West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday welcomed the removal of West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar by the ECI, saying that Kumar's removal was inevitable due to his compromised position and inability to conduct a fair election.
Home Secretaries in six states-namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have been asked to step down. Additionally, the secretaries of the General Administrative Department in Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh have been removed.
Two people died and 13 others were rescued after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area, said West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose on Monday.
In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Shatrughan Sinha denounced the party's recent slogan "Ab ki baar 400 paar," suggesting it stemmed from fear rather than confidence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she is "saddened" after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area, adding that the rescue operation is underway.
Meanwhile, the general election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases from April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday. The counting will be held on June 4.
TMC leader Shashi Panja on Friday dismissed rumours that someone pushed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from behind and said that she felt a bit dizzy and then collapsed.
Trinamool Congress leader Shashi Panja reiterated party chief Mamata Banerjee's statement on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 saying that the BJP in the Centre brought the CAA and are 'playing' with it as they do not have a solution to the country's problems in the run-up to the