Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) As Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is slated to hit the streets on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since her party’s landslide defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, uncertainties are brewing over the participation of her own party legislators.The event involves a sit-in-demonstration. As per the schedule, Banerjee will sit in protest for two hours from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Y-channel in central Kolkat…
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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…
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) 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 31 (IANS) Signs of internal discord within the Trinamool Congress came to the fore on Sunday after a meeting of the Trinamool Legislative Party at the residence of party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was called off following poor attendance by MLAs.The meeting had been convened by Trinamool Legislative Party leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay at Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence. According to party sources, the venue was chosen to underline the importan…
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…