Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and party MLA Kunal Ghosh face to face in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.After around four hours of questioning, Kunal Ghosh came out of the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan and said that he had cooperated with the investigation. It was Ghosh who revealed that he had been questioned …
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Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to appear at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police later on Sunday for interrogation in the signature mismatch case.The case involves the signatures of some Trinamool legislators on an official document submitted in the West Bengal Assembly.This would be the second appearance of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of the former…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Amid the brewing rebellion within the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha, the party leadership has removed two Lok Sabha members from crucial organisational posts. The most significant move was the replacement of four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Kolkata (Uttar) constituency, Sudip Bandopadhyay, from the post of the party’s president for the Kolkata (Uttar) Assembly constituency.The decision came hours after information surfaced t…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Both the Trinamool Congress as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lashed out at Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant of Trinamool MP and party’s General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, accusing him of corruption and other malpractices. The reactions come after the West Bengal Police on Saturday searched multiple locations linked to Roy, including his Kolkata residence, his house in Hooghly district and his in‑laws’ home, but he remained untraceable.Speaking …
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh on Saturday targeted party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay after he joined the rebel camp of Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs. Speaking to media persons, Kunal Ghosh said Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s departure from the party meant “buy one get one free”. He said Bandyopadhyay was “a man sporting a wig” and would “have a mobile beauty parlour at his expense”, adding that he had changed parties several times and was unhappy with the current situation…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose expressed scathing criticism of the early morning police raid at the residence of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to track his absconding aide.In a social media statement, shared by the Trinamool Congress on its social media handle, Ghose described the arrival of the police and central paramilitary forces personnel at Abhishek Banerjee’s residence at 3 a.m. as a reflection of the “political vendetta, intimidation and…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) A lower court in Tripura has issued a notice to Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, who is currently in New Delhi. A complaint was filed at the Khowai police station in Tripura after the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been summoned in that case. He has been ordered to appear in person at the Khowai district court on June 22.However, this n…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) The leaders of the faction in Trinamool Congress that continues allegiance towards the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and the party’s General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday raised their voice against the raids and search operations earlier in the day conducted by the sleuths of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of state police at the party office adjacent to the former Chief Minister’s residence at Kalighat and another offic…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator and party spokesman, Kunal Ghosh, on Saturday made a social media post indirectly questioning the decisions adopted at the national working committee meeting of the party held a day before where decisions regarding distribution of organisational portfolio was taken. In the Friday’s meeting, the decision was taken to retain Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as the Trinamool Congress’ General Sec…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — the Trinamool Congress supremo — on Friday announced her decision to retain her nephew and the party Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, as the party’s general secretary.However, she also appointed the party’s Rajya Sabha members, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as deputy general secretaries, which according to political observers, means that Abhishek Banerjee would no more be able to unanimously adopt organisational decisi…