Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) After suffering a landslide defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the previous ruling party in the state, the Trinamool Congress, is now facing a serious crisis over the alleged mismatch of legislators’ signatures in a resolution nominating names for crucial posts in the West Bengal Assembly reserved for the principal Opposition party.Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress submitted a resolution adopted at a meeting of the party legislators…
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Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police arrived at the residence of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Kalighat Road in south Kolkata on Monday.According to sources aware of the development, Banerjee, who is also the nephew of the previous West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was likely to be questioned on Monday in connection with the ongoing CID investigation into …
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) As the Trinamool Congress on Monday announced the expulsion of two of its legislators in West Bengal, namely Sandipan Saha from Entally Assembly constituency in North Kolkata and Ritabrata Banerjee from Uluberia (Purba) in Howrah district, Banerjee becomes one of the rare breeds of politicians to be expelled from two parties in his political career and that, too, while being an elected public representative.Earlier when he was first suspended and finally expelled from the …
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched an attack on expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, without directly naming him, and referred to his expulsion from the CPI-M in 2017 when he was a CPI-M Rajya Sabha member.“The CPI-M did the right thing by expelling him. After his expulsion from the CPI-M, he came to me and begged for rehabilitation. We felt pity and first nominated him to the Rajya Sa…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday expelled two MLAs, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, for anti-party activities. According to the party, the decision has been communicated to them via email and WhatsApp, as well as to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Basu. The development came minutes after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, addressing a press conference from the state secretariat Nabanna, announced that it was Trinamool MLAs Ritabrata and Sandipan who had submitte…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Demands for the immediate expulsion of Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Falta Assembly constituency, which is going for re-polling on May 21, surfaced at the internal meeting of the newly elected Trinamool Congress legislators on Tuesday afternoon, which was chaired by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The party’s general secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, was also present at the meeting.The demand for Khan’s expulsion fro…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) The process of filing nominations for four Trinamool Congress candidates and one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday.Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal going to polls this time is also five. As per the current numerical strength of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the Assembly, the ruling party is comfortably placed to secure four seat…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday highlighted during Zero Hour the overlooked legacy of 12 fearless freedom fighters from West Bengal, deported to the notorious Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands following the landmark Alipore Bomb Case (also known as the Alipore Conspiracy Case) of 1908-1909. In his intervention, Banerjee drew attention to prominent revolutionaries Barindrakumar Ghosh (Barin Ghosh), Ullaskar Dutt, and Hem Chandra Ka…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh, opposing the decision to permit the large-scale use of plastic bags for food grain procurement.In his letter, Banerjee described the permission granted by the Union Ministry of Food and Public Distribution to use plastic bags for food grain procurement as “a state-sanctioned dilution of jute, carried out by the explicit concurrence of the Ministry of Te…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, suggesting three measures to revive the ailing jute industry amid the closure of several jute mills in West Bengal due to a crisis in the supply of raw jute.According to Banerjee, the first measure involves announcing a raw jute stabilisation or buffer framework that would clearly define reserve norms, ensure transparent release triggers, and provide for time…