Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday criticised the Trinamool Congress government, accusing party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of making the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, “an election agenda”. He remarked that “Bengal is going back to the situation in 1946 or even before that”.During an interaction with IANS, Majumdar emphasised that all the states where SIR is being conducted are not Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled st…
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Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal), April 3 (IANS) Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar, on Friday, put forward his apprehension on the arrest of AIMIM leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly being the mastermind behind the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district. Alleging Islam’s connection with the Trinamool Congress, he accused the ruling party of trying to save him. Mofakkarul Islam was arre…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ classified under the “logical discrepancy” category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process.The seven officials were taken hostage on Wednesda…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday, asked whether the people of Balurghat in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district had actually received the benefits of any Central government schemes despite the presence of a ‘double-engine government’ in the region. Citing specific statistics, Abhishek Banerjee issued a direct challenge, explicitly naming both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Balurghat Lok Sabha MP as well as Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar …
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation met the Election Commission of India to submit a petition alleging large-scale electoral malpractices and intimidation in West Bengal.The delegation included Union Minister Piyush Goyal, BJP media in-charge Anil Baluni, and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar, among other leaders.Speaking after the meeting, Rijiju alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress, led by Chief Min…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 and its pre-event roadshows have attracted investment interest worth Rs 4.48 lakh crore for the region, Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 was held in Delhi on May 23-24 last year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the summit on May 23, 2025.Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Majumdar said…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Parivartan Yatra is continuing to receive a strong response from people in West Bengal, as party leaders accuse the Trinamool Congress government of corruption, misgovernance and administrative failures.At a Parivartan Yatra programme in the Midnapore division of West Midnapore district, BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya addressed the gathering and sharply criticised the state government.He stated that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Political reactions intensified in West Bengal on Saturday over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) issue and recent political developments, with leaders from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the principal opposition BJP trading sharp remarks while expressing faith in the judiciary.West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said the matter relating to SIR has now moved beyond the political arena and is under judicial scrutiny.”The matter has now moved forw…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Former West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar has sent a legal notice to the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Education, Sukanta Majumdar, for making derogatory remarks against him, state government sources said on Saturday. In the legal notice, former State DGP Kumar has demanded immediate deletion of defamatory video content from all platforms, including social/digital media, and other public domain and a public apology for defamation caused to him.”A…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s order on Friday directing deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal has received mixed reactions from the political parties in the state.Union Minister of State and former president of BJP’s West Bengal unit Sukanta Majumdar said that the Apex Court’s order on Friday is a matter of sha…