One of the most contentious issues regarding the I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance) has been how the Opposition alliance would play out in the state of West Bengal.
At last count, the number of dead in the July 8 West Bengal rural polls violence stood at 16. Of these reportedly the ruling political party Trinamool suffered the majority of losses with nine of its workers dying of different forms of attacks.
Interestingly, missing from the displays are graffiti, posters and banners of the fourth largest political party of the state, the Congress.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that all the Opposition parties will unitedly fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
On Friday, Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras targeted the opposition leaders and said that opposition unity is a lie.
AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh said: "Not inviting her Excellency President Droupadi Murmu for inauguration of Parliament House is a gross insult to her.
In a shocking incident at Hanskhali in West Bengal's Nadia district, a local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in broad daylight by miscreants on Friday morning.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien has claimed that the people of Meghalaya welcomed his party in the state and the poll result will bring excitement to its fold.
The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police on Tuesday detained Trinamool Congress spokesman, Saket Gokhale from the Jaipur airport.
In the PIL, Chowdhury quoted the affidavits filed by these leaders with the Election Commission of India (ECI) while filing their nominations for various elections that showed the inflation in the assets of these leaders over the years.
