Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The West Bengal government has increased security for the five Trinamool Congress MLAs from Birbhum district who have supported Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, a senior official said on Sunday.Those whose security has been increased are — Birbhum Zilla Parishad President and Hansan MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sheikh); Nalhati MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh; Murarai MLA Mosharraf Hossain; former minister and Bolpur MLA Chandranath Sinha; and N…
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Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, issued a statement rubbishing claims that surfaced last week about him allegedly seeking security cover of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for himself after the assault by an angry mob at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on the afternoon of May 30.Information about Abhishek Banerjee allegedly seeking CAPF security cover surfaced last week, af…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) A fresh political slugfest erupted in West Bengal on Saturday after senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay made public a resolution dated May 6, signed by 67 party MLAs, endorsing him as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly. However, expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, who is officially the leader of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party and also the official leader of the opposition, ridiculed Ch…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police visited the house of Trinamool Congress MLA and former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim in connection with the investigation into the forged signatures incident in the state Assembly. The former mayor will be questioned about the signature incident. Apart from this, handwriting samples of three more Trinamool MLAs were collected in court on Thursday in this incident. They are Canning Purba MLA Baharul Is…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) An opportunity has emerged for the Congress to expand its organisational network and political base in West Bengal following the creation of a vacuum in the state’s opposition space after the disintegration of the principal opposition party in the state, Trinamool Congress, five-time Congress Lok Sabha member and former state party president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Thursday.Speaking to IANS, he also described the formation of a new bloc in the Trinamool Congress Leg…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday remarked that the BJP’s target is to “finish Trinamool Congress” in the state, while observing that, given the functioning of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party, a split was “bound to happen”.As many as 58 out of the 80 elected legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, submitted a resolution on Wednesday carrying the signatures of the…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday blamed former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s “arrogance” and party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s “dictatorial behaviour” for the political outfit’s split, a month after its defeat in the Assembly polls.The reactions come a day after 58 out of the 80 elected legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, submitted a re…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) The first meeting of the new block in the Trinamool Congress Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, which is now the recognised group and the official principal opposition party in the state as per records of the House, will be held on Thursday.The meeting, to be held on the Assembly premises, will be chaired by Ritabrata Banerjee, the ‘expelled’ Trinamool Congress legislator from Uluberia (Purba) constituency in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district.Ritabrata is now th…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Former state minister Firhad Hakim on Wednesday resigned as the Mayor of Kolkata. According to Trinamool Congress sources, he took the decision after taking permission from party supremo Mamata Banerjee. On Wednesday, several Trinamool MLAs reached the state secretariat Nabanna to attend an administrative meeting at the invitation of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. Among them was Kolkata Port MLA Firhad Hakim. He resigned from the post of Mayor of Kolkata after returning …
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Rathindra Bose, the new Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, on Wednesday accepted the resolution of the new block in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party as both the official Trinamool Congress block and the principal opposition party in the House.Earlier in the day, 58 out of the 80 elected legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, submitted a resolution carrying the signatures of the 58 legislators, seeking recognition bot…