Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced that by-elections to the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will be held on July 24, with the results to be declared on the same day. The by-elections for the vacant seats have been necessitated by the resignations of three Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members, namely Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik. They resigned from the party soon after the results of the West Bengal ele…
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Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) As Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) battles turmoil within and faces ouster of legislators as well as Parliamentarians, a month after the recent West Bengal Assembly poll defeat, the beleaguered party found support from one of its Rajya Sabha MPs Babul Supriyo. Supriyo on Thursday issued a small video message on social media platform X and said in clear terms that he was neither joining any party nor any faction, apparently referring to the rebel bloc proposed…
Ranchi, June 11 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, on Thursday termed the resignation of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik as a sign of changing political outlook of the tribal community.He said the development indicates that the tribal community is rising above appeasement and dynastic politics and aligning itself with nationalism and development-oriented politics.In a post on X, Babulal Marandi said that Prakash Chik Baraik, through his resi…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) After resigning from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Prakash Chik Baraik has also quit the primary membership of the Trinamool Congress.“The recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections had given a specific mandate. So as a mark of respect to that specific mandate, I decided to resign from the Rajya Sabha. At the same time, I have also decided to quit the Trinamool Congress. In the coming days, I will be working as per the instructions of the Chief Minister,” Baraik…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) In another setback to the Trinamool Congress, Rajya Sabha member Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday.The resignation, dated June 11, was submitted to the Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan in the morning.Baraik is the third Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member to resign from the Upper House of Parliament during the current week or in the last four days.First, on June 8, veteran party leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy resigned from Ra…