A rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress has elected Arup Roy as chairperson and unveiled a new leadership team, escalating the party's internal power struggle and dispute over organisational control.
West Bengal will have a sports university and an international standard stadium while every Assembly constituency is set to house a mini-indoor stadium, the state Budget announced today.
The party offices of Trinamul Congress and its trade union wing, the INTTUC, and students wing the TMCP, which were set up illegally, encroaching upon Central and state government lands, have been demolished after the BJP government came to power.
MLA Arup Roy has been elected as the new chairperson of the "real" TMC.
Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry president Priti A Sureka said, "If implemented effectively, such a measure will come as a major relief to the business community and help improve investor confidence in the state.”
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a sharp political offensive in Malda, attacking the Trinamul Congress leadership over the issue of alleged infiltration and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
With these emotionally charged words, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday concluded his address at an election rally in Raiganj, in North Bengal, striking a rare sentimental note amid an otherwise politically charged speech.
Launching a blistering attack ahead of the Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of undermining democracy, weakening institutions, and pushing both the country and the state into economic and political distress.
Jadavpur, once considered a stronghold of the Left, the CPI-M has fielded former Kolkata Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
Tension prevailed in North 24-Parganas’ Bagdah constituency on Tuesday morning after a vehicle in the convoy of BJP candidate Soma Thakur was hit by a speeding motorcycle, triggering a political slugfest ahead of the first phase of Assembly elections on 23 April.
