New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, in Kolkata on Friday, said an official. The programme is being organised by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat, in collaboration with the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, said the official from Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statem…
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Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The majority faction of the Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, headed by the expelled party member Ritabrata Banerjee, on Thursday contended before the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that their numerical superiority establishes their entitlement to the party’s name and election symbol.A ten-member delegation of the rebel legislators met the full bench of the ECI in the afternoon, and at the end of the meeting, Ritabrata…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, after hearing the petition from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress challenging the freezing of its three bank accounts held with a private bank, directed the authorities of the said bank to file a detailed affidavit citing all details of the accounts.At the same time, the single judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the police, under whose instructions the bank authorities have impose…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will meet the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’ legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, where the latter is expected to argue on the points over its rights on the party’s name and election symbol.Already, a team of 10 legislators from the rebel faction, including Ritabrata Banerjee, reached New Delhi on Wednesday night to attend…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A team of 10 legislators from the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim to the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the rebel faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission in the matter. Ritabrata informed that finally the Commission had fixed T…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim on the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission …
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday started a special program called ‘Ek Dake Abhishek’ (one call away Abhishek) to provide legal assistance to persecuted workers of his party. A special helpline number has also been launched. Banerjee shared the details of the initiative on his social media handles. The social media post mentions, “Contact us for any legal assistance to facilitate the homeless, oppressed, and workers involved in false cases for political p…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The annual ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally of Trinamool Congress will not be allowed this time at the old and traditional venue in front of CESC House at the busy Esplanade crossing in central Kolkata, the police on Tuesday informed both factions of the party.Both factions — one led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee and the other led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee — have sought police permission to conduc…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, rejected the plea from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction seeking a fast-track hearing on its petition challenging the freezing of three bank accounts of the party. Earlier this month, the authorities of the private sector commercial bank, where these three accounts are maintained, chose to freeze them following an instruction from the police.The police directed the bank authorities to freeze the…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) An FIR was registered on Monday against Trinamool Congress leaders Kunal Ghosh, Dola Sen and Baiswanor Chattopadhyay at Hare Street Police Station for disrupting traffic for hours. On Sunday, the Trinamool leaders inspected a road in front of Victoria House in the Esplanade area of central Kolkata to set up a stage for the party’s annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme.According to the police, the gathering on the road during peak hours disrupted traffic and inconvenienc…