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CPI(M) leader Salim demanded that Banerjee send delegations of Trinamool Congress MPs to states where Bengali-speaking people are allegedly facing questions over their identity.
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Ironically, it was Mamata Banerjee who first raised the issue of illegal immigration and electoral roll manipulation in West Bengal as a Congress leader years ago.
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As Mamata Banerjee faces heat over the law college rape incident, the second such crisis within a year, remarks by senior Trinamool Congress leaders have only made matters worse.
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The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has registered an FIR against seven producers of Kesari Chapter 2 accusing them of misrepresenting historical figures in the film. They also claimed that the makers had changed the names of the revolutionaries.
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Screenshots of a purported altercation between two Trinamool Congress MPs showed one of them making a reference to a "versatile international lady", a remark that the BJP appears to have latched on to.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set a separate agenda for MPs of the Trinamool Congress to raise in the Winter Session of Parliament, signalling that it was not comfortable toeing the Congress' line.
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In a post on X, O'Brien said only two parties, the TMC and the DMK, have "walked the talk".
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In a statement to reporters outside his residence, accompanied by his daughter Sukanya, Mondal reaffirmed his loyalty to TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Trinamool Congress leaders have pointed out that Abhishek Banerjee, the party's second-in-command, should not remain active only on social media.
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Raju Bista of the BJP had won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha election in 2019 with 750,067 votes
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Babun had expressed his displeasure after TMC renominated sitting MP Prasun Banerjee for the Howrah Lok Sabha seat in March
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While issuing the notices, the poll watchdog reminded the BJP leader about the provisions of the model code of conduct, which deals with criticism based on unverified allegations, and its recent advisory to parties
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West Bengal 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: The key contest for this year's Lok Sabha elections, due on May 13 here, is between Trinamool Congress' (TMC) Shatrugan Sinha, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) SS Ahluwalia and Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s (CPI[M]) Jahanara Khan.
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The apex court, however, permitted CBI to continue investigating more on the alleged scam, but it cannot take any coercive action. The case will now come up for hearing on July 16.
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Many lawyers who appeared for various parties argued that the Calcutta HC had gone beyond its scope of the case by ordering termination of the these teachers
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The electoral battle here is interesting for several reasons not just because it is an elite vs royal fight, but also because it's a fight between a candidate and a party (Mahua Moitra vs BJP)
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While directing a section of people who had been hired illegally to refund money paid as salary within four weeks, a two-judge bench also ordered the board to conduct a fresh round of recruitment.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Tensions between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and the BJP in West Bengal have escalated ahead of the general elections, with a recent clash involving the NIA team.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Since 2009, the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat, once a stronghold of the Left, has been held by the TMC. Abhishek Banerjee is presently serving his second term as the MP representing this constituency, having secured nearly 56% of the votes in the 2019 elections.
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With many Trinamool Congress ministers, MLAs and leaders behind bars, corruption has emerged as a big issue during the parliamentary polls in West Bengal. There is a fair chance of graft and pay-offs turning the tide in BJP’s favour, although TMC insists that its jailed leaders are innocent and are being unfairly targeted by enforcement agencies to help BJP outsmart the ruling party
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the longstanding animosity between West Bengal's state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and CM Mamata Banerjee has significantly hampered the potential alliance between their parties.
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The court, however, expunged the Calcutta High Court's remarks against West Bengal police from the order
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The developments in Sandeshkhali are seen as a huge setback for the TMC's electoral prospects ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, particularly given Mamata Banerjee's strong emphasis on her government's efforts to empower socio-economically marginalised women in the state.
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General Elections 2024 | Trinamool Congress has been in a tizzy ever since Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s BJP announcement. The reasons could range from his anti-corruption stance, to how he gives the BJP in Bengal what it hasn't had before: a Bengali Bhadralok face that other educated middle-class Bengalis can relate to.
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The party said in its X handle that all these rallies, to follow the mega 'Jono Gorjan Sabha' (roar of the masses) in Kolkata, will be addressed by the party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and the target is to bring at least one lakh people in every such gathering.
