New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Between 2009 and 2014, as the Trinamool Congress grew in numbers in the Lok Sabha, its leaders, spurred by supremo Mamata Banerjee, sought prominence in Parliament, including a party office of its own.For a party that grew from single digits to 19 seats in the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 34 in 2014, the demand could be considered justified. But it chose to link it with the Left Front’s successive decline in numbers in the Lower House of Parliament, especially that of …
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Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday assured that the request from 20 erstwhile Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members for recognition of their joining the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is under consideration by the office of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Rijiju sent a letter to Sudip Bandopadhyay, a four‑time Lok Sabha member and former leader of Trinamool’s Parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha, assuring him.“Recently, you along with …