By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata: The charisma of Mamata Banerjee, a well-oiled party machinery spread down to the grassroots, a strong support base among the minorities and a record of achieving thumping victories in all elections since coming to power is what makes Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress a formidable force[Read More…]
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Political Calculus: Bengal, BJP and Mamata Banerjee
By Jayanta Ghosal It was a different time and a different India. The year, 1989. Nine years after it was established, the BJP with 85 seats was now one of the largest parties in the house. The Left Front government in Bengal seemed invincible and its sway over the state[Read More…]
2019 Polls: Will sound and fury of PM Narendra Modi’s rapid fire end up in a whimper?
Before Modi this has been the case in 1977 because of some of the actions of the late Indira Gandhi and over a decade after her debacle also with her son Rajiv Gandhi.
Modi is master of corruption: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi for terming the opposition alliance as ‘mahamilawat’ (grand adulteration), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dubbed him “master of corruption and arrogance”. Addressing a rally in Jalpaiguri district, Modi also accused the opposition parties of coming together to protect the fraudsters, touts[Read More…]
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma terms Mamata’s allegation frivolous, baseless
Guwahati, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday called “frivolous and baseless” the charge made against him by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that there was “evidence” of his involvement in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. Banerjee’s allegation on Sunday triggered a war of words in Assam[Read More…]
Adityanath won’t win another election from UP: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state. She was responding to a question regarding Adityanath’s public address[Read More…]
Andhra CM to visit Kolkata meet Mamata
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday will visit Kolkata to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and express his solidarity. After presentation of the Vote-on-Account budget in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Naidu will fly to Kolkata, where Banerjee continues her sit-in to protest against the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar sees ‘politics of vote’ behind Mamata sit-in
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said no one has any concern for the country and that political parties are only concerned about the votes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Desh ki chinta kisi ko nahi hai. Rajnitik dalon ko kewal vote ki chinta hai,” Nitish[Read More…]
Bengal: Once close to Mamata Banerjee, former IPS Bharati Ghosh joins BJP
On Monday, former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For more than six years, Ghosh was the West Midnapore superintendent of police, after that, on December 26 last year, she was transferred as commandant of the third battalion of the state armed police. But she resigned[Read More…]
Mamata clarifies over missing police commissioner reports; calls it BJP’s ‘Political Vendetta’
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has reportedly gone ‘missing’ after he was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scams. Responding to the reports, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday she was “sorry” that Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar[Read More…]
BJP will drive out infiltrators from Bengal: Amit Shah
Contai (West Bengal): Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government on the refugee crisis, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said if elected to power, the BJP will ensure citizenship to all refugees and drive away all the infiltrators from Bengal. “The infiltrators, the Rohingiyas are welcomed in Bengal,[Read More…]
Congress MP Mausam Noor joins TMC in presence of Mamata Banerjee.
Congress MP Mausam Noor joins Trinamool Congress in presence of Mamata Banerjee in Nabanna. Mausam Noor was a Second Term Member of Parliament Lok Sabha from the Indian State of West Bengal on Congress ticket. She entered politics when she contested and won from Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency after the demise of her mother in 2009.
Mahagathbandhan at Twitter: Mamata Banerjee sides with Akhilesh Yadav & Mayawati, accuses BJP of ‘political vendetta’
5 names of top political leaders who share their opposition of BJP with each other of were seen together in a Tweet. It started when Mamata Banerjee, the Chief of All India Trinamool Congress and the Chief Minister of West Bengal took to Twitter to share her disgruntled-ness on BJP’s[Read More…]
Opposition accuses Modi of using agencies for political vendetta
Not just the Congress but prominent opposition leaders including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal flayed the Narendra Modi government for using the agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition. Strongly condemning the CBI booking Hooda and raiding his residences in connection with a[Read More…]
BJP harassing opposition parties: Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee’s outburst on twitter came on a sat the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case against former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda in connection with alleged irregularities in land allocation. Alleging that the saffron outfit was carrying out “political vendetta”, she said nobody was being[Read More…]
Opposition joining hands to save themselves, stop Modi’s development: Smriti Irani
Jhargram (West Bengal): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday claimed that the opposition leaders, who have no connection with the country’s development or people’s welfare, came together at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s mega opposition rally in Kolkata last week out of[Read More…]
‘Remove BJP’ campaign gets a boost with Kolkata rally but challenges remain
New Delhi: The “BJP hatao” campaign of opposition parties got a major boost at the Kolkata rally convened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee but the idea of a “mahagathbandhan (grand alliance)” continues to be a challenge over the absence of a common face to take on Prime Minister[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee’s Mega Opposition Rally: Which leader said what?
With top leaders of the country marking their attendance at Brigade Parks Ground, Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee’s rally saw multitude of people. Top leaders like, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s and leader of opposition in Bihar’s Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Yadav, Janata Dal(S)[Read More…]
Mamata Rally in Kolkata Live Updates: “If you are ‘Chaukidar’, the people of this country are ‘Thanedar’ “, says RJD leader, Tejashwi Yadav
LIVE UPDATES: Watch Live: 3:18 PM if you are “Chaukidar”, the people of this country are “Thanedar”: Tejeshwi Yadav, RJD leader 3:10 PM “People want a new leadership”, says dissident BJP leader @ShatruganSinha 2:45 PM “Centre is victimising leaders of Opposition parties using all machinery”: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular)[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge to attend West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’ grand opposition rally
Mallikarjun Kharge will attend the grand opposition rally organized by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The rally is set to take place at the Brigade Parks Ground in Kolkata on January 19. Top leaders like, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s and leader[Read More…]
Mamata observes Swami Vivekananda’s 156th birth anniversary
Kolkata, Urging everyone to remember Swami Vivekananda’s message of peace and brotherhood, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday observed the great thinker’s 156th birth anniversary. “Today is the birth anniversary of the great preacher and philosopher, #SwamiVivekananda. We must always remember the message of peace and brotherhood that[Read More…]
Setback for Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Saumitra Khan joins BJP
New Delhi: In a setback to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saumitra Khan on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Khan’s induction in the saffron party was announced at a press conference here following his meeting with BJP[Read More…]
Mamata announces life insurance, financial aid for farmers
Kolkata, In a bid to woo farmers ahead of new year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a yearly financial aid worth Rs 5,000 per acre for all the peasant family in the state. Banerjee also announced a life insurance coverage worth Rs 2 lakh for each[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee marks 134th foundation day of Indian National Congress
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid homage to A.O. Hume, the founder of Indian National Congress party, on its 134th foundation day. “Homage to A.O. Hume, the founder of @INCIndia and Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, the first President of the party on its 134th Foundation Day,” Banerjee[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee can be face of anti-BJP coalition after Lok Sabha polls: Yashwant Sinha
Kolkata: Praising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said she has all the qualities to be the face of a coalition that can be formed at the Centre if the incumbent Narendra Modi-led dispensation is defeated in the coming Lok Sabha polls.[Read More…]