New Delhi/Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has launched a scathing attack on the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, accusing it of unleashing “political intimidation at its worst” following a series of abrupt detentions and police summons.In a strong worded social media post aimed at the BJP government on at Thursday evening on X, Banerjee wrote: “Over the past couple of weeks, STF/CID @WBPolice has without prop…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The ECI has sought responses from Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee and expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee by July 6 over the claims and counterclaims by both factions headed by each of them over organisational elections/authorised signatories, official sources said on Thursday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to both the leaders to submit their responses by 5.30 p.m. on July 6, said sources.The letters virtually coincided with a represen…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The majority faction of the Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, headed by the expelled party member Ritabrata Banerjee, on Thursday contended before the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that their numerical superiority establishes their entitlement to the party’s name and election symbol.A ten-member delegation of the rebel legislators met the full bench of the ECI in the afternoon, and at the end of the meeting, Ritabrata…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, after hearing the petition from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress challenging the freezing of its three bank accounts held with a private bank, directed the authorities of the said bank to file a detailed affidavit citing all details of the accounts.At the same time, the single judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the police, under whose instructions the bank authorities have impose…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra, who faced protests after eggs and cow dung were hurled at her by a mob in the presence of police, has received an unexpected supporter from a veteran leader of the party’s arch political rival, CPI(M).Veteran Marxist leader, former party Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, has issued a social media post condemning the attack on Moitra while reminding that he is airing his voice of protest in t…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) An FIR has been lodged against the Trinamool Congress’ General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee for violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, said the police on Thursday. The FIR was filed at the Kalighat police station in South Kolkata following a complaint lodged by a resident of Baguiati against Abhishek Banerjee.The person, named Rajiv Sarkar, has made several allegations against Banerjee in his complaint. He claimed that security guards were dangerously …
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will meet the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’ legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, where the latter is expected to argue on the points over its rights on the party’s name and election symbol.Already, a team of 10 legislators from the rebel faction, including Ritabrata Banerjee, reached New Delhi on Wednesday night to attend…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A team of 10 legislators from the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim to the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the rebel faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission in the matter. Ritabrata informed that finally the Commission had fixed T…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim on the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission …
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) A close aide and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has been suspended by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) following his arrest and subsequent police custody in connection with the recent collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata.A KMC official said on Wednesday that Kalicharan Banerjee has been suspended under KMC rules, which mandate suspension if an employee remains in police custody for more than 72 hours….