Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) It is now official that the Trinamool Congress has split a month after the party faced a landslide defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. Out of the total 80 Trinamool Congress legislators in the Assembly, 58 have revolted under the leadership of the expelled party legislators Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha.On Wednesday, a new resolution, carrying the signatures of these 58 legislators, was submitted in the Assembly, claiming to be the actua…
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Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the summons from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police for interrogation in the signature mismatch case.The case involves a mismatch in the signatures of some of the party’s MLAs on a resolution nominating party MLAs to four crucial slots in the Assembly, whic…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Ritabrata Banerjee, the expelled Trinamool Congress legislator from Uluberia (Purba) constituency in Howrah district, arrived at the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday with letters of support from 59 party MLAs, claiming that their faction is the principal opposition party in the state and not the minority group still owing allegiance to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.While Ritabrata entered the Assembly premises at around 10.30 a.m.,…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, the party’s general secretary, will attend a meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc on June 8 in the national capital.Incidentally, Abhishek Banerjee is supposed to appear at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police at Bhabani Bhavan in South Kolkata on June 8 for interrogation in an ongoing probe into the signat…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, dismissing her allegations of ‘illegal houses’ in Gujarat and criticising her recent protest.Reacting to Banerjee’s claim that 70 per cent of houses in Gujarat are illegal, Ghosh questioned the basis of her remarks. “Did she go and check it herself whether it is legal or illegal? Their own house is illegal; keep this in mind f…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The portfolio distribution of the new West Bengal cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will be announced later on Wednesday after a meeting of the expanded cabinet.The meeting of the new cabinet will take place at the state secretariat of Nabanna, where the responsibilities of the ministers will be distributed. Some crucial administrative decisions are also likely to be taken at the meeting.On June 1, a total of 35 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) le…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police has approached the court in the signature case of Trinamool MLAs, officials said on Tuesday. The CID applied to the Bankshal Court to collect handwriting samples of Trinamool MLAs Baharul Islam, Subhashis Das, and Arup Roy. The court has granted the application. The CID has formed a five-member team headed by a DIG-rank officer. A complaint was filed at the Hare Street police station by the state Assembly se…
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, June 2 (IANS) Nandini Mukherjee Paul, wife of the late Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Tapas Paul, on Tuesday made explosive allegations against former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She alleged that Mamata abandoned Tapas Paul during the toughest phase of his life, pushing him towards his death.Since the Assembly election debacle, internal conflicts within the TMC have come to the fore. Several MLAs have avoided meetings called by Mamata Banerjee, accusing the par…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) A day after Trinamool Congress expelled its party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, the Uluberia (Purba) MLA on Tuesday afternoon launched a scathing attack against the party’s General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee.Ritabrata Banerjee claimed that after facing “public anguish” at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district on the afternoon of May 30, Abhishek Banerjee had now sought Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) security cover for himself.“What kind o…