Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he criticised the Trinamool Congress government over the controversy surrounding the venue change for President Droupadi Murmu’s event, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that no protocol lapse occurred on the part of her administration during the President’s visit to the state.Using her social media handles, CM Banerjee said that the BJP was misusing the highest constitutional office in the country …
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Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, refuted the concerns raised by President Droupadi Murmu earlier in the day at a programme at Gossaipur in Darjeeling district of West Bengal over lack of development for the people of the tribal community in the state. Addressing the ninth International Santal Conference being organised by the International Santal Council at Gossaipur, President Murmu expressed doubts on whether the people from the tribal community in West Bengal had a…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Two-time BJP Lok Sabha member from Darjeeling constituency in North Bengal, Raju Bista on Saturday claimed there was a necessity for holding the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal under President’s Rule.He also said that he would speak to President Droupadi Murmu about the possibilities on this count, at the first opportunity.Bista said this while speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the 9th International Santal Conference being organised by the Inte…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in West Bengal on Friday afternoon for a two-day packed schedule in the northern sector of the state.This will be her first visit to the state since she assumed the position of the Indian President. Almost the entire North Bengal has been wrapped under the blanket security cover on the occasion of President Murmu’s visit there.As per the tentative schedule as of now, the President is expected to arrive at Bagdogra Airport on the outs…