Tag: TMC
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Democracy in grave danger in Bengal under TMC: Mukul Roy
BJP leader Mukul Roy on Monday said democracy was facing a “grave danger” in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government as there was a “police raj” going on in the state. The newly-inducted BJP leader also said that the TMC did not have the mindset to grow into a national party. “It (TMC)...
November 6, 2017 -
Mukul Roy an invitee at BJP leader’s birthday party next week
Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy has received an invitation to attend the birthday party of BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha, fuelling further speculation about his growing proximity to the saffron party. Sinha’s birthday party is scheduled to be held here on October 25. Also Read: Mukul Roy to meet EC but with no plans...
October 21, 2017 -
Ex-Trinamool leader Mukul Roy quits Rajya Sabha
Former Trinamool leader Mukul Roy submitted his resignation from Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The founding member of Trinamool party tendered his resignation to the Vice President and House chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu. Earlier, speculations were rife that Mukul Roy will join the BJP or form a new political outfit. “I am not saying I will...
October 11, 2017 -
Mukul Roy making desperate attempts to please BJP: TMC
The Trinamool Congress leadership today mocked suspended leader Mukul Roy for making “desperate attempts to please the BJP” and said the party had aligned with the BJP in 1998 as the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had rose above party politics to lead the nation. No one should confuse a statesman like Vajpayee with...
October 5, 2017 -
BJP using CBI for political vendetta, says CM Mamata Banerjee
With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoning a number of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in connection with the Narada sting video case, party supremo Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of “using” the agency “as a tool to pursue political vendetta”. Banerjee, who was speaking at the TMC core committee meeting at her Kalighat...
September 8, 2017 -
Darjeeling unrest: Shops reopen in different areas
After nearly three months of the shutdown, a large number of shops today reopened in the Darjeeling hills, braving threats and intimidation by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). The development comes two days after shops and markets opened in Mirik and Kurseong sub-divisions in the hills. Though shops at Chowrasta and Chowbazar remained closed, markets...
September 7, 2017 -
Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal civic polls
Virtually bulldozing all opposition, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress swept all the seven civic bodies. The BJP emerged as the main but distant opposition by displacing the Left Front in the vote count on Thursday. Of the total 148 wards spread across various pockets of the state, the Trinamool Congress won an enviable 140 and the...
August 17, 2017 -
Trinamool Congress leading in municipal polls
The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of its rivals in all seven urban local bodies, where elections were held on August 13, officials said on Thursday. The seven ULBs comprise the five municipalities of Panskura and Haldia in East Midnapore district, Nalhati in Birbhum, Buniadpur in South Dinajpur and Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri districts respectively. Polling...
August 17, 2017 -
Lynchings by cow vigilante are targeted killings: TMC
The Trinamool Congress on Monday hit out at the Narendra Modi government and the Bharatiya Janata Party for mob lynchings, saying murders by cow vigilantes are killings targeted against a specific community, and demanded separate law to prevent these. "In the US, after the Civil War, the blacks were targeted. The same thing is happening...
July 31, 2017 -
‘BJP will disappear from Bengal’
Leading Bengali singer-composer Kabir Suman on Friday termed the BJP as "ignorant" and claimed that the party would eventually disappear from Bengal politics as they have no knowledge about the state and its people. "There is a political party in Bengal named BJP. They are ignorant. They do not know a thing about Bengal. They...
July 21, 2017 -
Opposition attacks govt for its ‘failure’ to address farm issues
The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of “complete failure” in dealing with the plight of farmers but the treasury benches in the Lok Sabha claimed that the Modi government had worked more for them than any other dispensation. The Congress members were joined by other opposition parties like TMC, Left and RJD with their...
July 19, 2017 -
Heated exchanges between Trinamool, GJM, BJP legislators during polling
Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...
July 17, 2017 -
Heated exchanges between TMC, GJM, BJP MLAs during polling
Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...
July 17, 2017 -
Need to control unconstitutional elements in WB: Naqvi
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday hit out at the West Bengal government for the recent riots and said "unconstitutional" elements were sometimes more effective than the constitutionally-elected TMC dispensation in the state. The Minister of State for Minority Affairs said the Centre was at present studying a high-level committee's report on establishing institutes...
July 10, 2017 -
BJP bringing ‘people from outside’ to create unrest: Trinamool
Accusing BJP of bringing people "from across the border" and instigating violence among the West Bengal's people to destroy communal harmony, the ruling Trinamool Congress said attempts are being made to disrupt peace in the state. "There have been repeated attempts to destroy the communal harmony in West Bengal. And we have been noticing that...
July 9, 2017 -
BJP accuses Trinamool of killing one of its workers in Bengal
The BJP on Saturday alleged that one of its workers was killed and two others were missing after Trinamool Congress-backed assailants hurled bombs and fired at its rally in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district. Police, however, did not confirm the death or injuries. "A Trinamool Congress mob bombed and started firing over BJP's peaceful democratic...
July 8, 2017 -
WB govt trying to malign Guv’s office to divert attention: BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday said the West Bengal government has "stooped to a new low" by trying to "malign" the office of the governor in order to "divert" attention from its own failures. Vijayvargiya also issued a veiled threat to TMC ministers for attacking the governor by saying "those who are...
July 7, 2017