Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — the Trinamool Congress supremo — on Friday announced her decision to retain her nephew and the party Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, as the party’s general secretary.However, she also appointed the party’s Rajya Sabha members, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as deputy general secretaries, which according to political observers, means that Abhishek Banerjee would no more be able to unanimously adopt organisational decisi…
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Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) After curtailing the security of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, the West Bengal government has now reduced the security cover outside the residences of the party’s many leaders. The names of Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Kumar, veteran party leader Shovandeb Chattopadhyay and party MLA Kunal Ghosh have been added to the list of those whose security has been cut.It was learned on Sunday that apart from Rajeev Kumar, the security stationed at the residenc…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Amid several party leaders turning rebellious after the Trinamool Congress’ defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, party supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conveyed a clear message that those unwilling to stay with the party during the current crisis were free to leave immediately.“A review meeting on the reasons for the defeat was conducted on Monday. There, the former Chief Minister gave a clear message that those lead…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The budget session of the West Bengal Assembly will commence on June 18, and the full budget by the finance minister of the first BJP-led state government since Independence will be presented on June 22, announced the new Speaker of the House, Rathindra Bose at a special session of the House on Friday, where Bose took oath as the Speaker of the House. As the full budget is scheduled to be presented on June 22, it is expected that the new cabinet led by the ninth West Benga…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Amid the second phase of polling in West Bengal, a Trinamool Congress candidate on Wednesday alleged that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials were being brought into the state by the Centre to “scare” the voters and party workers, while another candidate flagged an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) malfunction at one of the booths in his area.Trinamool candidate from the Bhangar Assembly constituency, Saokat Molla, said: “No one was aware of the NIA’s arrival…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday strongly criticised the sudden increase in the price of cooking gas in the country, linking the development to the US-Iran conflict in West Asia.At a press conference held at Trinamool Bhavan in Kolkata, state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and party spokesperson Tanmay Ghosh claimed that the Central government’s lack of planning had led to the present gas crisis.Chandrima Bhattacharya alleged that it was foreseeable that gas supply …
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Controversy erupted at a meeting of a delegation of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress with the full bench of the Election Commission, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, here on Monday, with a minister, who was part of the team, “raising her voice” during the interaction, a poll panel source said. “During the meeting, a leader from the TMC spoke in a raised voice, following which the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) advised her to lower h…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, who was a member of the delegation of Trinamool Congress who attended a meeting with the full-bench of the Election Commission, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Monday morning, accused him of misbehaving with her in course of the interaction.”I am a woman. But even then, during the course of interaction, he told me —’Don’t shout’. The CEC does not h…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, to review the ongoing judicial adjudication of the voters’ documents identified as “logical discrepancy” cases as well the preparedness for the crucial upcoming Assembly elections, will begin from 10 a.m. on Monday with meetings with all registered political parties in the state.The full bench of the Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for the next two days.CEC Gyanesh Kumar and his team were received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and state Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty.CEC Kumar is scheduled to begin the visit early on …