Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Organiser Satadru Dutta has claimed that Lionel Messi was unhappy over his arrest following the chaotic Kolkata event involving the Argentine football icon, while renewing allegations of political interference, security breaches, and a “one-way investigation” into the controversy.Speaking exclusively to IANS nearly six months after the incident, Dutta alleged that Messi himself was disturbed by the developments surrounding the event and the subsequent police action aga…
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Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour organiser Satadru Dutta on Monday demanded an impartial investigation into the chaos that erupted during the football icon’s event in Kolkata, alleging that he was made a “scapegoat” to shield others from embarrassment.Speaking to IANS, Dutta claimed that the previous Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the incident was a “farce” and alleged that key individuals were never questioned.”I’ll only ask the new government to do an im…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Organiser Satadru Dutta has launched a scathing attack on the then West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and the handling of security during Lionel Messi’s controversial Kolkata appearance, alleging protocol violations, political interference, and a one-sided investigation into the chaos that followed the event.Nearly six months after the incident, Dutta claimed the event had a tightly-controlled “show flow” approved by police and security authorities, but alleged…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Wednesday accused the outgoing West Bengal government of using him and making “false promises” to deceive the public.Tiwary served as minister of state for sports in the Mamata Banerjee-led government.In a self-made video posted on Facebook, the former cricketer described the “obstacles” faced by him throughout the past five years.Reminiscing about his entry into politics, Tiwary said, “I had refused to con…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed West Bengal Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and CAPFs deployed in the state to ensure zero tolerance towards post-poll violence, an official of the Commission said on Tuesday evening. The directive from the Election Commission came following reports that several incidents of violence took place across the state from Monday evening, after the West Bengal Assembly elections results were declared.The Trinamool Congres…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) In an overwhelming mandate in West Bengal, electors have categorically expressed their distrust and disappointment with the Trinamool Congress government by voting out its leader, Mamata Banerjee, along with most of her cabinet members from their respective offices, after 15 uninterrupted years in power. It was for the first time that the BJP registered a victory in West Bengal, which is known as the birthplace of its precursor, the Jana Sangh. Of the 35 ministers in Mama…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday outrightly rejected any deal between former Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir’s party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ‘polarising’ Assembly elections in West Bengal, stating that the two are poles apart.He took a swipe at the Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, hinting that the ruling party was behind the viral audio clip of Humayun Kabir, in which the latter purportedly “assures” state BJP leaders of “unflinc…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday accused its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP) of striking a Rs 1,000 crore deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divide minority votes in those West Bengal Assembly constituencies where his candidates are contesting in the forthcoming polls in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, drawing a swift rebuttal from him. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim, Aroop Bi…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Thursday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of entering into a Rs 1,000 crore deal with its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP), with a target to divide minority votes in those assembly constituencies in West Bengal where AAUP candidates are contesting in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday approached the Election Commission alleging several serious irregularities in the nomination papers of BJP candidate Rahul Sinha for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal.State Power Minister Aroop Biswas has sent a detailed complaint to the Election Commission in this regard.According to the minister, the complaint states that serious procedural errors and irregularities were found during the verification of the nomination papers o…