Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) A suspicious drone was spotted near the helicopter of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Malatipur in Malda district on Saturday, while the CM was there to address a campaign rally ahead of the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in the state later this month.The Chief Minister herself spotted the drone while she was getting into the chopper after finishing her address at Malatipur. She immediately directed the police officers present at the spot to investigate th…
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Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) with a complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of gross violation of the model code of conduct (MCC), which is already in force in the state. In the complaint, a copy of which is available with IANS, the BJP pointed out that while clauses 9.3 and 9.4 of Chapter 9 of the MCC prohibit the display of hoardings and photographs of political functi…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked party workers to remain vigilant in the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, expressing concerns over the conduct of the poll process and urging them to stay alert even after voting concludes.CM Banerjee made the remarks while addressing a meeting with party leaders and workers at Chetla in south Kolkata ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Special focus was laid on Bhabanipur, fr…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP, Kirti Azad, on Wednesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is destined to be the next Prime Minister, while launching a sharp attack on the BJP. Speaking to IANS outside Parliament, Azad stated, “There are not any allegations against the ECI, the allegations are against the BJP. However, everyone thinks that all these allegations are against the ECI. It is because the ECI is the right hand of the BJP, through which they are t…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a tribunal to hear appeals of those whose names have been omitted from the voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. However, Aam Janata Unnayan Party chairman Humayun Kabir on Wednesday said he is not willing to approach the tribunal.“I will never go to the tribunal,” Kabir said.On Wednesday, the Aam Janata Unnayan Party organised a protest meeting and deputation programme against the SIR at Te…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The BJP alleged on Saturday that West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s indefinite anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) sit-in protest in Kolkata that started from Friday afternoon is yet another ploy to protect the illegal infiltrators in the voters’ list of the state.Although the Trinamool Congress leadership, led by the Chief Minister, began the sit-in protest on Friday afternoon at Esplanade East in central Kolkata, it has not given any indication of how lon…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to give a tough fight to the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her Assembly constituency Bhabanipur in the upcoming Assembly elections. Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and veteran BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, has set up a ‘war room’ in the Bhabanipur constituency, BJP sources said on Sunday.This ‘war room’ has been set up on the ground floor of a house at 8/1B Chakraberia Road (South) in Ward No-70 of th…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday claimed that the manner in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is getting jittery over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state proves that she has become the perfect face of desperation. “If desperation had a face, it would be Mamata Banerjee’s. The West Bengal Chief Minister knows that her successive mandates have rested heavily on illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya votes, aided further by fake and in…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday, alleged that the Trinamool Congress and its political consultancy firm I-PAC are jointly responsible for harassing people who have been summoned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to appear for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by LoP Adhikari, also met Governor C.V. Ananda Bose at the Lok Bhaban in Kolkata and apprised him o…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday highlighted the alleged forceful attendance of school students and self-help group (SHG) workers at a public rally addressed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Singur in Hooghly district.The rally was held on Wednesday afternoon, and two BJP leaders have alleged that pressure was put on the mandatory attendance of the school students and SHG workers.The BJP’s Information Technology Cell Chief and the party’s ce…