Sovan Chatterjee

CBI court grants bail to four TMC leaders arrested in Narada case; party holds protests across state

The CBI on Monday morning arrested state ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee

Narada sting case: CBI arrests three TMC MLAs, former party leader; to file charge-sheet

Soon after the arrests, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the CBI's Nizam Palace office in Kolkata, demanding the release of the TMC leaders

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: BJP parachutes MPs to fight state polls, TMC defectors fail to cheer

The BJP seems to be scrambling to find 294 candidates to contest the April elections and there seems to be some degree of lack of coordination in the entire process

West Bengal polls: BJP aspirants protest after being denied candidacy; TMC turncoat Sovan Chatterjee quits

Protests erupted across the state, with several leaders of the saffron party openly expressing their dissatisfaction over newcomers being given more importance than the old-timers

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Behala Purba profile: TMC's Sovan Chatterjee currently represents constituency

In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly election, the Behala Purba constituency had a total of 2,05,294 registered voters

West Bengal Assembly polls: Another setback for TMC as two-time MLA Dipak Haldar quits party

The Diamond Harbour MLA remained tight-lipped on joining the BJP, but said he won't be resigning from the Bengal Legislative Assembly

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.

Ready to contest against Mamata Banerjee if BJP wants, says former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee

Sovan Chatterjee, the TMC leader who joined BJP recently, said on Tuesday that he is ready to contest against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the 2021 assembly polls

Ex-Kolkata mayor and former TMC MLA Sovan Chatterjee, who took sabbatical from active politics in 2018, likely to join BJP

Six TMC MLAs, and one each of Congress and CPM have switched over to the BJP since the results of Lok Sabha polls were announced.

Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim defeats BJP's Jiban Sen with over 13,000 votes in local body by-election

According to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, which was amended in the winter session of the Assembly, a mayor would have to get elected by voters as a councillor within six months of being appointed to the post.