Kalyan Banerjee suspended for remainder of Monsoon session over ‘objectionable’ remarks against NCPI members
The remarks prompted immediate protests from the legislators, who are part of the faction that had broken away from the Trinamool Congress.
The remarks prompted immediate protests from the legislators, who are part of the faction that had broken away from the Trinamool Congress.
Without naming Ritabrata Banerjee's camp, she described it as the BJP's "B-team" and alleged that the breakaway faction was indirectly helping the BJP.
Around 1,000 police personnel have been stationed at each of the three central Kolkata venues, with drones, RAF teams and central forces deployed to prevent clashes between rival groups.
The exiled Bangladeshi writer accused sections of the Left of hypocrisy and appeasement politics, while maintaining that her return to Kolkata has been organised by a secular organisation and not any political party.
An investigation by SEBI has revealed that Leaps and Bounds' shares were traded at prices exceeding their designated value.
The AILU experienced a setback following the alleged "unholy alliance" with the Trinamool Congress-backed TMCLC, according to political observers.
Recognition as a national party entitles the AAP to several benefits, not the least of which is a reserved symbol, additional airtime during poll campaigns, enlistment of a higher number of star campaigners, and allocation of land from the government to build its headquarters.
AAP has been looking for a national footprint and has contested polls in several states.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien hit out over the stalemate in the Parliament and called it "serious destruction of Parliament".
Chief Minister Banerjee is likely to call on her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik during her three-day trip. She is scheduled to meet Patnaik on Thursday.
