The confrontation over Opposition leadership and disputed signatures has opened a new front inside the Trinamool Congress, with rebel legislators publicly asserting numerical strength.
As political tensions rise in West Bengal, the BJP and TMC have traded sharp accusations over post-poll violence, protests and the state's evolving political landscape.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh claimed that the attack on Abhishek Banerjee was "very serious" and that he was "badly injured".
All the six councillors, said to be close associates of previous Chandannagar MLA Indranil Sen, resigned on Friday, May 29.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has officially tendered her resignation from all the organisational posts in the Mamata Banerjee-led party with immediate effect.
An FIR has been registered in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her alleged “objectionable” remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Shortly before the announcement, Banerjee had slammed Moitra for her alleged personal remarks during a recent podcast.
According to TMC sources, the MPs want a short-duration discussion on the challenges being faced by Bengali-speaking migrants across different states.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, along with MPs from the INDIA bloc, Wednesday staged a protest outside Makar Dwar, Parliament House, against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
TMC MP June Maliah talks about her journey from the film industry to politics. She also discusses the problems in her constituency and how West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee worked for its development.
