Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) A team from West Bengal’s West Midnapore conducted searches at the residence of the Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee early on Saturday to trace his executive assistant Sumit Roy.A team from Salboni police station in West Midnapore, led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police and accompanied by the central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel, arrived at the residence of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at Kalighat …
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Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee will have to face interrogation by two investigating agencies in three different cases for three consecutive days: June 14, June 15 and June 16. On June 14, Sunday, he will have to appear at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police at Bhavani Bhavan in South Kolkata and face interrogation in connection with the case of mismatches in the signatures of so…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday evening said he will cooperate with the West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) if summoned for interrogation. On Friday, a team of CID officials reached his residence at Kalighat Road in South Kolkata, reportedly to serve him a notice in connection with a case where he had been accused of inciting violence and threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah before the rec…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Riju Dutta on Friday claimed that the number of rebel party MPs, seeking recognition as a “new bloc” in the Lok Sabha will increase in the coming days. He also said that the dissenting MPs are scheduled to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday.Earlier in the day, rebel Trinamool MP Jagadish Barma Basunia had confirmed the validity of the letter containing signatures of 19 party MPs, including him, who reportedly claim to be the main…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) With dissent within the Trinamool Congress refusing to abate, MP Kirti Azad accused the BJP on Friday of causing the rift within the Mamata Banerjee-led party, quipping: “Operation Lotus never fails”.The former cricketer’s reaction comes after three pages carrying signatures of 19 rebel Trinamool MPs surfaced earlier in the day, reportedly claiming to be the main and majority bloc of the party’s representation in the Lok Sabha.Speaking to IANS, Azad said: “There is no l…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Jagadish Barma Basunia on Friday confirmed the validity of the letter containing signatures of 19 party MPs, including him, who reportedly claim to be the main and majority bloc of the party in the Lok Sabha.According to Basunia, the dissent within the Trinamool had erupted before the results of the Assembly polls, since MPs and senior leaders of the party were not consulted before giving tickets to the candidates.In an exclusive interaction wi…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Political leaders across parties on Friday reacted to the widening rift within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after senior party MP Kalyan Banerjee targeted Abhishek Banerjee, with BJP leaders alleging that the developments signalled “the end” of the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Reacting to the controversy, Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar said internal divisions within the Trinamool had become increasingly visible.“TMC members, especially MPs, have become increasi…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, has been asked to appear before the CID again in the MLAs’ signature mismatch case on June 14, said officials on Friday.He was grilled for almost six hours and released a little before midnight on Thursday at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in South Kolkata.Abhishek Banerjee, also the nephew of the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, …
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Nearly six hours after Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee appeared at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Thursday evening to face questioning in connection with the legislators’ signature mismatch case, the interrogation was still underway.As per the order of a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court earlier in the day, Abhishek Banerjee, who is al…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Thursday asserted that party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be at the “forefront” of the Opposition’s fight against the BJP.His reaction came amid reports of Trinamool’s merger with the Congress, which the latter has termed “rumours” and “baseless”.In an interaction with IANS, Saugata Roy said: “I want the Trinamool and Congress to work in a close alliance to remove and defeat the BJP. That is all …