West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that she was "deeply worried" about the flooding in several areas of both North Bengal and South Bengal, caused by sudden heavy rains, and assured that all necessary assistance would be sent to the affected families immediately.
The father of the RG Kar Medical College victim has strongly contested the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report that labels Kolkata as the safest city in India, calling it a misrepresentation of ground realities.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the DVC released 65,000 cusecs of water without prior notice to the State, with the intention of inflicting misery during festivities. She said that the state government would resist the conspiracy with full force.
The Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over a viral video showing her clapping to a song "Kaaba in my heart" at a Durga Pandal.
CM Banerjee also expressed her desire for more women in the police force, recalled past efforts to address waterlogging in the area, and urged people to ignore negativity.
"BJP is just opposing the state government on social media. When there was waterlogging in Delhi and Gurugram, there was no action from the BJP. Today, they are speaking a lot about the situation in Kolkata. We condemn politicisation of such an issue," she said.
The BJP leader also claimed that this is a deliberate attempt to demolish Bengal's economic future. The move sends a chilling message to investors about the safety of their investments in West Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the deaths of people who lost their lives due to an electrocution incident following the cloudburst. CM added that she has never seen such rain.
While the government hails it as a landmark reform, the Opposition criticises it as inadequate and a "historic blunder" being corrected after eight years.
Following the implementation of the revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates from today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the NDA government and said that all the relief will come from the coffers of state governments, and the central government did not spend a single