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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New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP following raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against party leader Madan Mitra and by West Bengal Police against party Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, calling it an “old method” of the ruling party.The ED on Saturday conducted simultaneous raids and search operations at multiple locations in Kolkata and adjoining districts in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipal…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) BJP leaders on Saturday backed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) searches at premises linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Madan Mitra, saying investigations into corruption allegations must continue and those found guilty should face punishment.Reacting to the ED action, Bhatpara BJP MLA Pawan Singh said central and state investigative agencies had been probing several individuals for a long time and were now pursuing the investigations more strictly.“For a long…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams were conducting parallel search operations at multiple locations in and around Kolkata, including the two residences of Trinamool Congress legislator Madan Mitra, in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipality jobs case in West Bengal.Of the two residences of Mitra, where the raids and search operations are being conducted, one is at Bhabanipur in south Kolkata and the other at Kamarhati in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. Mi…
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…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that the purported attack on Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra in the North 24 Parganas district was “staged by his own men” so that he could claim security cover.Protesters allegedly hurled eggs and vandalised Mitra’s car during his visit to the Kamarhati constituency in the district on Saturday, forcing him to leave the area. The Trinamool leader was reportedly not in the vehicle during the attack….
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…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if she survives, she will surely displace the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the state after foiling alleged attempts by the saffron camp’s central leadership to disintegrate TMC. “If I survive, I will surely displace the BJP from the position of power in West Bengal. Their central leadership in New Delhi is trying to disintegrate the Trinamool Congre…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Signs of internal discord within the Trinamool Congress came to the fore on Sunday after a meeting of the Trinamool Legislative Party at the residence of party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was called off following poor attendance by MLAs.The meeting had been convened by Trinamool Legislative Party leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. According to party sources, the venue was chosen to underline the importan…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Police conducted a search operation at Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra’s house in the Kamarhati area of North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner (South) Dyutiman Bhattacharya led the search operation.When the police reached Madan Mitra’s house on Sunday afternoon, it was locked and the MLA was not present. However, the police broke open the lock and entered the premises. After conducting a search for around an hour, the…