Tag: Trinamool Congress
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EC’s Silencer
The truncated campaign is now the cardinal issue before the electorate as well as the parties and politics in the Bengal court, decidedly more fractious than any other.
May 19, 2019 -
Bengalis can’t break Vidyasagar bust, miscreants must be from outside: Vidyasagar College principal
Teachers, students lodge protest against the destruction of Vidyasagar's bust; college authorities file complaint against BJP president Amit Shah and organisers of his roadshow for the vandalism on its premises
May 16, 2019 -
CCTV cameras inside Vidyasagar College inactive for last one month
The camera placed above the glass box covering the Vidyasagar bust appeared broken and the wires disconnected; cameras outside the room not working either, say college authorities
May 16, 2019 -
When Calcutta University campus, Vidyasagar College turned into political war zones
High-level inquiry ordered, more than 100 arrested; CM Mamata Banerjee has said a new statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar will soon replace the one allegedly vandalised by BJP supporters at Vidyasagar College
May 15, 2019 -
Kolkata South: Mamata Banerjee’s shadow looms large over TMC’s safest seat
Chandra Kumar Bose of BJP, a scion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family appears to be most formidable especially as it was a nominee of the saffron outfit.
May 14, 2019 -
Bengal government blocked my poll campaign: Tripura CM
The Trinamool Congress government violated the Election Commission's guidelines by not allowing me to hold a road show in Bishnupur (in Bankura district of West Bengal). The state administration also created problems (for me) to campaign there. Also, the social media propaganda was a deep-rooted conspiracy with malafide intention
April 28, 2019 -
Constituency watch: Prestige battle for Trinamool, BJP in Asansol
BJP had won this seat on its own merit in 2014; TMC pulls out all stops to win it back; anti-incumbency sentiments will be a big factor
April 27, 2019 -
Constituency watch | Left could emerge dark horse in Balurghat polls
Trinamool and BJP are calculating the vote of the Left Front in Balurghat, and according to political experts' assessments the Left vote bank "swing" may change the political equations in the district
April 12, 2019 -
Trinamool prepares for April 14 Ram Navami procession in Siliguri
Trinamool Congress organising such rallies on the occasion of Ram Navami was not a regular feature in the town, until last year
April 9, 2019 -
PM Modi neither has his own family nor thinks of people as family: Mamata Banerjee at Cooch Behar
Slamming the PM at an election rally in Cooch Behar the Trinamool Congress chief said that her party believes that all religions are one family.
April 8, 2019 -
LS polls: Mandarin wall graffiti, in support of Trinamool, surface in China Town
10 to 12 walls in the area have been adorned with pictorial writings in Mandarin Chinese in support of the Trinamool Congress
April 5, 2019 -
HC directs Rujira Naroola to appear before Customs authorities on 8 April
The court has, however, directed that Customs authorities will not take any coercive step against her
April 5, 2019 -
I am not Modi, I don’t tell lies: Mamata Banerjee at Cooch Behar rally
Banerjee countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that she was the speed-breaker in the path of the development in the state.
April 3, 2019 -
LS polls 2019: In Bengal’s Alipurduar, candidates change garb for acceptability
These days, BJP's Alipurduar candidate John Barla can be seen flaunting a deep saffron pagri, which he never wore earlier, while Trinamool's Dasrath Tirkey moves around with a piece of white towel hanging from his shoulder
April 3, 2019 -
Rujira Naroola case: BJP, CPM seek probe; officials say MHA to take decision
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs had issued a notice to Rujira Naroola, wife of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, asking her to explain the discrepancies in her PIO card and marriage certificate
April 3, 2019 -
MHA notice to Rujira Naroola, wife of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, for discrepancies in PIO card
MHA, through its notice issued on 29 March, has sought clarifications from Rujira Naroola within 15 days and threatened to take action if she failed to respond
April 2, 2019 -
Futile appeal
Mamata Banerjee was remarkably sensitive to the issue on Wednesday when she visited the fasting candidates with education minister Partha Chatterjee in tow.
March 29, 2019