Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and party MLA Kunal Ghosh face to face in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.After around four hours of questioning, Kunal Ghosh came out of the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan and said that he had cooperated with the investigation. It was Ghosh who revealed that he had been questioned …
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New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s sudden arrival in the national capital and his open rebellion against party leadership is making headlines since he has been known as a close confidante of party Chairperson Mamata Banerjee and a staunch supporter of his leader in Parliament for decades. However, he is also known to have gone against his supremo on earlier occasions as and when he considered it appropriate for himself and his constituency. In September 2…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Amid growing rebellion among Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members, the party’s National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him not to recognise any separate block within the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lower House, arguing that the Trinamool Congress is a single and unified political entity.The rebel Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members, who are now believed to be in a majority, ar…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Opposition, particularly Congress and Trinamool Congress, on Sunday lashed out at the BJP, accusing it of “finishing morality” in politics. The reactions come amid the growing dissent within the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Trinamool MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay visited Union Minister Bhupender Yadav’s residence on Saturday, signalling the support of another MP within the rebel Trinamool faction.Speaking to IANS, Kirti Azad remarked: “Calling them ‘rebels’ is an insult to th…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday reached the state’s Criminal Investigation Department headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan to face CID questioning again in the MLA signature mismatch case.The CID had asked Banerjee to appear by noon. However, the Trinamool MP reached the CID office before the scheduled time.The Calcutta High Court had ordered Banerjee to cooperate with the investigation of the state police intelligence depar…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to appear at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police later on Sunday for interrogation in the signature mismatch case.The case involves the signatures of some Trinamool legislators on an official document submitted in the West Bengal Assembly.This would be the second appearance of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of the former…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Amid the brewing rebellion within the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha, the party leadership has removed two Lok Sabha members from crucial organisational posts. The most significant move was the replacement of four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Kolkata (Uttar) constituency, Sudip Bandopadhyay, from the post of the party’s president for the Kolkata (Uttar) Assembly constituency.The decision came hours after information surfaced t…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Both the Trinamool Congress as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lashed out at Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant of Trinamool MP and party’s General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, accusing him of corruption and other malpractices. The reactions come after the West Bengal Police on Saturday searched multiple locations linked to Roy, including his Kolkata residence, his house in Hooghly district and his in‑laws’ home, but he remained untraceable.Speaking …
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a police complaint against four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Sreerampore constituency in Hooghly district and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of making derogatory comments about Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the complaint filed at Sreerampore police station by BJP leader Bhaskar Ghosh, Banerjee was accused of using highly derogatory and objectionable adjectives …
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Police on Saturday searched multiple locations linked to Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant of Trinamool Congress general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, including his Kolkata residence, his house in Hooghly district and his in‑laws’ home, but he remained untraceable. Sumit’s mother‑in‑law is upset and angry with the police raid. She alleged that they were being deliberately disturbed as the privacy of the entire family was being violated.Accordin…