Kozhikode, June 8 (IANS) DYFI Vadakara Block President Ribesh Ramakrishnan has stepped down from his organisational post just before being questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the controversial ‘Kafir screenshot’ case that triggered a major political storm during the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign at Vadakara in Kerala. The poll battle was a fight till the finish for two sitting legislators, Shafi Parambil from the Congress and the high-flying former Health Minister K…
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New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched a sharp attack on the opposition INDIA bloc, describing it as a coalition of”disappointed people” brought together by electoral setbacks and claiming that the alliance lacks cohesion, trust and a shared political direction. The remarks came as leaders of the INDIA bloc gathered in New Delhi for a meeting aimed at discussing political strategy and coordination among opposition parties. The meeting took place amid questio…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that the purported attack on Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra in the North 24 Parganas district was “staged by his own men” so that he could claim security cover.Protesters allegedly hurled eggs and vandalised Mitra’s car during his visit to the Kamarhati constituency in the district on Saturday, forcing him to leave the area. The Trinamool leader was reportedly not in the vehicle during the attack….
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The INDIA bloc meeting, scheduled for June 8 in the capital, seems to be heading into trouble even before its commencement. While Congress and the embattled Trinamool Congress (TMC) are more than willing to close ranks against the ruling BJP dispensation, particularly in light of imminent biennial elections for Rajya Sabha, many key allies of the alliance, including DMK, JMM and CPI (M), have either chosen to boycott it or vent ire over the grand old party’s moves.DMK,…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The DMK and CPI-M on Sunday came down heavily on the Congress, accusing the party of “backstabbing” and “abusing” its partners in the INDIA bloc, and also charged its leaders with not taking everyone along in the Opposition alliance.The reaction came amid rifts between the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies, the DMK, the CPI-M and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). While the DMK has conveyed its decision not to participate in the Opposition alliance’s meeting on June 8, f…
Patna, June 7 (IANS) The controversy surrounding popular educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, has escalated in Bihar following the registration of an FIR against him, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that appropriate action will be taken against those who break the law. The case stems from a disturbance reported on June 2 at a coaching institute in Patna’s Kadamkuan area.Besides Khan Sir, the police have also registered an FIR against his two arrested security gua…
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…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the UDF government’s policy address, alleging that it was a document prepared to mislead the people of Kerala and accused the Congress-led-UDF government of remaining silent on corruption allegations and the Sabarimala gold theft controversy. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, BJP MLAs Rajeev Chandrasekhar, V. Muraleedharan and B.B. Gopakumar said the policy address failed to pres…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Ritabrata Banerjee, till now a politician who largely remained in shadows — except when mired in allegations and controversies — has evolved this week as the face of a massive rebellion within the Trinamool Congress. His initial ascent was marked in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from becoming the all India General Secretary of Students Federation of India (SFI) to his nomination to Rajya Sabha.His subsequent expulsion over allegations of a “lavish lifest…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched an attack on expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, without directly naming him, and referred to his expulsion from the CPI-M in 2017 when he was a CPI-M Rajya Sabha member.“The CPI-M did the right thing by expelling him. After his expulsion from the CPI-M, he came to me and begged for rehabilitation. We felt pity and first nominated him to the Rajya Sa…