Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday accused its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP) of striking a Rs 1,000 crore deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divide minority votes in those West Bengal Assembly constituencies where his candidates are contesting in the forthcoming polls in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, drawing a swift rebuttal from him. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim, Aroop Bi…
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Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Thursday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of entering into a Rs 1,000 crore deal with its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP), with a target to divide minority votes in those assembly constituencies in West Bengal where AAUP candidates are contesting in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday said that he will speak to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging that the Odisha government investigate the death of Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee through the state’s CID.Speaking to media persons, Adhikari said, “A complaint has been filed at Talsari Coastal Police Station. I have received a copy of the complaint. I will speak to the Chief Minister of Odisha today so that t…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ classified under the “logical discrepancy” category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process.The seven officials were taken hostage on Wednesda…
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) As the country prepares to celebrate the Ram Navami festival on March 27, the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Wednesday engaged in a political blame game.While the Trinamool accused the BJP of using the festival for its own “political gains”, the latter alleged that the Trinamool Congress gives “importance” to only one community in West Bengal, which is scheduled to vote in next month’s two-phased Assembly election.Trinamool Congress leader…
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the increasing visits of its leaders from outside West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, describing them as “political tourists” and claiming such efforts would not influence the state’s electorate.Reacting to the increasing visits of BJP leaders to West Bengal, Ghosh said such exercises were not new and had yielded little in the past.”See, it happens all the time. Th…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) A political slugfest surfaced in West Bengal on Monday over a statement hinting at possible President’s Rule in the state by the former judge of Calcutta High Court and the current BJP Lok Sabha MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay.The MP from Tamluk constituency in East Midnapore district, Gangopadhyay had alleged that the situation for President’s Rule in the state will arise as there will be tremendous deterioration in the law and order situation following the surfacing of a maj…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Mohun Bagan football club president Swapan Sadhan Bose, popularly known as Tutu Bose, has been issued a notice to appear for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing.His son Srinjoy Bose, general secretary of Mohun Bagan and a former TMC Rajya Sabha MP, has also received a similar notice. According to party sources, the entire Bose family has been summoned for the SIR hearing.The development was shared by Mohun Bagan vi…