Tag: Derek O’Brien

Derek takes potshots at Modi

After Modi commneted that people from Bengal are stopped from worshipping goddess Durga, O'Brien said in reality Rs 50,000 was provided as assistance to each Puja committee last year.

February 24, 2021

TMC attacks BJP over ‘false promises’

The minister said the highly publicised ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, Rs 400 crore was spent on an advertisement campaign but 2021 Budget has zero allocation. In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee launched Kanyashree scheme and so far 67 lakh girls received direct cash benefits and so far Rs 9,400 crore spent for this scheme.

February 20, 2021

Fact check of speech made by henchman of ‘tourist gang’: Derek O’Brien counters 7 claims of Amit Shah

'7 pieces of concocted, false info in one speech. Actually, by his standards, quite low!' he said in a tweet.

December 20, 2020

TMC MPs, including Derek O’Brien, manhandled by UP officials while on their way to Hathras

The incident has been recorded in a video in which a man in a white shirt and a helmet, who is reported to be UP Joint Magistrate Prem Prakash Meena, has shoved Derek O’Brien and grabbed MP Pratima Mandal by the shoulders to prevent her from walking to the village.

October 2, 2020

TMC MP Derek O’Brien tries to tear rule book, heckles presiding officer during RS proceedings

He rushed to the well of the House amid the proceedings to register his protest against the bill.

September 20, 2020

Derek attacks PM over stalling PM Care Fund audit

Amit Mitra, state finance minister said that so far Rs 9,000 crore has been deposited in PMCF but Centre ruled the Fund cannot be audited.

July 15, 2020

Trinamool Congress announces mega rally against Citizenship Act in Kolkata

TMC has vehemently opposed the 'unconstitutional' bill in both the houses of the parliament. With MP Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha saying that the party 'will fight till the last drop of blood but won't allow NRC' in the state.

December 13, 2019

High drama as CBI goes to investigate Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar; Mamata Banerjee begins dharna

CB team whisked away by cops to a police station, were let go later; Rajeev Kumar says he will speak to media on Monday; CM Mamata Banerjee accuses PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah of trying to organise a coup in West Bengal

February 3, 2019

Triple talaq bill not taken up in RS; Opposition insists on sending it to select committee

The stalemate saw heated arguments between the opposition and the government, forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh to adjourn the house for the day.

December 31, 2018

Tinsukia killings: Four-member TMC delegation arrives in Assam

The Assam police have already launched a massive combing operation against the suspected militants in and around the Sadiya area in the district.

November 4, 2018

Mamata Banerjee emerging as front runner for PM is nothing new: Derek O’Brien

The MP underlined Banerjee’s 40 years of political struggle and her career as a Parliamentarian as well as the CM of West Bengal.

July 25, 2018

Mamata Banerjee opposes Air India disinvestment

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday strongly opposed the Centre’s move to disinvest its stake in Air India and TMC leader Derek O’Brien questioned the decision, saying a parliamentary panel was still examining the issue. Hours after the government released the preliminary information memorandum on strategic disinvestment of the national carrier, Banerjee took …

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March 29, 2018

Government does not want to discuss Budget: Derek O’Brien

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on Friday alleged that the Rajya Sabha was being disrupted by the members of the ruling party as the government did not want a discussion on the Union Budget. “The government does not have answers to questions being asked by the Opposition. So, the Rajya Sabha is being deliberately disrupted,” …

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February 9, 2018

TMC to continue fight against Aadhaar: Derek O’Brien

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) said on Tuesday that it would continue to “expose” various Aadhaar card-related problems and carry on its fight against the central government’s move in and outside Parliament. In a statement, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said that his party would be “persistent” in its protest against Aadhaar card. “From notices …

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January 9, 2018

Watch 1.25-km-long Rangoli on Kolkata street

Students of an art college in Kolkata came together to create a 1.25-km Rangoli on a road ahead of Durga Puja. Posted by Siddhartha Bose on 19 ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 2017 (Video: Facebook) “An estimated 350 students from Art College have drawn various colour designs along a 1.25 km stretch from Sarat Bose Road to Vivekananda Park …

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September 20, 2017

Derek O’Brien’s “Inside Parliament” to be released in November

Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal Derek OBrien (Trinamool Congress), also known as one of the country’s most famous quiz masters, is set to list the lessons he has learnt as an MP in his new book, “Inside Parliament”, which will release in November. Published by HarperCollins India, the book includes some of O’Brien’s best …

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August 25, 2017

TMC MPs on sit-in in Delhi over demonetisation

Continuing with the protest, TMC MPs on Monday staged a demonstration here raising slogans against the Modi government's demonetisation drive and arrest of party legislators in the alleged Rose Valley scam. "We condemn conspiracy in the name of investigation and we condemn atrocities in the name of 'notebandi'," TMC leader Derek O'Brien  said as 34 …

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January 9, 2017