West Bengal Assembly polls | Sisir Adhikari joining BJP a matter of time, says Suvendu
The Hindu
Trinamool Congress MP and senior leader of Purba Medinipur Sisir Adhikari is all set to join the BJP. At a public meeting in the district, the veteran TMC leader’s son and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari made it clear that his father joining the BJP is just a matter of time.
“You all know Sisir babu. He will be present at Narendra Modi rally at Kanthi on March 24. I am suggesting he should go before that to Amit Shah’s rally on March 21,” Mr. Suvendu Adhikari said at Chandipur. Soon after Mr. Suvendu Adhikari quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP in December, speculation has been rife that his father and brother Dibyendu Adhikari will also join the BJP. Mr. Sisir Adhikari represents the Kanthi Lok Sabha seat and Mr. Dibyendu Adhikari the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat in the same district. Mr. Sisir Adhikari’s another son Soumendu Adhikari had joined the BJP after the West Bengal government removed him from the post of chairman of the Contai municipality.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.