Tag: Somen Mitra
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Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra passes away
Mitra started his political career from north Kolkata and came to limelight in the 1970s. He became MLA in 1972 from Sealdah Assembly constituency and went on to represent the seat seven times.
July 30, 2020 -
PCC chief hits out at Dilip Ghosh
The absence of the leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Abdul Mannan is a surprise omission in this team, party sources said.
June 24, 2020 -
Foodgrains not reaching people: Somen Mitra
Not mincing words in lambasting the NDA and Trinamul dispensations, the veteran Congress leader has questioned the quantum of relief the people of this state would get from the Centre's economic package.
April 10, 2020 -
Somen Mitra accuses Mamata of double speak
The chief minister while professing strong opposition to the imposition of CAA-NRC and leading processions has asked the state government employees by a circular that absenting on the bandh day would amount to deduction of salary and a day from the working life of the absentee person, he said.
January 7, 2020 -
Left-Cong alliance strategies for bypoll
The Congress leader called upon the front chairman to build the proposed Congress- Left alliance based on people’s trust.
October 27, 2019 -
Bowbazar building collapse: Congress demands enquiry
The plan of action against the state government will be chalked out at a meeting scheduled to be held at the R R Avenue on 12 September.
September 8, 2019 -
Somen Mitra offers to quit after party’s poor performance in polls
Gandhi formally resigned as the Congress president, saying he was responsible for the loss in the Lok Sabha election and that accountability was critical for the party's future growth.
July 10, 2019 -
Mamata Banerjee responsible for rise of BJP-RSS in Bengal: Somen Mitra
Those who once strengthened the hands of BJP to weaken Congress will now find it difficult to protect their own existence, Mitra said apparently referring to flight of TMC leaders to BJP in Bengal.
June 8, 2019 -
Mausam Noor joins TMC, Congress to field her cousin and MLA Isha Khan Choudhury from Malda in LS polls
This is the first time that a Congress MP has defected to the Trinamool since the latter formed government in the state in 2011
January 29, 2019 -
West Bengal: Congress for no truck with TMC in 2019 election
PCC chief claims final decision of entering into alliance rests on national leaders of the party.
November 14, 2018 -
West Bengal: Two-day Cong meet at Bidhan Bhavan to chalk out poll plans
PCC chief Somen Mitra have welcomed support from the Left Front after CPI-M state secretary Dr Surjakanta Mishra offered it at a rally in the city.
November 8, 2018 -
Mausam Noor pitches for alliance with TMC, others disagree
The BJP is practising communal politics in different parts of the country and to hold it back an alliance with Trinamul is necessary, the Malda (north) MP said.
November 2, 2018 -
Congress MP advocates alliance with TMC in West Bengal
West Bengal state Congress president Somen Mitra reacting to Noor's statement said the issue of alliance will be decided by the party high command.
November 1, 2018 -
WB Congress leader Somen Mitra admitted to AIIMS
Mitra is in the critical care unit under the department of cardiology.
March 20, 2018 -
Mukul’s resignation ploy to hide Trinamol leaders’ misdemeanours: Somen Mitra
Congress leader Somen Mitra on Thursday expressed doubts about the motive behind Mukul Roy’s resignation from the Trinamool Congress and claimed there could be “a secret understanding” between him and the top party leadership to hide “wrongdoings” of some leaders. Mitra, who quit the Trinamool to rejoin the Congress in early 2014 and was also …
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October 13, 2017