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…
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Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) In an explosive critique of the previous Trinamool Congress administration and its functioning in West Bengal, senior party leader Biswajit Deb on Friday remarked that if the Lok Sabha polls were conducted after the RG Kar controversy, the party would not have managed to even win nine seats.Speaking to IANS, Deb, who is also the Advocate General of Mizoram, listed the reasons for Trinamool’s electoral setback, highlighting ignorance of ground reality, communication gap wit…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Thursday launched a blistering critique of the party’s functioning, governance failures, corruption allegations, and organisational culture, following its debacle in the West Bengal Assembly elections. During an interaction with IANS, the veteran parliamentarian, who said he would complete 60 years in politics next year, admitted that the party failed to understand public anger, especially after the RG Kar controversy and risi…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has sharply questioned the role of I-PAC in the party’s recent electoral setbacks and blamed “outsiders” for causing internal harm to the organisation. In an exclusive interview with IANS, the veteran parliamentarian, who has been associated with the TMC for over 40 years, criticised the party’s growing dependence on external agencies and highlighted how certain individuals who joined after the party came to power h…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the wake of the Trinamool Congress’s electoral debacle in West Bengal, MP Saayoni Ghosh on Wednesday said that there was a “growing dominance” of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), causing a “communication gap” in the party.During an interaction with IANS, Ghosh addressed questions that have been raised over I-PAC’s role and rumours of “internal conflict” in the Trinamool.While denying having faced any such thing within the party, she asserted that her commu…
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…
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…