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…
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Is the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal entering a “Shiv Sena moment”? The question is doing the rounds in the political corridors of the state after reports of dissent and disapproval of party leadership started surfacing since its poll drubbing by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in early May. Recent cracks in the Trinamool resemble the splits in the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) between 2022-2023, where breakaway factions were legally recognised …
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid the brewing infighting within the Trinamool Congress following the expulsion of two party legislators, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, a significant social media post by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of the West Bengal cabinet, Tapas Roy, on Tuesday hinted at the “inevitable disintegration” of the previous ruling party in the state.In his social media post released at around 1.20 p.m. on Tuesday, Tapas Roy has also hinted at the possibili…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday came out in support of Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in-demonstration against the alleged attacks on her party leaders and workers and the eviction of hawkers illegally encroaching railway lands, calling it her “constitutional right”. However, the BJP asserted that such a protest won’t have any impact on the people of West Bengal who have turned “resentful” against the Trinamool.Speaking to IANS, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari …
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The West Bengal Education Department on Tuesday directed all state-run and government-aided colleges and universities in the state to submit their audit reports within the next 30 days.The authorities of such colleges and universities, which do not have an elected students’ union, have been asked to immediately stop charging “students’ union fees” from students.“Currently, there is no elected student union in any higher educational institution in the state. Accordi…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid several negativities tagged with them during the 15 years of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal from 2011 to 2026, Kolkata Police have started undergoing a series of reforms under the new Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP rule in the state, distinctively to revive the force’s past glory as the “Scotland Yard of the East”. During the last 15 years, there have been several instances where the image of Kolkata Police (previously Calcutta Police…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) As Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is slated to hit the streets on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since her party’s landslide defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, uncertainties are brewing over the participation of her own party legislators.The event involves a sit-in-demonstration. As per the schedule, Banerjee will sit in protest for two hours from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Y-channel in central Kolkat…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress leadership’s decision to expel two MLAs on Monday is being viewed by many as an attempt to contain the fallout from an alleged fraud, or a serious faux pas, which could prove to be the proverbial last straw for a party facing an existential crisis following its resounding defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.The alleged fraudulent signing of MLAs’ names is more than just another controversy; it has emerged as a symbol of the party’s org…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) After suffering a landslide defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the previous ruling party in the state, the Trinamool Congress, is now facing a serious crisis over the alleged mismatch of legislators’ signatures in a resolution nominating names for crucial posts in the West Bengal Assembly reserved for the principal Opposition party.Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress submitted a resolution adopted at a meeting of the party legislators…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police arrived at the residence of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Kalighat Road in south Kolkata on Monday.According to sources aware of the development, Banerjee, who is also the nephew of the previous West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was likely to be questioned on Monday in connection with the ongoing CID investigation into …