Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has decided to organise a separate Martyrs’ Day programme in Kolkata on July 21 to commemorate the 13 people who were killed during a demonstration in the city in 1993.NCPI leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said on Thursday that paying tribute to the martyrs was a collective responsibility.”Martyrs belong to everyone. Those who died in the freedom struggle are martyrs. And those who gave their lives for the sake of maintaining law…
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Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Trinamool leader Anubrata Mondal, who recently joined the rebel camp of Trinamool Congress, on Wednesday claimed that he had to go to jail because of party MP Abhishek Banerjee. The Birbhum Trinamool leader was in Kolkata to meet the rebels, but the majority faction of Trinamool Congress leaders led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee.Anubrata Mondal said, “Why did I go to jail? For whom did I go? For Abhishek Banerjee.”When media persons …
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday blamed MP Abhishek Banerjee’s “Hitlerian attitude” for quitting the Mamata Banerjee-led faction and joining her rival, West Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, even as the former Chief Minister’s loyalists accused him of changing sides on the “invitation” of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Speaking exclusively to IANS, Mitra said: “Reason behind that, it was not possible for me to continue with Mamata Banerjee b…
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…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Ending days of speculation, senior Trinamool Congress leader and Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday quit all posts in the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the party and joined the rival faction headed by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee.Seated alongside Ritabrata Banerjee in the West Bengal Assembly, Madan Mitra announced his resignation from all posts of the original Trinamool Congress while launching a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress general secretary Ab…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress to hold the Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 at the traditional venue in front of the CESC House near Esplanade in Central Kolkata.A petition filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction seeking permission to organise the rally at the traditional venue came up for hearing at the single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya this mor…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to clarify its stand on the venue for the Martyrs’ Day rally to be organised by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool Congress on July 21.After the Kolkata Police denied permission to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction to hold the rally at the traditional venue in front of the CESC House near Esplanade Crossing in Central Kolkata, the faction approached the Calcutta High…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — filed their nominations on Monday for the bypolls to three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, scheduled to be held on July 24.All three were Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members. However, they resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month before the completion of their respective terms, necessitating bypolls to the three seats.On the afternoon o…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea from the “rebel but majority” faction in the Trinamool Congress, led by Ritabrata Banerjee, seeking to be made a party in the case where the “original but minority” faction in the party, led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has challenged the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s move to freeze three bank accounts of the party with total dep…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction on Monday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the advisory from Kolkata Police imposing prohibitory orders for 60 days in front of CESC House near busy Esplanade Crossing, which is the traditional venue of the party’s annual Martyrs’ Day event.The single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya admitted the petition, and the matter will come up for hearing on July 15.Kolkata Polic…