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The BJP in the UT has received a shot in the arm with former minister A Namasivayam joining the party along with a former MLA recently.

Stones were hurled at BJP national president J P Nadda's convoy during his visit to Diamond Harbour area in South 24 Parganas on December 10.

It is learnt that the governor gave a detailed analysis of the prevailing law and order situation in West Bengal and the state government's response to political violence and other crimes.

Vehicles of media personnel, too, were not spared, the sources said.

He asserted the saffron party will come to power in 2021 polls with more than 200 seats ousting the TMC "lock stock and barrel".

Considered a low profile leader, Nadda was actively associated with student and youth politics first as a member of the RSS' student wing ABVP and then the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

The BJP, which has clinched 31 more seats than the 43 pocketed by Kumar's JD(U), is likely to have two deputy chief ministers on the lines of Uttar Pradesh.

By appointing a General Secretary as in-charge, BJP highlights the significance it has attached to the local body elections

Nadda accused the Mamata Banerjee govt in West Bengal of indulging in "divide and rule politics" in the state to serve the political interests of TMC