Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, led by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court, seeking intervention to stop the throwing of eggs on party leaders and workers. The PIL has been filed before the division bench of the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Tapabrata Chakraborty. Lawyer Prabhanya Banerjee filed the case and requested an urgent hearing. The matter is likely to be heard on Tuesday.The p…
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Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister and ex-Trinamool Congress treasurer Aroop Biswas has blamed the party leadership for keeping him in the dark over the use of party funds, in his response to a show-cause notice issued to him in connection with the freezing of party bank accounts, party leaders said on Monday.The controversy began after Biswas, in his capacity as treasurer, wrote to a private bank requesting the freezing of three Trinamool Congress accounts amid a dispute over c…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) For some time, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s means of travel — especially between Kolkata and Delhi — has been a subject of political discussions which has increased in pitch since his Friday visit to call upon the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The party’s de-facto number two was in Delhi on Friday to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Birla and contest the legitimacy of a rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress.He urged the Speaker not to recognise the breakawa…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The West Bengal Police has directed a “debit freeze” on three bank accounts held by the Trinamool Congress at a branch of a private sector bank in central Kolkata.The debit freeze means that all outgoing transactions from these accounts have been temporarily blocked. While incoming deposits will continue to be permitted, cash withdrawals, fund transfers, debit card transactions and automatic bill payments will not be allowed.Earlier this week, former Trinamool Congres…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Separate sitting arrangement have been made within the floor of the West Bengal Assembly for the two blocs of Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party, the first being the rebel and majority bloc led by expelled Party Legislature led by official Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, and the other minority block with continued allegiance towards party supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, which is led by Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who is currently the …
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 for around eight-and-a-half hours in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.Banerjee left the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan at around 8.20 p.m.By then, Trinamool Congress MLA from Beleghata, Kunal Ghosh, had already left Bhabani Bhawan after being questioned for around four hours.After co…
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 …
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 …