{"id":667547,"date":"2026-10-05T21:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=667547"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:09:11","slug":"bjp-gets-a-new-face-in-west-bengal-as-actress-koel-mallick-joins-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/667547\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP Gets a New Face in West Bengal as Actress Koel Mallick Joins Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/667547\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-667548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TMC-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>Kolkata: Renowned Bengali film actress Koel Mallick joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, just a day after the party announced her as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election.<\/p>\n<p>Koel Mallick, daughter of veteran Bengali actor Ranjit Mallick, previously served as a Rajya Sabha MP on a Trinamool Congress (TMC) ticket. However, she resigned from her post some time ago. At a press conference held at the BJP headquarters, she said it was a great honor for her to have the opportunity to serve the people as a member of the Upper House of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Voting for a total of 12 Rajya Sabha seats in three states\u2014Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal\u2014is scheduled for October 16.<\/p>\n<p>West Bengal: A by-election is being held for a vacant Rajya Sabha seat, for which the BJP has fielded Koel Mallick.<\/p>\n<p>Uttarakhand: The party has fielded senior grassroots leader Dinesh Arya as its candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Uttar Pradesh: Elections are scheduled to be held for 10 seats, the highest number among the three states, leading to heightened political activity.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP holds a strong position in the West Bengal Assembly, and Koel Mallick&#8217;s decision to join the party, along with her candidacy, has generated considerable buzz in the state&#8217;s political circles. The results of these elections, scheduled for October 16, are considered significant for both national politics and regional political dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata: Renowned Bengali film actress Koel Mallick joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, just a day after the party announced her as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election. Koel Mallick, daughter of veteran Bengali actor Ranjit Mallick, previously served as a Rajya Sabha MP on a Trinamool Congress (TMC) ticket. However, she resigned from her post some time ago. At a press conference held at the BJP headquarters, she said it was a great honor for her to have the opportunity to serve the people as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":667548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667550,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667547\/revisions\/667550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}