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New Delhi, March 1 Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka joined the BJP on Wednesday.Phoolka, who is best known for representing the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in their pursuit of justice, joined AAP in 2014 and left it five years later in...

New Delhi, March 1 Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka is set to join the BJP on Wednesday, sources said.Phoolka, who is best known for representing the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in their quest for justice, joined AAP in 2014 and left it...

New Delhi, March 31 Indian tennis legend Leander Paes joined the BJP here on Tuesday, ahead of the West Bengal elections.He joined the party in the presence of senior party leaders, including Union minister Kiren Rijiju.The tennis star had recently met BJP chief Nitin Nabin in Kolkata...

Guwahati, March 19 After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi quit the Congress to join the BJP, his son Prateek has decided not to contest as a nominee of the grand old party from the Margherita assembly constituency in the upcoming assembly polls.In a letter to Congress president and chairman of the...

New Delhi, March 18 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday criticized the Congress, stating that no person with self-respect would stay in the opposition party, and he wants to bring all its "good" leaders into the BJP for a brighter future of the state.Sarma's remarks came...

New Delhi, March 18 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma warmly welcomed former Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, asserting that the grand old party no longer has space for “self-respecting individuals”.Speaking to reporters in the...

Kolkata, March 7 West Bengal BJP leader and social worker Motiur Rahman joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday, ahead of the assembly elections.Rahman was a BJP candidate in the 2021 assembly polls from Harishchandrapur in Malda. He was defeated by his TMC rival.He joined the TMC...

Guwahati, March 5 – Three suspended Congress MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam on Thursday, adding a new dimension to political developments in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.The three legislators – Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Basant Das, and Sashikanta...

Kolkata, February 27, 2018 – Swapna Barman, the gold medalist in the heptathlon at the Asian Games, joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday.She is also likely to be a candidate for the Trinamool in any of the assembly constituencies in her native district of Jalpaiguri in the upcoming Assembly...

Guwahati, February 23 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that there is a "plan" for several senior Congress leaders to join the BJP in the state, and ultimately, no Hindu will remain in the opposition party.Many Congress leaders will try to join the BJP ahead of the...

Itanagar, February 23 The Arunachal Democratic Party (ADP) formally merged with the Congress (INC) on Monday, with all office-bearers and members joining the party en masse at an induction ceremony here.ADP president Tami Pangu said the merger was driven by ideological conviction and faith in...

Kolkata, February 22 Former Indian footballer-turned-politician and former MLA Dipendu Biswas rejoined the TMC on Sunday ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, saying his brief association with the BJP was driven by "emotional factors".Biswas, a former TMC MLA from Basirhat...

Guwahati, February 22 Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the ruling BJP on Sunday in the presence of its state unit president Dilip Saikia here.Hours after joining the BJP, the ruling party inducted Borah into the State Executive Committee. Borah became a BJP member at a...

Kolkata, February 22 – Former Indian footballer and former Basirhat Dakshin Assembly MLA, Dipendu Biswas, returned to the Trinamool Congress on Sunday.Along with him, several district leaders, including Basirhat No. I Block Congress President Quader Sardar and Basirhat Municipality's former...

Former Assam Congress Chief Bhupen Borah Joins BJPGuwahati, February 22: Former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Bhupen Kumar Borah, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today.The joining ceremony took place at the BJP's state office, where Bhupen Borah was joined by former...

Guwahati, February 22 Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the ruling BJP on Sunday in the presence of its state unit president Dilip Saikia here.Borah became a BJP member during a function held at the Assam BJP headquarters, 'Vajpayee Bhawan'.Along with him, former Congress...

Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the BJP today in Guwahati, in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and state BJP chief Dilip Saikia.Bhupen Kumar Borah is a veteran politician from Assam who was associated with the Indian National Congress for over three...

Guwahati, February 22 – Former president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Bhupen Kumar Borah, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, marking a significant political shift ahead of the crucial election season in the state.Borah joined the BJP at a programme...

Guwahati, February 22 Former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah joined the ruling BJP on Sunday in the presence of its state unit president Dilip Saikia here.Borah became a BJP member during a function held at the Assam BJP headquarters, 'Vajpayee Bhawan'.Along with him, former Congress...

Kolkata, February 21 – Pratikur Rahman, a state committee member of the CPI(M) in West Bengal and considered one of the party’s prominent young leaders, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. The CPI(M) leadership subsequently expelled him from the party.Rahman was formally inducted...