The confrontation over Opposition leadership and disputed signatures has opened a new front inside the Trinamool Congress, with rebel legislators publicly asserting numerical strength.
The development comes a day after 61 of 80 TMC MLAs skipped the Legislative Party meeting in Kolkata.
The TMC's decision came after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at the state secretariat Nabanna that it was Ritabrata and Sandipan who earlier submitted a written complaint to the Speaker regarding the Assembly signature forgery case.
Rajya Sabha Trinamul Congress MP Ritabrata Banerjee has put up a strong case for busts of three Bengal revolutionaries, Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Ullashkar Dutta and Hemchandra Kanungo, to be set up at Cellular Jail as a mark of respect to them for their exemplary actions.
Ritabrata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha member on Wednesday wrote to Union minister of textiles Giriraj Singh, opposing the decision to permit the large-scale use of plastic bags for food grain procurement.
Trinamul Congress MP Ritabrata Banerjee raised the topic of Poila Baisakh being declared as the Foundation Day.
The Rajya Sabha Trinamul Congress MP, who is also a trade union leader, had earlier asked questions on the plans by the Centre on installing Tagore’s statue at Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Punjab.
Trinamul Congress MP Ritabrata Banerjee has been raising the issue of Bengali pride in the Parliament and how freedom fighters from Bengal have made their mark in the struggle for Independence.
Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday accused minister of state for heavy industries, Bhupathiraju Srinivas Varma, of making misleading statements in Parliament regarding the status of crèche facilities in Andrew Yule-run tea gardens in the Dooars.
City lad four-year-old Anish Sarkar after becoming world's youngest-rated player by earning his first FIDE rating is a pride for the state and also the nation.
