Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The “original but minority” faction in the Trinamool Congress, which continues its allegiance towards former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has alleged a deliberate and massive deployment of state and central forces in front of the residence of the two leaders at Kalighat in south Kolkata, allegedly to prevent them from visiting the family of a child who was allegedly raped and murdered in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A day after Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra faced protests with eggs and cow dung hurled at her by a mob at Kaliganj area in West Bengal’s Nadia district, opposition leaders on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers of indulging in “hooliganism”, calling it an “attack on democracy”.Moreover, they also sought an intervention by the Central government and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla into the matter.Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said, “An elected Me…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra, who faced protests after eggs and cow dung were hurled at her by a mob in the presence of police, has received an unexpected supporter from a veteran leader of the party’s arch political rival, CPI(M).Veteran Marxist leader, former party Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, has issued a social media post condemning the attack on Moitra while reminding that he is airing his voice of protest in t…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday faced protests from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Nadia district’s Kaliganj area, with eggs, cow dung and stones thrown at her. On Wednesday, Mahua Moitra was holding a meeting at the Trinamool office on the side of National Highway 34 in Kaliganj. Several party leaders and activists were also present. While Mahua was holding the meeting, several BJP workers and supporters gathered in front of the Trinamool office a…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction, which continues its allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has decided to approach the Calcutta High Court challenging the Kolkata Police’s decision to impose prohibitory orders in central Kolkata where the party organises Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year.On Tuesday, the Kolkata Police informed both factions that this year’s Martyrs’ Day would not be allowed to be organised …
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Opposition leaders on Friday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of “shielding big names” in the controversy over the alleged theft of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.The reactions came after an FIR was lodged against eight people in the case and following the resignations of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust General Secretary Champat Rai and Trust member Anil Mishra.Addressing reporters after his visit to the Ram Temple, AAP national Convener Arvind K…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) The group of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha members, led by two four-time Lok Sabha members, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Stabdi Roy, who recently joined the virtually non-existent and Tripura-based National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), is considering filing a defamation suit against Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, over a recent “libellous” social media post by the latter against the rebel MPs. Recently, a controversy surfaced over a social media post by Mahu…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, Mahua Moitra, on Sunday, ridiculed the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI)’s claims of being “pro-poor” on the latter’s social media handle.In her own social media post on Sunday, Moitra also expressed doubts about how long the NCPI will be able to retain its “pro-poor” image amid the joining of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members with the virtual…
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 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress rebel MP Kakali Ghosh Dastidar’s son Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar on Saturday sent a legal notice to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool MPs Sougata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra and former Trinamool leader Sonali Guha for making false, defamatory and unwarranted references against him. In a statement, Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar clarified that he never sought an MLA ticket from the Barasat Assembly constituency. He said claims suggesting…