New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) If ever the political conundrums in India be chronicled separately, the ongoing process of the Trinamool Congress disintegration may likely top the list where separate factions are moving in different directions; each claiming itself to be “original” even as the jury is out. While many legal opinions are to the contrary, the two prominent rebel groups — one of breakaway MLAs, the other of dissident MPs — each claim itself to be the “real Trinamool”.Meanwhile, Trinamoo…
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Agartala, June 15 (IANS) The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), a little-known political outfit registered in West Bengal’s Howrah district, has suddenly emerged at the centre of political discussions following reports that around 20 dissident Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs joined the party. Founded by lawyer Shewly Kundu, the NCPI had made limited organisational inroads in Tripura and Northeast India in the past few years, though it remained largely on the fringes of mainstream politic…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A political party almost unknown till the weekend, on Monday, posted a graphical representation on social media to depict the likely representation of MPs from West Bengal now in the Lok Sabha, with its lawmakers numbering equal to the combined strength of the two main political parties in the state.The post on the Facebook handle of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), titled “West Bengal Lok Sabha seat – Party-wise breakdown”, shows it with 20 members…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) founder Shantanu Dey on Monday said his party members will further deliberate and discuss the merger proposal from the Trinamool Congress MPs, as there are many ‘sticking points’ that persist.Dey, also the NCPI secretary general, stated that his party shares the same ideology as the BJP and NDA, and, therefore, makes them ‘natural allies’. But, he said the assimilation of Trinamool MPs into his party was not final, …
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) As rebel Trinamool MPs announced their decision to join a virtually non-existent and Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), instead of trying to take control of Trinamool Congress’ Parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha, where they are in the majority now, political observers and legal experts feel that apparently two factors prompted them to change strategy.The first factor, according to political observers, is the nature of the party constitution as s…
New Delhi/Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) The rebel and majority bloc within the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary team in the Lok Sabha, under the leadership of two four-time Lok Sabha members, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Satabdi Roy, has decided to join the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) instead of pursuing the much-discussed possibility of forming a separate bloc of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lower House of Parliament.The rebel MPs made an official req…