Nearly 30 minutes before the House took a lunch break, the opposition leader, during a discussion on the governor's inaugural address, raised the matter of Nandigram election to take a dig at Banerjee, drawing flak from the treasury bench.
July 7, 2021The BJP workers also complained about Trinamool workers "unleashing terror" in poll-bound districts in collusion with a section of the state police.
March 27, 2021Mr Dhankhar had said that if there were different points of view, there should not be any confrontation between him and the state government.
February 7, 2020The Governor's visit comes in the wake of Speaker's unprecedented action on Tuesday adjourning the House for two days saying Bills scheduled to be placed before the members were yet to get the green signal from Dhankhar.
December 5, 2019Left Front and Congress MLAs were not present in the House when the Bill was introduced as they had earlier decided to boycott the Assembly
November 23, 2018Thursday’s forward movement in the West Bengal Assembly on renaming the state comes after considerable prevarication on correcting what was a historical certitude prior to Partition. This ought to have been accorded uppermost priority in the aftermath of Independence, and was definitely of far greater import than moving up the alphabetical ladder at inter-State conferences, …
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July 29, 2018All the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha MLAs have decided not to attend the monsoon session of the state Assembly which began on Friday, due to the indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills. "As the indefinite shutdown in the hills is on for the last 51 days, we have decided not to attend the ongoing session of …
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August 4, 2017Demanding apology by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the eviction of Opposition leader Abdul Mannan from West Bengal Assembly last week leading to his illness, state Congress president Adhir Chowdhury today described Banerjee's visit to ailing Mannan as a 'drama'. Chowdhury also said that Banerjee's visit to the hospital where Mannan has been admitted on …
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February 12, 2017Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly Abdul Mannan, was shifted out of intensive care of a private hospital here on Saturday, a medical bulletin said. The Congress leader was admitted after he fell sick following a scuffle with the security officials in the assembly on Wednesday after his suspension by Speaker Biman Banerjee. …
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February 11, 2017Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal assembly Abdul Mannan, was shifted out of intensive care of a private hospital here on Saturday, a medical bulletin said. The Congress leader was admitted after he fell sick following a scuffle with the security officials in the assembly on Wednesday after his suspension by Speaker Biman Banerjee. …
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February 11, 2017Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Abdul Mannan, who was taken ill during a scuffle with the security staff in the house, underwent a permanent pacemaker implant at a private city hospital on Friday. "Abdul Mannan underwent… dual chamber MRI compatible Permanent Pacemaker Implantation this morning," Apollo Gleneagles Hospital said in a medical …
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February 10, 2017