Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said in a video message that she is not worried about starting from scratch again to regain her political relevance in West Bengal and the country. Her statement comes at a time when the Trinamool Congress, founded by her, has been virtually divided into three factions, with the faction led by her and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, now the “original but minority” faction in the party.On the other hand, the reb…
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) In a series of social media posts on Wednesday, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) congratulated its Parliamentary party leaders after scoring one of the most stunning political realignments in modern Indian history by becoming a major force in the Lok Sabha overnight. The Facebook posts came after the party having earlier declared Sudip Bandopadhyay as its Floor Leader, Shatabdi Roy Deputy Leader, and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar the Chief Whip in the Lower House….
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Apprehending fresh tension in the Baruipur area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal over the recovery of a body of a 12-year-old minor girl, allegedly raped and murdered, the Baruipur Police District on Monday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in areas under three police stations under its jurisdiction.With prohibitory orders being imposed, the assembly of five or more people at a place and at a time in ar…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee has removed party supremo Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee from the rebel faction of the party. At the same time, the rebel camp of Trinamool MLAs formed a new committee at a special session held at a five-star hotel in Kolkata on Monday. The new chairman of that committee is Howrah Madhya Assembly MLA Arup Roy.On Monday, after the budge…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of four Trinamool Congress MPs, three from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha, led by the party’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Friday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and sought the disqualification of 20 rebel party MPs who recently joined the Tripura‑based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). Speaking to media persons after the meeting, Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said he and other memb…
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…