SUVENDU ADHIKARIS FATHER SISIR ADHIKARI
Party flag changes, while BJP's Adhikaris put up best bet against TMC to retain family stronghold
Contai has seen significant changes over the years. Sisir Adhikari's rise began as a gram panchayat member in 1962, eventually becoming a three-time MP and a junior Union minister. Soumendu now carries the heavy burden of these expectations and is leaving nothing to chance.
Kanthi: BJP gains ground as TMC battles to retain foothold in Suvendu Adhikari's backyard
Political observers note that Kanthi presents a unique dynamic, as compared to other constituencies of the state, featuring a distinctly bipolar electoral landscape where voters face a clear choice between supporting the BJP and its national agenda or favouring the TMC government in Bengal and its welfare schemes. The constituency will go to polls on May 25 in the sixth phase.
INDIA bloc will scrap CAA & Uniform Civil Code if voted to pwer, says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted at a rally in Haldia that if the INDIA bloc gains power, it would repeal the NRC and CAA, and oppose the implementation of UCC. She vowed to avenge her defeat in Nandigram in the 2021 assembly polls, alleging voter fraud. At another rally in Medinipur, she reiterated her stance against the CAA and NRC. Banerjee accused Suvendu Adhikari and the CPI-M of conspiring to rig votes in Nandigram and held them responsible for past violence in the area.
'Don't want rejected leaders': Suvendu Adhikari on Mukul Roy's desire to rejoin BJP
Talking to IANS, Suvendu Adhikari said: "We are working on strengthening the party on booth level. Party is working to bring the non-BJP voters to its fold. We don't need to induct any leaders, especially those who have been rejected." He said those, who left the BJP after May 2021 when the party workers were being "tortured" in the state, cannot be a BJP man.
TMC minister to be behind bars in a month, BJP's Suvendu says in Assembly
Adhikari and Partha Bhowmik got embroiled in a verbal exchange over switching sides of a few members to the ruling Trinamool Congress after winning on BJP tickets in the 2021 assembly elections. Several BJP MLAs have joined the TMC since 2021 without resigning from the assembly.
Trinamool slams BJP for 'Damaging Public Property'
Trinamool spokesman Kunal Ghosh claimed leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari walked into the police van even before the rally started and did not confront the police. "What kind of leader is Suvendu Adhikari? He should learn from Mamata Banerjee how to fight as an opposition leader. Adhikari was under the security of his father and then Didi," Ghosh said.
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LS Speaker initiates disqualification proceedings against Sisir Adhikari, Krishna Raju
Adhikari, a Lok Sabha member from Kanthi in West Bengal, had quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP . Raju, a Lok Sabha member from Narasapuram in Andhra Pradesh, had rebelled against the YSRCP.
Suvendu Adhikari attends inauguration of slain BJP worker's Durga Puja
Adhikari, who is the leader of opposition in the state, later tweeted : "Overwhelmed by the grief at this Durga Puja in Beleghata, Kolkata. The organizers, in remembrance of the slain local lad Abhijit Sarkar, post poll violence victim, has refrained from playing any joyous sound, to honour his memory. Drumbeats of the "dhaak" has also fallen silent."
Suvendu Adhikari seeks Mukul Roy’s disqualification from house
Roy, who won this year’s assembly election from the Krishnanagar Uttar seat on a BJP ticket, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress last week. Previously in the TMC, he had joined the BJP in 2017 and was its national vice-president.
Suvendu Adhikari submits petition to speaker seeking Mukul Roy's disqualification as MLA
Earlier this month, Roy rejoined the TMC, of which he was once the second-in-command, following his three-and-a-half year-long stint in the BJP.
BJP says paperwork completed to back demand for Mukul Roy's disqualification from Bengal assembly
Mukul Roy returned to the TMC on June 11 after winning from the Krishnanagar North seat on a BJP ticket in the recently concluded assembly elections. He had joined the saffron party after quitting Mamata Banerjee's party in 2017.
FIR against West Bengal's leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari over 'cyclone Yaas relief theft'
The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by Ratnadip Manna, a member of the board of administrators of the municipality, on June 1. He had alleged that tarpaulin worth around Rs two lakh was stolen from a store managed by the municipality on May 29.
BJP picks giant killer Suvendu Adhikari to lead the party in Bengal Assembly
The decision was taken in a meeting of the 77 newly elected party MLAs after discussions with national observers, law and IT minister Ravishankar Prasad and party general secretary Bhupender Yadav. State BJP president Dilip Ghosh and other party leaders also attended the meeting.
Stand vindicated on Nandigram's truth: CPI(M) after Mamata-Suvendu war of words on 2007 violence
Fourteen villagers protesting against land acquisition in Nandigram were killed, many by police firing, on March 14, 2007. The Left Front, led by the CPI(M), was in power in West Bengal then.
Nandigram poll contest: Suvendu fighting against Mamata for political survival
Fourteen years after he led a bloody battle against forcible farmland acquisition, Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP candidate from the prestigious Nandigram seat is fighting the battle for political survival against his past mentor Mamata Banerjee.
West Bengal polls: Parties bank on identity politics, promise of industrialisation in Nandigram seat
The obscure agrarian region in Purba Medinipur district had shaken the foundation of the mighty Left Front regime through the anti-land acquisition movement in 2007 that had ultimately catapulted the TMC to power in 2011.
Mamata Banerjee calls herself "donkey" for not recognising "true face" of Adhikari family
Venting her ire against Suvendu Adhikari, her protege-turned-rival who is pitted against the TMC leader from Nandigram constituency for the coming assembly polls, Banerjee said at an election rally here, she had even heard rumours the Adhikari family had built an empire worth Rs 5,000 crore.
TMC MP Sisir Adhikari joins BJP at Amit shah's rally
Sisir Adhikari follows in the footsteps of his two sons, Suvendu and Sou,mendu who switched over to the BJP in recent months. PTI quoted unknown BJP sources as saying his other son Dibyendu, a TMC MP from Tamluk, may also follow suit
Will join BJP, save honour of Midnapore: TMC MP Sisir Adhikari
The patriarch of the Adhikari family -- which wields considerable influence in Bengal's Purba Medinipur district -- said that he was forced to switch camp, as the leaders of the ruling party left him with no other option.
BJP old-timers shedding tears as party fielded TMC turncoats, says Mamata at poll rally
In an obvious reference to former state ministers Suvendu Adhikari and Rajib Banerjee who have deserted her camp, the TMC supremo said, "Gaddars, mir jafars (traitors) have now become candidates of the BJP, much to the dismay of the saffron party's old-timers."
I will support my son Suvendu, will go to PM Modi's rally if asked: TMC MP Sisir Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari, who was a minister in the TMC government had joined BJP in December last year. BJP has fielded Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the seat is witnessing the most high-profile contest of West Bengal polls.
Mamata Banerjee to challenge Suvendu Adhikari on his home turf Nandigram in state polls
"I have always started my campaign for the assembly polls from Nandigram. It is a lucky place for me. So this time I feel that I should contest the assembly polls from here. I request our state party president Subrata Bakshi to approve my name from this seat," Banerjee said.
TMC MP Sisir Adhikari divested of another post after son Suvendu joined BJP
Senior TMC minister Soumen Mahapatra, a known detractor of the Adhikari family, replaced Sisir Adhikari, who was made chairman of the core committee of the party's district unit, a less important post.
Suvendu Adhikari's father faces TMC ire, removed from DSDA chief's post
Sisir Adhikari, the father of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was replaced with MLA Akhil Giri, known to be his detractor in the Trinamool Congress. "He did not do anything as the chairman of the DSDA. So he has been removed," Giri told reporters on Tuesday.
Brother Soumendu, host of other TMC workers to join BJP: Suvendu Adhikari
"My younger brother Soumendu will join the BJP in Contai today. He will be accompanied by several councillors and 5,000 TMC grassroot workers. The TMC will steadily disintegrate," Suvendu Adhikari said here on the occasion of the Mamata Banerjee-led party's Foundation Day.
Not just at home in the party, but also happy and inspired: Suvendu Adhikari
Adhikari described the TMC as a party "that tried to do some things in its first term, but turned into a private company of the CM and her nephew after 2016". He said there is no question of him as a contender for the chief minister's post, as he sees himself only as a dedicated worker of the party.
Suvendu Adhikari's resignation not a big issue for party: Trinamool Congress
Speaking to reporters here, senior TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee said "As far as my knowledge goes Suvendu is awaiting a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He (Suvendu) has said categorically that 'I am waiting for Didi. I will talk to her'.
I am an Indian first then a Bengali: Suvendu slams TMC's insider-outsider debate
Adhikari, who had resigned from the state cabinet and had been distancing himself from the party over the last few months, said, he is first an Indian and then a Bengali. He also criticized the TMC leadership, saying it is giving more importance to the party than people.
Adhikari to remain in TMC, all misunderstandings cleared: Senior TMC leader Saugata Roy
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor -- roped in by the party to boost its poll prospects -- on Tuesday night met Adhikari, days after he resigned from the state cabinet, and subsequently claimed that all the issues have been resolved.
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