Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The deadline for submission of documents to the Election Commission of India (ECI) office regarding the right to the Trinamool Congress name and election symbol by the two rival factions in the party — one led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, and the other, a rebel but majority faction, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee — is ending at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.Now, after both factions have submitted their …
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Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Barring just a handful few, almost all the heavyweight former ministers in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet from 2011 to 2026 have deserted her and joined the “rebel majority” camp in Trinamool Congress led by expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, with the former West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (independent charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, also the former state president, being the latest in the list.On Saturday afternoon, Bhattacharya, who w…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) In a swift political move aimed at consolidating her control over the party organisation amid a deepening internal crisis, former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress national chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Saturday took over as the party’s West Bengal state president, hours after Chandrima Bhattacharya resigned from the post following her decision to join the rebel faction led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee. Shortly after Bhattacharya officially an…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) In a dramatic escalation of the Trinamool Congress’s internal crisis, former West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya resigned from all party posts on Saturday and immediately joined the rebel faction led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing a severe blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led camp. Soon after submitting her resignation to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and announcing her decision to resign …
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The crisis in the Trinamool Congress escalated as its newly elected West Bengal president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, resigned from the post on Saturday, citing a loss of trust after being questioned by party chairperson and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the takeover of the party headquarters by the rebel group.Speaking to a section of the media, Bhattacharya said her decision to quit as state party chief was prompted after Mamata Banerjee questioned …
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) As the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked both the factions of the Trinamool Congress to submit their responses by July 6 on the dispute over organisational elections and authorised signatories, the Mamata Banerjee-led camp is preparing a defence centred on two key arguments against the claim of the rival faction led by expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee.According to insiders in the Mamata camp, the first argument concerns the status of rebel legislators wh…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) With every passing day and supplementary claims of being the “real” Trinamool Congress coming from separate factions, Mamata Banerjee’s face as the leading light appears to be fading among rebel bloc members. Even as the Trinamool Congress began disintegrating after an adverse mandate in the West Bengal Assembly election this year, it appeared the larger ire of the rebels was aimed at party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. His aunt and founder-Chairperson Mamat…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The ongoing tension between two rival camps in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly escalated further on Friday with the “rebel but majority” faction led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee taking control of Trinamool Congress’s main party office at Metropolitan on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the city this evening. A team of legislators from the party’s “rebel but majority” faction led by Ritabrata, currently the official Leader…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday extended the interim protection from coercive police action, including arrest, for Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in the ongoing CID probe into the West Bengal legislators’ signature mismatch case. However, while granting the extension till July 17 in the case of mismatches in the signatures of some Trinamool Congress legislators on a crucial signature on some crucial app…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The ECI has sought responses from Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee and expelled party leader Ritabrata Banerjee by July 6 over the claims and counterclaims by both factions headed by each of them over organisational elections/authorised signatories, official sources said on Thursday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to both the leaders to submit their responses by 5.30 p.m. on July 6, said sources.The letters virtually coincided with a represen…