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Omar, Mehbooba hail Mamata for standing against BJP, question EC
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her predecessor Omar Abdullah have extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is locked in a bitter fight with BJP, while questioning the Election Commission's decision to
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Bengal has money to make Vidyasagar's statue: Mamata hits back at Modi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Hours after Narendra Modi promised a grand statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where the old one stood before being vandalised, Mamata Banerjee shot back and asserted that West Bengal has the money required for the polymath'
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Mamata Banerjee biggest fascist, murderer of democracy: BJP
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): With the TMC and BJP at loggerheads over violence in Kolkata, new accusations are being made by both sides. The BJP on Thursday not only termed Mamata Banerjee the "biggest fascist and murderer of democracy" but also said that Election Commission should ha
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TMC goons should be taken into preventive custody ahead of polls: Javadeka
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said TMC "goons" who are disturbing the political fabric of West Bengal should be taken into preventive custody a day prior to elections in order to ensure that violence-free polling takes place in the state. Read More
Modi promises grand Vidyasagar statue, as battle with TMC intensifies
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack against Mamata Banerjee by stating that she has no belief in the elected Prime Minister of India and said he had to leave the stage at a rally in West Bengal due to "TMC hooliganism". Modi al
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People will bring down Mamata Banerjee from power for 'fanning violence':
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of fanning violence in the state, Shiv Sena on Thursday said that people will bring her down from power the way CPI(M) was removed from office.
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Mukul Roy lashes out at Mamata, says BJP will abide by EC order barring ca
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy on Wednesday said that his party will obey the Election Commission's decision to cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
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Mamata slams EC's 'unfair', 'politically biased' decision
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Hours after the Election Commission curtailed election campaign period in West Bengal for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the poll body of acting at the behest of BJP and termed the decis
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Classic case of breakdown of constitutional machinery: Jaitley on Kolkata
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday lauded the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaigning in West Bengal and called violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow a "classical case of breakdown of the constitutional machiner
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BJP workers hold countrywide protest against Kolkata violence, Mamata's 'a
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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PM Modi hits out at Mamata, says her nephew's office will be locked up aft
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her 'anarchist behaviour' in the state and said her nephew Abhishek Banerjee's office will be 'locked' up soon after the results of Lok
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BJP, TMC trade charges over violence during Amit Shah's Kolkata roadshow
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata/New Delhi, [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP and TMC on Wednesday traded charges accusing each other of letting loose violence during Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took out a 7-km-long protest march in the state capital.
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