Tag: Mamata Banerjee

Modi government running a terror campaign: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of running a terror campaign to silence the opposition and alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to eliminate her in a plane crash as she was in the forefront of the anti-Modi protests. "Even a conspiracy was hatched to kill me in...

January 11, 2017

Teachers’ Day

Rarely, if ever, has an announcement by Mamata Banerjee been welcomed by the Left. The teachers’ lobby of the leftist parties has overwhelmingly endorsed the Chief Minister’s decision to raise the age of superannuation of college and university teachers from 60 to 62 — an emphatic bow in the direction of the senior citizens, as...

January 10, 2017

PM Modi responsible for 120 note ban deaths: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for over 120 deaths following demonetisation. "Modi babu, you are totally arrogant. You are responsible for 120+ deaths (of) demonetisation victims," she tweeted. The Trinamool Congress on Monday launched three days of nationwide protests demanding Modi's resignation.

January 10, 2017

Mamata Banerjee calls CBI ‘Conspiracy Bureau of Investigation’

Targeting the Modi government for the arrests of two Trinamool Congress MPs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dubbed the CBI as the "Conspiracy Bureau of Investigation". Banerjee said the November 8 demonetisation had taken the country to disaster and claimed the situation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "worse than Emergency".  "I...

January 9, 2017

Mamata Banerjee calls CBI ‘Conspiracy Bureau of Investigation’

Targeting the Modi government for the arrests of two Trinamool Congress MPs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dubbed the CBI as the "Conspiracy Bureau of Investigation". Banerjee said the November 8 demonetisation had taken the country to disaster and claimed the situation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "worse than Emergency".  "I...

January 9, 2017

Mamata announces three-day protests against note ban

Terming demonetisation a "shameless flop show", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced three days of nationwide protests starting on Tuesday. "Trinamool Congress is organising nationwide protest against Modi babu's shameless flop-show NoteBandi," Banerjee said, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She said 'dharnas' would be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in...

January 9, 2017

Mamata incapable of maintaining law and order: Rijiju

In the wake of violent protests in West Bengal following the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to maintain law and order in the state. With the CBI arresting two of her party MPs...

January 7, 2017

Planning new varsity on lines of Visva Bharati: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the state government is planning to set up a new varsity near the centrally-funded Visva Bharati University (VBU) in Shantiniketan. "We are planning to set up a new national standard university named 'Biswa-Bangla Biswabidyalaya' within three minute's distance from the VBU in Shantiniketan," Banerjee said at...

January 7, 2017

PM Modi should go, let a national govt be formed: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation and the arrest of two of her ministers – Tapas Paul and Sudip Bandyopadhyay and said that a national government was the need of the hour and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should step down. “In current situation a national government...

January 6, 2017

Mamata Banerjee condoles Om Puri’s death

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday condoled the death of veteran actor Om Puri. "Saddened at sudden passing (away) of Om Puriji. His acting skills were appreciated around the world. Condolences to family, friends, fraternity," Banerjee tweeted. Om Puri, 66, passed away on Friday following a heart attack in Mumbai.

January 6, 2017

Law and order breakdown in West Bengal, says state BJP

A delegation of the West Bengal BJP unit on Thursday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here and submitted a memorandum alleging that the Mamata Banerjee government has failed to protect the party's interests in the state. In the memorandum, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary and the party's state affairs in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya said...

January 5, 2017

‘Industrial scenario in country worsened after note ban’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, without mentioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name, said if someone, after coming to power, thinks himself to be a "dictator", it is not "good for the country". Targeting the Prime Minister on note ban, she said the industrial scenario in the country has worsened in the last two months...

January 2, 2017

Mamata to visit Delhi for opposition party meet

In a bid to put up a united opposition against the BJP government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is slated to go to New Delhi on Monday to attend a meeting of Opposition parties on December 27. "Our party supremo will go to Delhi tomorrow and will attend the meeting of Opposition parties on...

December 25, 2016

Bengal BJP chief apologises to Mamata

BJP’s West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday issued an apology for his remarks on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “I never intended to hurt anyone’s feelings. If our honourable chief minister felt insulted by my comments, I have no problems in apologisng to her,” Ghosh said at a press conference. Ghosh, known for shooting off...

December 13, 2016

Modi not fit to be PM, says Mamata; seeks unity against demonetisation

Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demonetisation issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called upon opposition parties to shun politics and join hands against the Centre. Addressing the West Bengal Assembly, she said Modi was “not qualified” to be the prime minister and demanded a judicial probe...

December 5, 2016

People support demonetisation: Sitharaman

Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that GJEPC has come here to see that the talent which has been cultivated here for years is not lost.

December 4, 2016

Soldiers deployed at 2 toll plazas without telling us: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Union government of “deploying the army” along two highway toll plazas while keeping the state government “in the dark”. Banerjee, also chief of the ruling Trinamool Congress, said the state chief secretary was writing to the central government and she will approach President Pranab Mukherjee...

December 1, 2016