Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday remarked that the BJP’s target is to “finish Trinamool Congress” in the state, while observing that, given the functioning of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party, a split was “bound to happen”.As many as 58 out of the 80 elected legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, submitted a resolution on Wednesday carrying the signatures of the…
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Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) It is now official that the Trinamool Congress has split a month after the party faced a landslide defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. Out of the total 80 Trinamool Congress legislators in the Assembly, 58 have revolted under the leadership of the expelled party legislators Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha.On Wednesday, a new resolution, carrying the signatures of these 58 legislators, was submitted in the Assembly, claiming to be the actua…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The political crisis within the Trinamool Congress appears to be deepening as suspended party leader Riju Dutta on Tuesday claimed that around 50 MLAs from the party might split up and form the ‘Asli Trinamool Congress’. He said that the situation was similar to that of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, which had split into two factions in 2022.In an interaction with IANS, Dutta said: “It has come to light that yesterday afternoon, under the leadership of Sandipan Saha and Rit…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid the brewing infighting within the Trinamool Congress following the expulsion of two party legislators, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, a significant social media post by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of the West Bengal cabinet, Tapas Roy, on Tuesday hinted at the “inevitable disintegration” of the previous ruling party in the state.In his social media post released at around 1.20 p.m. on Tuesday, Tapas Roy has also hinted at the possibili…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) As the Trinamool Congress on Monday announced the expulsion of two of its legislators in West Bengal, namely Sandipan Saha from Entally Assembly constituency in North Kolkata and Ritabrata Banerjee from Uluberia (Purba) in Howrah district, Banerjee becomes one of the rare breeds of politicians to be expelled from two parties in his political career and that, too, while being an elected public representative.Earlier when he was first suspended and finally expelled from the …
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) With the 15-day deadline for condoning the actions of 25 AIADMK MLAs who defied the party whip and voted for the TVK government during the May 13 trust vote ending on May 27, signs are emerging that both factions within the AIADMK may be moving towards an amicable settlement to avoid escalating political and legal consequences.The rebellion had triggered a serious internal crisis within the party after 25 MLAs supported the TVK government despite the AIADMK leadership dire…
Hyderabad, March 25 (IANS) The Telangana BJP has urged Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to direct the Assembly Speaker to suspend the membership of AIMIM MLAs for showing disdain towards the national song in the Assembly.A delegation of BJP leaders led by the party’s state President N. Ramchander Rao on Wednesday met the Governor at Lok Bhavan and submitted a memorandum, seeking action against the AIMIM MLAs.The BJP brought to the notice of the Governor that on March 16, the first day of budget ses…
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Telangana High Court on Monday directed MLA Danam Nagender and Telangana Legislature Secretary to file counters to the petition of BJP Legislative Party leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy, challenging the order passed by the Assembly Speaker dismissing his disqualification petition against Nagender.The High Court took up the petition for hearing and ordered notices to be served to the MLA and the Legislature Secretary.The BJP leader has sought a direction to quash and set a…
Bhopal, Feb 18 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Madhya Pradesh government presented the annual budget for 2026-27 in the state Assembly on Wednesday, the opposition Congress launched a targeted attack on Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, questioning his understanding on economy and his ability to revive the state’s deteriorated financial structure.State Congress president Jitu Patwari, responding to the budget, said that Madhya Pradesh’s economic structure has completely collapsed and “C…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s recent judgment disqualifying senior politician Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Assembly under the anti-defection law.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the respondents, including West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ambika Roy, on a petition filed by Roy’s son, Subhranshu Roy, challenging the Calcutta Hig…