Tag: TMC

Bengal BJP worried over TMC’s rising violence on supporters

“For the past six months since the panchayat election held, TMC with the help of the Congress and CPI-M is desperately trying to force the people not to support the BJP,” BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said.

September 15, 2018

Mamata’s US trip cancelled, TMC blames BJP-RSS

Banerjee supposed to visit Chicago to attend the 2nd World Hindu Conference.

September 14, 2018

West Bengal: BJP, CPI-M, Congress behind panchayat violence, says TMC

Violence over panchayat board formation has left seven persons dead in various districts of the the state since August 27.

August 30, 2018

Two BJP men killed in Purulia violence

Two BJP supporters Niranjan Gope and Damodar Mondal were killed during a firing at Ghaghra gram panchayat under Joypur police station limits, while another BJP gram panchayat winning candidate, Aditya Mondal, suffered a bullet injury in Khajuri gram panchayat within Raghunathpur police station area here on Monday. In another separate incident, an ASI of Saturi …

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August 28, 2018

TMC using Rakhi festival as a political tool: Ghosh

Ghosh says BJP does not appease people of any community to attract votes.

August 27, 2018

West Bengal: Paresh Adhikary joining TMC not to affect party, says AIFB

Adhikary had been an MLA from Mekhliganj constituency in Cooch Behar district. He lost the assembly polls in 2016.

August 18, 2018

Govt to appoint administrators for GPs that TMC won uncontested

The state government has decided to appoint administrators to run the 34 per cent uncontested seats in the three-tier rural bodies as the Supreme Court is yet to decide their fate. Sources in the state panchayat and rural development department said that the decision to appoint administrators has been taken to ensure that development projects …

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August 18, 2018

TMC threatens legal action against Amit Shah over ‘media blackout’ barb

The Trinamool Congress threatened to take legal action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah for delivering “blatant lies” about West Bengal and the state government in a rally held on Saturday.

August 11, 2018

Car of Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh attacked, BJP points fingers at TMC

Dilip Ghosh, the president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, accused miscreants associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress of attacking him in Bankura's Khatra on Thursday.

August 9, 2018

TMC files complaint against BJP leader for ‘death threat’ to Mamata’s nephew

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) filed a complaint against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Saturday for allegedly threatening to kill TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

August 4, 2018

TMC-BJP face-off over NRC rages in Parliament

Trinamul members on Thursday again forced an early adjournment of the Rajya Sabha while protesting on the draft NRC issue, seeking an immediate response from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

August 3, 2018

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid ruckus over NRC

The discussion on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was taken up suspending the Question Hour at the request of opposition members.

July 31, 2018

Bengal BJP accuses TMC of killing party leader in Mandirbazar

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Mandirbazar area in West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour was hacked to death by miscreants on Friday night.

July 28, 2018

Former BJP MP Chandan Mitra joins TMC as Mamata launches ‘BJP hatao’ campaign

The two-time Rajya Sabha MP reportedly quit the BJP on 17 July after a long period of differences with the party leadership.

July 21, 2018

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to announce strategy for Lok Sabha polls today

The rally is of immense importance given the party's ambition to play a major role after the next Lok Sabha polls, political observers said.

July 21, 2018

Chandan Mitra quits BJP, may join Trinamool on Saturday

There were murmurs that Mitra, who was considered close to BJP veteran LK Advani, may leave BJP as he was being sidelined under the Modi-Shah leadership

July 18, 2018

TMC burnt down over 1,000 houses of Dalits, alleges BJP

The BJP on Friday alleged that over 1,000 dalit families’- houses were burned down by TMC activists for not voting their candidates in recent panchayat poll. Addressing a Press conference at state BJP headquarters BJP national spokesperson Bizay Sonkar Shastri asserted that the law and order situation has deteriorated in West Bengal, and he on …

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July 14, 2018