TMC 2.0 is born, but will it find a place in the Sun?
It's official now, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) party has split, with the majority of 59 out of 80 MLAs opting out of the party founded and led by Mamata Banerjee.
It's official now, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) party has split, with the majority of 59 out of 80 MLAs opting out of the party founded and led by Mamata Banerjee.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday likened the escalating turmoil within the Trinamul Congress to the political rebellion that split Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena, alleging that an “Eknath Shinde model” was unfolding in Bengal as a fraction of rebel legislators challenged the party leadership.
Speculation is rife in the national capital that West Bengal could soon witness a political upheaval similar to the Maharashtra model? There are indications that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) might face an internal divide the way Shiv Sena underwent a split in 2022.
West Bengal BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress (TMC), describing its 15-year rule in the state as a “nightmare”.
Veteran Trinamul Congress (TMC) leader Ashish Banerjee, former MLA of Rampurhat and former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, has resigned from his posts as district chairman and chairman of the Birbhum district core committee.
Police on Thursday conducted search operations at two residences of Trinamul Congress MLA Dilip Mondal in South 24-Parganas district in connection with alleged “provocative remarks and threats” directed at BJP workers in a purported viral video.
Mamata Banerjee personally argued before the Calcutta High Court over alleged post-election violence in Bengal as the state government dismissed the claims as unsupported.
A Trinamul Congress councillor of Baranagar Municipality was arrested by Barrackpore police on Wednesday on charges of extortion, criminal intimidation and forcibly interfering in a tenancy dispute.
Eight years after the Trinamul Congress government in the state withdrew the “general consent” for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the newly government in West Bengal on Wednesday restored clearance to the Central agency to proceed against officials accused in corruption cases without prolonged administrative hurdles.
Garga Chatterjee, founder of Bangla Pokkho, was arrested by Kolkata Police on Tuesday on charges of allegedly spreading misinformation and making provocative social media posts regarding Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the Assembly election process.
