Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP of vendetta politics
The TMC general secretary said the BJP is punishing the people of Bengal by withholding funds due to the state.
The TMC general secretary said the BJP is punishing the people of Bengal by withholding funds due to the state.
Trouble began at Mohanpur after the aides of the present MLA, went to help Ranu Sen to regain her piece of agricultural farmland grabbed by some locals.
Arjun had supported chief minister Mamata Banerjee for writing to the Prime minister to address the concerns of the workers of state jute industries.
Anubrata underwent several tests like ECG, echocardiogram, nuclear stress test etc for about four hours at the private hospital.
Overall voter turnout at 80.43 p.c till 5 p.m.; sporadic incidents of violence as TMC accuses BJP, Central forces of voter intimidation
This afternoon, Trinamul Congress released a tape of telephone conversation where BJP vice president Mukul Roy was asking Sishir Bajoria of the BJP to go the Election Commission and demand the change of existing norms and allow a voter of West Bengal can be present in any polling booth.
The Trinamul Congress’s letter to the EC regarding force deployment assumed significant as the poll panel, which is uncompromising regarding security to ensure free and fair polls and whose full bench had only yesterday at a meeting with DMs, SPs, and CPs of eight districts of North Bengal had asked the officers concerned to commission the process of “web casting” and had also hinted at ramping up force deployment to at least 1,000 companies when the polls begin.
In the letter, TMC spokesperson Derek O’ Brien has written, “It has come to our knowledge that Suvendu Adhikari, the candidate fielded by BJP in Nandigram has been harbouring criminals, who are non-residents of Nandigram."
Sinha told the media: "Why am I joining a political party trying to be active in politics? The country is going through a transition period; it is a very important time for our country. The values which were almost unshakeable are being disregarded today. The strengths of any democracy lies in the strengths of its institutions.
The EC, responding to a memorandum submitted by the Trinamul Congress holding it culpable for the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram yesterday, said the memorandum is full of "insinuations and averments that question the very basis of creation and functioning of election commission."
