Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police has approached the court in the signature case of Trinamool MLAs, officials said on Tuesday. The CID applied to the Bankshal Court to collect handwriting samples of Trinamool MLAs Baharul Islam, Subhashis Das, and Arup Roy. The court has granted the application. The CID has formed a five-member team headed by a DIG-rank officer. A complaint was filed at the Hare Street police station by the state Assembly se…
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Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid the accelerating controversies over the signature mismatches of Trinamool Congress legislators in a resolution naming party MLAs for four crucial positions in the West Bengal Assembly which are reserved for the Opposition bench, Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday wrote a second letter to the Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose, naming the same four party legislators for the four Assembly posts reserved for t…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if she survives, she will surely displace the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the state after foiling alleged attempts by the saffron camp’s central leadership to disintegrate TMC. “If I survive, I will surely displace the BJP from the position of power in West Bengal. Their central leadership in New Delhi is trying to disintegrate the Trinamool Congre…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is scheduled to arrive at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal by noon on Monday. This appearance is in connection with an interrogation concerning discrepancies in the signatures of the party’s MLAs related to nominations for specific important positions in the West Bengal Assembly.However, there is considerable speculation regarding his…
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 30 (IANS) A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Saturday visited the residence of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Harish Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata. Security personnel informed the sleuths that no one had been staying there for the last few days. While the CID team was at the Harish Mukherjee Road property, Banerjee was present at the residence of the party’s state general secretary and legislator Kunal Gh…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Rathindra Bose, the first-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Cooch Behar (Dakshin) constituency, on Friday was elected unopposed as the new Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly.Bose’s name was announced as the BJP nominee for the post of Speaker of the House on Thursday by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. Since no second name was proposed by any other political party as a contender, Bose was elected unopposed on Friday.Maintaining the true spirit of Parliam…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Monday congratulated Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in a Facebook post. Kunal Ghosh wrote: “Congratulations and best wishes to the new Chief Minister of Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. The Trinamool Congress has a specific statement on the voter list, the looting of voting machines, and the counting process. But since it is a new government and there is a new Chief Minister, I offer my good wishes to them. Congratulat…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Amid the gloom and recriminations within West Bengal’s defeated Trinamool Congress, the nomination of veteran leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as Leader of the Opposition has stood out as a rare positive development.Widely regarded in political circles as “the right man in the wrong party”, the octogenarian’s elevation has revived discussions about integrity and experience in a party grappling with electoral setback and internal criticism.According to a mid-level Tr…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, announced veteran party leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly. He was elected this time from the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in south Kolkata. Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, who is also the nephew of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, issued a statement on Saturday night announcing the name of Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Op…