Kirti Azad, MP from Bardhaman–Durgapur, on Thursday warned that he would have the half-built foot overbridge at Bardhaman railway station demolished, criticising Eastern Railway for the “extremely disappointing” pace of work.
Gautam Gambhir had criticised Azad for questioning the leadership group’s decision to take the trophy to a Hanuman temple near the stadium following India’s victory in the T20 World Cup final in Ahmedabad.
Kirti Azad raised concerns over the move, stating that sports and sportspersons should remain above religion or caste.
In a sharp attack on Union home minister Amit Shah, the sitting MP from Burdwan-Durgapur and former cricketer Kirti Jha Azad compared him to a “frog in the monsoon”.
Trinamul Congress MP Kirti Azad has written to Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy demanding a comprehensive investigation by federal agencies, including CBI and ED into what he described as “pervasive and systemic corruption” within Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited operating in West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Power sector behemoth, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has planned to set up an 800 MW supercritical unit in Durgapur Thermal Power Station (DTPS) at an estimated cost of Rs 8,000 crore.
We've got definite tip-off that 'Team Subhendu Adhikari' has become hyperactive here to cause a debacle for Dilip Ghosh, said Kirti Azad, the Trinamul Congress candidate for the Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat here this morning.
Rival Trinamul Congress supporters clashed in the presence of the party's Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha candidate, Kirti Azad, within the Durgapur Municipal Corporation area this morning, creating a situation of chaos.
After Dilip Ghosh's controversial statement on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, TMC candidate from Burdwan Durgapur Kirti Azad attacked the BJP candidate.
"Makkar aadmi jhoot baat bolta hai, itna bhi aadmi gir santa hai-malum nehi tha. Sharm ana chahiye usko (a crafty man is talking lie. I had no idea a person could stoop so low.
