Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday intensified her attack against the BJP and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and alleged that a conspiracy to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) was being hatched under the guise of SIR. Demanding accountability from the Centre on this matter, Chief Minister Banerjee warned that she would move court as an individual if necessary.She claimed that about 140 people have fallen vict…
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New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks suspecting a conspiracy behind the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in an air crash, BJP Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva on Wednesday criticised her statement, questioning how far she was willing to ‘stoop low’ in politics. Mamata Banerjee had called for a Supreme Court-supervised investigation into the plane crash that claimed the life of the senior NCP leader. Speaking to IANS, V…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Just hours before West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s crucial public rally at Singur in Hooghly district on Wednesday, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari released a purported audio clip involving a local woman leader of the Trinamool Congress and a member of a Self-Help Group.In the audio clip, the leader was allegedly heard threatening a member of the women’s Self-Help Group in the area with freezing of benefits under different …
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Suspecting a conspiracy theory surrounding the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday called for a Supreme Court-supervised investigation into the plane crash that resulted in the NCP leader’s death. In light of this unfortunate incident, Mamata Banerjee has deferred her planned trip to Delhi that was set for later in the day.Speaking to media persons on her way to Hooghly’s Singur to attend a government event, C…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Enthusiasm is at its peak at Singur, the erstwhile site for Tata Motors’ small car project Nano, in Hooghly district of West Bengal, over the Chief Minister’s likely message at a scheduled rally there later in the day.The excitement over the rally stems from two reasons. The Chief Minister will be leaving for New Delhi immediately after her Singur rally, reportedly to garner consensus among opposition parties against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in some…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will introduce the One District, One Product (ODOP) policy in West Bengal if the party comes to power in the state Assembly elections scheduled later this year.”Every district of West Bengal has its own speciality. The common people here have intelligence, talent, and ability. BJP will prepare a plan for each district. As a result, the people of the district concerned will benefit the most. If th…
Hooghly, Jan 18 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a public gathering at Singur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, BJP workers and supporters have begun assembling at the venue in large numbers, displaying visible enthusiasm and anticipation. From the early hours of Sunday morning, party workers and supporters started reaching Singur, creating a charged political atmosphere ahead of the Prime Minister’s rally.Raising slogans such as ‘Narendra Modi Zindabad’, BJP leaders, wo…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose arrived at Bandel railway station on Sunday after travelling from Malda on the Intercity Express, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled public rally in Singur, Hooghly district. The Governor’s visit is part of preparations related to the Prime Minister’s official engagements in the state.Strict security arrangements were put in place at Bandel station from early morning. Railway officials, along with the district ad…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Political tensions are rising ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Singur on Sunday, 17 years after Tata Motors left the area and shifted its Nano car plant to Gujarat. On Sunday, a controversy erupted after some anti-BJP posters appeared in the Ratanpur area of Singur. These posters have been put up in several places along the road.The posters, put up by unidentified individuals, target the Prime Minister with slogans like- ‘Nagorikotto haran sabha’ (a r…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address a public rally at Singur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, where he is expected to resurrect the memories of the exit of Tata Motors’ small car project, Nano, in 2008. The pull-out of the project from Singur happened in the face of the violent movement by Trinamool Congress, as the then Opposition party in the state, led by the then opposition leader and the current West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, against lan…