
From Screen to Senate: Koel Mallick Nominated by BJP for Rajya Sabha After TMC Exit
Koel Mallick, once a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, is now a BJP nominee—another high-profile actor entering the corridors of power after the party's fall in West Bengal.
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The BJP is actively shaping political strategies across multiple states, with nominations for Rajya Sabha, seat allocations in Maharashtra Council polls, and efforts to engage youth voters in Madhya Pradesh. The party is also managing internal dynamics, public appointments, and responses to cultural and legal issues in its governance and outreach.

Koel Mallick, once a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, is now a BJP nominee—another high-profile actor entering the corridors of power after the party's fall in West Bengal.

The BJP has named three candidates for Maharashtra’s Legislative Council elections, sealing a 3:1:1 seat-sharing deal with its Mahayuti allies. The nominations come ahead of polling on October 23, with counting set for October 27.

The BJP’s razor-thin majority in Thiruvananthapuram hangs on a single unfiled resignation letter. And the party’s leadership knows it.

Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde has been fined ₹300 for repeatedly skipping court dates in a 2016 case where she and six others allegedly assaulted two school teachers over a transfer dispute.

Madhya Pradesh's ruling BJP and opposition Congress have spent the past two months courting Gen Z voters through youth conclaves, scholarships and skilling schemes, with the 18-29 bracket making up nearly a third of the state's electorate.

Madhya Pradesh's BJP government and party unit begin a month-long Sewa Sankalp Abhiyan on September 17, PM Modi's birthday, pairing new rural schemes with an internal push to unite quarrelling leaders and energise workers.

Shivamogga BJP MLA Channabasappa stormed out of a Democracy Day event after Karnataka officials recited just two paragraphs of Vande Mataram, sparking a heated exchange with Dalit Sangharsha Samithi members present at the venue.