Jailed TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's close aide joins BJP
The Hindu
TMC's Birbhum district vice president Biplab Ojha switched over to the saffron camp at a meeting attended by Leader of Opposition in the State assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
A close aide of jailed Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, citing an "increasingly difficult working situation" and "lack of opportunity" in the West Bengal's ruling party to serve the people.
TMC's Birbhum district vice president Biplab Ojha switched over to the saffron camp at a meeting attended by Leader of Opposition in the State assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said Mr. Ojha's move will not have any impact on the party's performance in panchayat polls due next year.
In an apparent reference to Trinamool Congress' Anubrata Mondal, Mr. Adhikari said, "A big leader, who used to be a fish seller, is poised to go to Tihar jail. His associate is already there."
Notably, Sehegal Hossain, the former bodyguard of Mondal, was arrested in connection with a cattle smuggling case and is now lodged in Tihar jail.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, in August, arrested Mondal in connection with its probe into the case.
"Big thieves will be sent to Tihar jail. Wait for some more days. Those who looted money of the poor and amassed wealth would not be spared," Mr. Adhikari said while addressing the meeting of BJP workers at Nalhati in Birbhum.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.