Roopa Ganguly joins list of disgruntled Bengal BJP leaders
The Hindu
She exited a virtual meeting that was attended by senior membership and is miffed that her husband has not been given a ticket in the civic polls
Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly has joined the ever-growing list of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from West Bengal who are airing their grievances against the party leadership. The actor-turned-politician has not only expressed her support for an Independent candidate contesting the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls but late on Tuesday evening exited a virtual meeting of the West Bengal unit of the BJP.
Senior BJP leaders, including national vice-president Dilip Ghosh and State president Sukanta Majumdar, were present at the meeting. Ms. Ganguly is a member of one of the committees set up by the BJP for polls to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.