Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s order on Friday directing deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal has received mixed reactions from the political parties in the state.Union Minister of State and former president of BJP’s West Bengal unit Sukanta Majumdar said that the Apex Court’s order on Friday is a matter of sha…
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Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, making several public-interest demands on the occasion of the holy month of Ramzan and Eid-ul-Fitr.He mentioned that Ramzan and Eid carry deep religious and social significance for the entire Muslim community. In that context, he proposed special allocation of ration items, formation of a task force to control market prices, provision of un…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir, on Saturday, claimed that being a part of Trinamool Congress’ “ploy” to defeat former state Congress president in West Bengal and former five-time Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 was one of the biggest blunders in his life. Kabir is the legislator from Bharatpur Assembly constituency, which is one of the seven Assembly constituencies under Baharampur Lok Sabha. After gettin…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Once considered invincible in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its Left allies have lately been rendered inconsequential in state politics, leaving them at crossroads once again as the state prepares for another Assembly election.The Left desperately needs a helping hand, as was evident in CPI(M) state committee secretary Mohd. Salim’s repeated overtures towards the Congress for another tie-up, despite the earlier adjustments ending in poll disas…
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Despite the Congress’ decision to sever ties with the CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal and contest the forthcoming Assembly elections independently in all 294 constituencies, the Left Front will continue its understanding with the All India Secular Front (AISF) this time as well.Confirming this, CPI(M) state secretary in West Bengal and Politburo member Md Salim told mediapersons on Friday that the understanding with AISF is on and will continue in the Assembly polls …
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The Congress, on Thursday, officially announced that it will contest independently in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled this year, without going for any kind of seat-sharing arrangement either with the CPI(M)-led Left Front or the Trinamool Congress.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee in New Delhi on Thursday.The party’s representatives from West Bengal were the…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the tension in Beldanga of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday after the alleged murder of a migrant worker from the district in Jharkhand.While all the opposition parties in the state, including Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI(M) and Congress have lashed out against the Mamata government and described the developments as a total administrative collapse in the state, the Trinamool Congress termed it as a result o…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Amid continuing tension at Beldanga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal since Friday morning, after the return of the body of a local migrant worker allegedly killed in neighbouring Jharkhand, Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee called up Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, seeking strong legal action against the alleged killers from that state.“Our general secretary spoke to the Jharkhand Chief Minister in the …
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) A majority of the Congress’ district leaderships in West Bengal are against any seat-sharing arrangement with any party for the 2026 Assembly elections in the state, party insiders said on Wednesday.Sources said the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) recently sought the opinion of district leaderships on the issue of alliance and seat-sharing, and most of them suggested that the party should contest the next Assembly polls on its own, irrespective of the outcom…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Indian National Congress (INC) leaders seem to be divided over their reactions to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in Kolkata.The differences of opinion in the matter are especially evident in the divergent reactions to the matter by a national-level leader of the state and a state-level leader in W…