Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that INDIA bloc's meeting scheduled for tomorrow will be an opportunity to discuss the seat-sharing formula among the Opposition parties, with just months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the Prime Minister candidate of the opposition alliance - INDIA bloc will be decided after 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Standing firm behind expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and calling her expulsion "unfortunate," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that expelling TMC MP without giving her chance to defend herself was "wrong".
Following the suspension of 46 opposition MPs in two days from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the Winter Session, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the BJP-led Centre is running a "mockery of democracy."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the central government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has halted funds for various social welfare programs, alleging a desire to impose a "saffron" hue on the state's initiatives.
"The central government should release the funds that are due. This is our right. However, if they try to create a financial blockade, we will hit the streets," TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the nonpayment of West Bengal's MGNREGA dues, saying either release the funds or vacate the office.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that she has requested time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) funds disbursal when she will be visiting Delhi from December 18 to 20.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar President Samrat Chaudhary on Friday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should have ordered a probe against Mahua Moitra but she did not.
On a day that the Lok Sabha expelled Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra from the house, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tore into the BJP.
"You don't tell us what is important or what is not. Your Ministry has stolen Rs 7000 crores of MGNREGA wages from the poorest of the poor," Moitra who is facing the heat of the 'cash for query' allegations said while speaking to ANI on Thursday.