Tag: TMC

CPI to launch campaign against TMC

Alleging that the Trinamul Congress-led panchayats have become “a den of syndicate raj, nepotism and malpractices”, the CPI is all set to launch a campaign ahead of the panchayat election, to wipe out TMC from panchayats of West Bengal. In a recent meeting of state council, CPI members reached a consensus on starting booth level...

February 15, 2018

BMC mayor accused of trying to extort `1 cr for funding TMC poll campaign

In a sensational charge, a Salt Lake businessman, Madhusudan Chakraborty, On Monday accused the mayor of Bidhan Nagar Municipal Corporation, Sabyasachi Dutta, of trying to extort money from him to the tune of Rs 1 crore for funding the Trinamul Congress’ election campaign in Tripura Assembly poll. He also lodged a complaint with the North...

February 14, 2018

Mamata threatens nationwide stir

Alleging that the Centre has stopped sending funds to the state for various schemes, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to launch a nationwide stir against the Narendra Modi government if it did not change its “anti-people” policies. The BJP-led Central government has stopped 90 per cent of its funds for the Integrated Child...

February 14, 2018

Opp, TMC slam Centre’s decision to slash Rly funds

Ruling party and Opposition on Thursday condemned slashing of funds of several Railway projects for West Bengal by the Centre. Minister for parliamentary affairs Partha Chatterjee said a resolution will be forwarded to the Centre through the Speaker of the Assembly in this regard. “People of West Bengal are severely deprived by the Centre. Several...

February 9, 2018

TMC leaders should ‘look at their faces in the mirror’: Bengal Guv

West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi on Thursday lambasted Trinamul Congress leaders, who accused him of flouting the Constitution and bypassing the state government, and asked them to “look at their own faces in the mirror.” The ruling Trinamul Congress, however, alleged that the BJP had turned the constitutional office of the governor into its...

February 9, 2018

‘TMC using minority as tool to strengthen vote bank’

The Trinamul Congress-led government has deprived the minority community  in West Bengal, BJP leader Mukul Roy said today. Addressing a gathering at Kachchi More in Metiabruz, he said people of the minority communities are becoming poorer only because they are being used as a tool to strengthen vote bank of the TMC. “People wanted to...

February 5, 2018

297 candidates in fray for Tripura assembly polls

Some 297 candidates, including 20 women, are in the fray for the February 18 Tripura Assembly polls, an official said here on Sunday. Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sriram Taranikanti said 320 candidates had submitted their nominations out of which candidatures of 13 were cancelled. On the last date of withdrawal on Saturday, 10 candidates...

February 4, 2018

TMC, Congress MLAs come to blows in Bengal Assembly

Pandemonium prevailed for quite sometime during the discussion on governor’s speech in the first half of the state on Tuesday Assembly . A few members of the Congress and Trinamul Congress almost came to blows over a heated altercation after Tapas Roy of Trinamnul Congress reiterated chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s charge on Wednesday that had the...

February 2, 2018

TMC wins Noapara seat by a huge margin; leads in Uluberia

Trinamool Congress (TMC) marched to a thumping victory in Noapara assembly seat by-poll by 63,018 votes. TMC candidate Sunil Singh received 1,11,729 votes. His opponents CPIM’s Gargi Chaterjee secured 35,497 votes, BJP’s Sandip Banerjee got 38,711 votes and Congress’s Goutam Bose received 10,527 votes. It should be noted that BJP’s vote share in Noapara, West...

February 1, 2018

Julie murder: TMC disowns mom of accused

The Trinamul Congress, Siliguri Town-III Block Committee, has denied allegations that the mother of a man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a nine-year-old girl has links with the ruling party. Surajit Sarkar, who is in his mid twenties, was arrested on 28 January after the body of Julie Mahato was found on the terrace...

February 1, 2018

TMC will play major role in nation-acbuilding: CM

After maintaining silence for a long time, chief minister Mamata Banerjee, without naming Mukul Roy, said on Wednesday: “We had a betrayer in the party who destabilised our party organisation in Tripura and joined the BJP.” She alleged the BJP, the Congress and the CPI-M were spending money lavishly before the Tripura Assembly poll. “If...

February 1, 2018

Oppn scuttles SMC boards’ crematorium fee hike plan

The Left Front-run Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) board came under fire from the opposition Trinamul Congress (TMC), the Congress and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Monday for hiking the charges for burning the dead at the municipal burning ghats and the electric crematorium. The opposition to the move from councillors of the three parties...

January 31, 2018

CPM, Cong likely to unite against TMC on first day of Budget

The governor’s speech is likely to face joint protests from Congress and CPI-M on the first day of the Budget session of the state Assembly on Tuesday. Notwithstanding CPI-M’s Central Committee’s recent decision in Kolkata to give Congress a wide berth, the two parties will continue to co-operate with each other inside the House. Leader...

January 30, 2018

Uluberia bypoll: Opp accuses TMC of foul play

The bypoll for the Uluberia Lok Sabha on Monday was by and large peaceful barring stray incidents. While the ruling Trinamul Congress claimed it was peaceful polling and upbeat about another stellar performance with handsome win, the Opposition Left and the BJP cried foul of electoral malpractice by the ruling party but stopped short of...

January 30, 2018

TMC asks why PM is silent over attack on school bus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet expressing condolence for the children who have died in an explosion in Kabul on Sturday evoked sharp reactions in the city. Accusing the Prime Minister of indifference towards tragic situations nearer home, state parliamentary affairs minister, Partha Chatterjee said it is surprising that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not have...

January 28, 2018

Cash-for-job slur on former BJP-TMC leader

The former president of the North Dinajpur BJP committee and presently the Secretary of the district TMC committee, Subhra Roy Chowdhury, has been accused of deceiving people with false promises of providing them with government jobs. Two residents of Raiganj, Bijay Sarkar and Dulal Das, on Thursday, filed complaints against Mr Roy Chowdhury and his...

January 26, 2018

Rail route row: Rahul Sinha slams TMC for ‘politicising’ matter

Trinamul Congress-led state government is politicising a routine railway matter by falsely claiming that the railway ministry wants to stop some railway routes of the state permanently, BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said on Monday. “The railway ministry has never claimed that those routes will be closed permanently, but it suggested that the expenditure of...

January 23, 2018