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…
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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 …
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) After winning the recently concluded West Bengal elections through various unfair means, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using the state police to break the Trinamool Congress from inside, alleged Mamata Banerjee on Monday. She claimed that many MLAs were first receiving threat calls from the police, warning them to refrain from party-related activities or face cases under the Arms Act and the Narcotics Act.“After that, the same MLAs are receiving calls from differen…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched an attack on expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, without directly naming him, and referred to his expulsion from the CPI-M in 2017 when he was a CPI-M Rajya Sabha member.“The CPI-M did the right thing by expelling him. After his expulsion from the CPI-M, he came to me and begged for rehabilitation. We felt pity and first nominated him to the Rajya Sa…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Former state minister and current Trinamool Congress MLA, Rathin Ghosh, appeared at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Salt Lake on Monday morning in connection with the municipal recruitment corruption case.Just before he reached the CGO complex, the state Cabinet was expanded at Lok Bhavan.Before entering the ED office, Rathin conveyed his greetings to the newly sworn-in ministers of the BJP government. At the same time, regarding the public’s anger against the T…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police has initiated a probe and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate allegations of forged signatures of Trinamool Congress MLAs.According to a senior police officer, the investigating agency has formed a five-member SIT to probe this case. It was learnt that an officer of the rank of DIG is leading it. Apart from this, a DSP and two inspectors are also in the team.Trinamool Congress Genera…
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday demanded that the President’s rule be imposed in West Bengal, where opposition MPs were being attacked.The party claimed in an editorial in its mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’ that the assault allegedly launched by BJP workers on Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and sitting MP, Abhishek Banerjee, was as “cowardly as it was brutal”, and the shocking incidents that unfolded in Kolkata over the past two days have deal…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to arrive at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal by noon on Monday. This appearance is in connection with an interrogation concerning discrepancies in the signatures of the party’s MLAs related to nominations for specific important positions in the West Bengal Assembly.However, there is considerable speculation regarding his…
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) More than 24 hours after he was allegedly heckled and assaulted at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday, Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday broke his silence on the incident and described the attack as an “assault on democracy”.After reports of the incident surfaced, former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday issued a message on social m…