The incident occurred when Manteswar MLA Sidduqullah Chowdhury was visiting his constituency on Thursday. He has accused a local TMC leader of being behind the attack.
TMC national general secretary, who was talking to reporters in Delhi after the budget presentation in Parliament, said several announcements were made for Bihar as the assembly elections there are due later this year
According to TMC sources, a delegation of party leaders will go to the SEBI office in Mumbai at 11.30 am on June 18 for which they have sought the appointment
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and heir apparent, Abhishek Banerjee is seen as a leader ushering in new ideas and modern methods in the party, polls, and politics
Cooch Behar will go to the polls in the first phase of polling on April 19
On April 8, the Delhi Police detained a few Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who were sitting in protest outside the office of the Election Commission of India in Delhi. The TMC, in a 10-member delegation, sat in protest outside the Election Commission of India, alleging the unfair use of central agencies by the ruling government. During the protest, TMC leaders were seen chanting slogans against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Sagarika Ghose and Dola Sen, among other TMC leaders, accused the police of misbehaving with them.
West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections: The BJP is striving to fortify its hold in Bengal, particularly following the emergence of key issues such as the Sandeshkhali incident, which has become a focal point in the state's political discourse
A delegation of the TMC leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale and Sagarika Ghose, met a full bench of the Election Commission (EC) over their demands.
The INDIA bloc has announced the 'maha rally' at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan following Kejriwal's arrest in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on March 21.
In a letter addressed to the chief election commissioner, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said a message by the PM highlighting his government's programmes reached the electorate on March 16, after the model code of conduct came into force.
The message is that the TMC is neither with the Congress nor does it want to extend its fight against the BJP beyond Bengal
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Congress has not yet announced its candidate for Baharampur. However, Chowdhury is likely to contest from the seat that he has represented five times in the Lok Sabha since 1999.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: While Pathan will contest Berhampore, expelled Lok Sabha MP Moitra will fight from Krishnanagar.
Addressing a press conference here, TMC MP Derek O'Brien rejected the claims that the West Bengal government did not provide utilisation certificates for central funds and alleged that the Centre was targeting the state as it was ruled by a party opposed to the BJP.
The Trinamool Congress leader has been asked to vacate the bungalow immediately, which had been allotted to her as an MP, they said.
Banerjee, the chief of the ruling TMC, said she would begin the procession from the Hazra crossing in south Kolkata after paying obeisance to Goddess Kali at the Kalighat temple.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in response alleged corruption in handling of the central funds in the state and said a CBI enquiry has been ordered into the matter.
The Winter session of Parliament begins on December 4 and will have 15 sittings till December 22. The report of the Lok Sabha panel recommending the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader's expulsion is listed for tabling in the House on the first day of the session.
The Election Commission on Monday withdrew the national party status of the TMC, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
From the very beginning of the TMC’s rule in the state, senior party leaders – MLAs, MPs and ministers – have been tainted in a series of scandals, such as the Narada videos, which showed party heavyweights accepting huge sums of unaccounted cash, and the Sharada chit-fund scam. Yet the TMC has won election after election under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee
Speaking at a function in his Howrah Lok Sabha constituency, the former footballer-turned-politician said he was at a loss to understand the induction of some turncoats, who had even campaigned against TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and others, into the ruling party.
The Trinamool Congress chief had recently written to as many as 22 leaders of Opposition parties, including Congress’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, inviting them to be part of the platform against ‘divisive’ forces.
Poll for the President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission announced on Thursday
TMC members are suspects in all the cases and the state police are mute spectators. We think Article 356 should be imposed in the state immediately," Adhikari said.
A total of 15 lakh voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman district, while 2.5 lakh people could vote in south Kolkata's Ballygunge.