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• Manik Saha takes oath; cabinet has 9 BJP and 2 IPFT faces May 16, 2022
  The IPFT, which is caught in a leadership tussle, has dropped Mevar Kumar Jamatia, the minister for forest and tribal welfare during Deb's term, from its list.
• BJP chief JP Nadda calls rebellious West Bengal MP Arjun Singh for talks May 16, 2022
  The official topic on the discussion notwithstanding, Singh's visit comes at a time when he has been critical of the state unit of the party too. Ahead of leaving Kolkata for the meeting, Singh on Monday raised concerns about the leadership capabilities of the state BJP.
• Women, tribals, farmers make up BJP's focus areas in Gujarat May 16, 2022
  Apart from deliberating on the future programmes regarding the visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda, the Baitak also dwelt on ways to strengthen various BJP morchas, which have specific areas of operation like women, tribals, farmers, to ensure maximum penetration.
• West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI summons TMC MLA Paresh Pal May 16, 2022
  Abhijit Sarkar, the first victim of post-poll violence in Bengal, was brutally killed in front of his house in May 2021. Abhijit Sarkar's elder brother Biswajit Sarkar and his mother had claimed repeatedly that MLA Paresh Pal's associates were involved in the murder.