The standoff between the Governor and the state's ruling party, TMC, was triggered by a Raj Bhavan communication inviting the two newly elected MLAs of Bhagwangola and Baranagar, Reyat Hossain Sarkar and Banerjee, respectively, to take oath at the Governor's House on Wednesday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held meeting regarding the issues associated with the hawkers and encroachment in the state. All the concerned officials were present during the meet.
The West Bengal Governor and the state government are again at loggerheads over the oath ceremony of the two newly elected Trinamool MLAs. Biman Bandyopadhyay, the Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, questioned the Governor behind "delaying" the oath.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and MP from Kota, Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha after the motion for the same was moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The West Bengal government made it clear that FMCG major Britannia Industries Limited has no plan to exit the state and the company is "fully committed" to West Bengal.
Speaking to ANI on K Suresh's candidature for Lok Sabha Speaker, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee said, "We were not contacted about this, there was no discussion. Unfortunately, this is a unilateral decision."
"False claim spread by West Bengal Government that they were not consulted on the Internal Review of the India-Bangladesh Treaty of 1996 on Sharing of the Ganga/Ganges Waters at Farakka," the government sources said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday chaired a meeting with the Howrah Municipal Corporation and said that the biggest problem with which the city is grappling with is encroachment and asserted that encroachment on government land will be investigated.
Cricketer-turned-politician and now TMC MP Kirti Azad who has reached parliament for the first time after getting elected from Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat demanded 1,64,000 crores, allegedly due with the central government since 2021.
The three new criminal laws-- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshaya Adhiniyam, 2023-- to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 were notified on Decem
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