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…
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Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator and journalist-turned-politician, Kunal Ghosh, who boasts of his continued political allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday stated that the landslide defeat of his party in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls was necessary to unmask the hidden traitors within the party.Clearly targeting the “rebel majority” faction within the Trinamool Congress legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly …
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A police complaint has been filed at Sankrail Police Station in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district against Priya Paul, the Trinamool Congress MLA from Sankrail Assembly constituency, for concealing the assets and properties in the name of her husband in the affidavit for the recently concluded state elections.In the police complaint filed by a local Bharatiya Janata Party activist, Sanjit Jana, it has been alleged that since getting elected as an MLA from Sankrail in 2021 f…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The original but minority faction within Trinamool Congress, which is continuing with its political allegiance towards for the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, the party’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, has filed four separate complaints at four police stations in and around Kolkata in the last 24 hours against the rebel but majority faction led by expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee.Of the four police stations where th…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A tug-of-war has begun over the Trinamool Congress’ July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme in Kolkata. After the Mamata Banerjee faction sought permission from Kolkata Police to hold the event in the Esplanade area of central Kolkata on July 21, the rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress, led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee, has also approached the police seeking permission to organise the same programme.On Saturday evening, the rebel Trinamo…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal will be tabled on the floor of the State Assembly on Monday, making West Bengal the fourth Indian state to adopt a system replacing the existing religion-based personal laws with a single, unified set of civil laws that apply equally to all citizens, irrespective of religion, caste or tribe.The three other states that have already adopted the UCC are Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam.“The decision to move the Bill was t…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The faction within the Trinamool Congress that remains loyal to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, who serves as the party’s general secretary, has been further sidelined and marginalised in the West Bengal Assembly.Not a single party legislator from this faction has been provided with any berth in the newly constituted crucial Business Advisory (BA) committee of the Assembly.The BA committee is treated as one of the most …
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to travel abroad. The Diamond Harbour MP drew attention to the matter before the bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya. The case is likely to be heard later this week. It is initially learnt that Abhishek Banerjee wants to travel abroad for eye treatment. The Trinamool leader of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction has sought seven days’ permission in this…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The “rebel but majority” faction within the Trinamool Congress legislative party in the West Bengal assembly, led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, will approach the Election Commission of India (ECI) immediately after the ongoing budget session of the assembly. They will stake the legitimacy of the party’s new national working committee (NWC), formed by them, excluding former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, the party’s general …
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the “real” Trinamool Congress, party MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday claimed that 90 per cent of workers are still with party supremo Mamata Banerjee.His reaction came a day after the Trinamool Congress faction led by Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Ritabrata Banerjee, removed Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee from the rebel faction of the party.Speaking to IANS, Saugata Roy said: “A …