New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In February 2019, Mamata Banerjee wrote an 18-line poem titled ‘Key’, lamenting what she saw as a ‘shrinking’ democratic space under the regime at the Centre. The poem spoke of voices being stifled, of lips metaphorically locked, and of a reckoning that would one day confront those in power. It was a political message wrapped in verse — sharp, accusatory, and unambiguous in its intent. Seven years on, those very lines seem to echo differently — an uncomfortable reflecti…
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New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the alleged interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation had the effect of putting democracy “in peril”, observing that such actions cannot be brushed aside as a mere dispute between the state and the Union government.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N. V. Anjaria was hearing petitions filed by the ED seeking registration of a C…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The top leadership of political consultancy firm I-PAC is currently under scrutiny in an alleged money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), triggering conflicting claims over its role as an adviser to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress just days ahead of a high-stakes Assembly election.In less than seven years of association, I-PAC’s presence has become deeply embedded in Trinamool operations. From the “Didi Ke Bolo” outreach p…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed apprehension that several Trinamool Congress workers will be selectively arrested before the two-phase Assembly elections in the state later this month.“They have planned to arrest many. I have got the list. I will fight inch by inch. They have targeted only Trinamool Congress workers. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting from Birbhum district. He earned crores of rupees from coal smuggling….
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Confusion over the future of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s West Bengal operations, which surfaced since Sunday, aggravated further later in the day following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s promise of providing jobs to its employees in Kolkata. Earlier in the day, information surfaced that I-PAC had sent an email communication to the employees of its Kolkata office, informing them about the halt of the West Bengal operations of that entity for 20 days, and…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), whose co-founder Vinesh Chandel was arrested earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Delhi in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, on Sunday, announced its decision to temporarily shut down all its operations in the poll-bound state for 20 days.The management of I-PAC, which has been acting as the voter strategy agency of the Trinamool Congress since 2022, on Sunday sent…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at several locations linked to I-PAC, owned by Prashant Kishor, in connection with the Bengal coal smuggling scam. The raids were carried out at multiple locations in Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad. Prashant Kishor is currently assisting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in strategising for the crucial Assembly elections.Officials confirmed that this is a pan-India operation. ED teams, along…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Ahead of Mamata Banerjee assuming power in West Bengal in 2011, a small room at the Trinamool Congress Bhavan in Kolkata used to host a group of fresh-out-of-college youth who worked on “media monitoring” with a panel of screens beaming news and a pile of the day’s newspapers at their desks. The party leader then overseeing the group would fuss over them, share opinion over their reports before finalising the document for the eyes of the party Chairperson herself…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on February 18 before a bench of Justices Prasha…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The schedule of the Budget Session in the Assembly might be changed to accommodate West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled visit to New Delhi on February 9 to participate in the crucial hearing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state at a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on that day.Initially, February 9 was supposed to be the last date of the Budget Session of the House. However, there had been a preliminary decision that February 7, whi…