits back after BJP releases tape of Mamata ‘cajoling’ Suvendu aide to help win Nandigram
In retaliation for the accusation, the TMC also released an audio tape accusing BJP leader Mukul Roy of discussing how to 'influence' the EC with party member Shishir Bajoria

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Mukul Roy profile: BJP’s Krishnanagar Uttar candidate to enter poll fray after two decades
He will face competition from actor and TMC candidate Koushani Mukherjee, when the constituency goes to polls on 22 April

With Suvendu Adhikari's departure from Trinamool, Bengal politics is more roiled than ever
Suvendu Adhikari's departure from TMC does not mean that everything is cut and dried. It’s possible that in the coming weeks, more Suvendu ‘loyalists’ will join BJP. But until that happens, what kind of traction he will have in his new home is debatable

Amit Shah to begin two-day visit to West Bengal from 5 Nov ahead of 2021 Assembly polls
Shah, along with senior BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, vice-president Mukul Roy and party state president Dilip Ghosh, will interact with booth and district-level leaders

BJP national reshuffle exposes Bengal fault lines; Mukul Roy, Anupam Hazra get key posts, Rahul Sinha dumped
While no reshuffle of this magnitude can possibly be uncontroversial, some decisions taken with regard to West Bengal certainly look a bit on the quixotic side.

BJP's Mukul Roy says no differences with leadership, reports of joining TMC 'malicious and misleading'
Roy, addressing a press conference, scotched speculation about him returning to the Trinamool Congress.

On TMC turf, local issues threaten BJP's prospects in West Bengal civic polls; party’s ‘goli maaro’ sentiment will hurt it politically
Whether a poor showing in the municipal elections will augur a comfortable return to power for the Trinamool Congress is a matter of speculation.

Weeks after MP was granted bail, West Bengal CID questions BJP's Jagannath Sarkar in connection with TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas' murder
The West Bengal CID grilled BJP Lok Sabha MP from Ranaghat constituency Jagannath Sarkar in connection with its ongoing investigation into the killing of Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas