Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit out at Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee accusing him of twisting facts "known to everyone in the House" and rejected allegations by TMC MPs that West Bengal did not find s mention in the Union Budget, stating that "it i
Speaking in the Lower House, the TMC MP asserted that the current government practises favouritism, saying, "the Constitution promises equality among states."
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said, "At 1:14 pm today, we submitted a motion for a no-confidence motion against the Speaker under rule 94C rules and procedures." A total of 118 MPs have signed the notice of no-confidence motion against the Lok Sabha Speaker, according to Congress sources.
He said that while the ECI had requested 294 Grade A, IAS, and WBCS officers, only 225 were provided, and they were B and C category West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) officers.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday accused the West Bengal government of failing to protect Hindus in the state, alleging rising atrocities against women and attacks on opposition workers.
BJP leader Nisith Pramanik on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to the West Bengal government to release the pending dearness allowance (DA) to state employees.
The Supreme Court has directed the West Bengal government to clear a 25% dearness allowance (DA) for state workers, teachers, and police officers. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M) State Secretary, Md Salim, welcomed the decision, calling it a "rightful entitlement" that the
Ahead of the assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a Rs 500 monthly increase in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme and proposed a new portal to extend social security benefits to gig workers.
The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) faces a major challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Amid this, the TMC, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has not initiated any alliance discussions with the Congress or any ally, despite being part of the Opposition's INDIA Bloc.
Chief Minister Banerjee flagged another issue in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was "not allowing State offices to participate in the exercise". She claimed that instead, the Commission had appointed "micro-observers sitt