The TMC has alleged of denial of MGNREGA and other housing scheme funds by the central government to the state while the BJP-led Centre has dismissed the claim by Mamata Banerjee’s party.
As the TMC leaders gathered in the national capital to protest against the alleged withholding of funds by the Centre, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government saying that they also did a scam in a scheme named after Mahatma
Commenting on the alleged attack, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said, "These people are scared, that is why they are doing this. Their fear has started showing. Why else would they do such things?"
Opposing the privatization of Nagarnar steel plant, the ruling Congress party has called for a Bastar district bandh in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the district.
Khalistan supporters gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London to stage a protest on Monday. There was a heavy presence of British security forces at the High Commission and the protestors were restricted to the opposite side of the High Commission
The National Ulema Mashaikh Parishad (NUMP) of Bangladesh led these protests on Sunday, staging demonstrations at the North Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, as reported by Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper.
“Nothing to celebrate” was the central theme of the protest, organised by China’s persecuted communities, including Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, Tibetans and Uyghurs, according to Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group.
Trinamool Congress party workers have gathered at the Rajghat in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti and held a protest against the central government alleging a lack of fund allocation for MGNREGA and other social security schemes for West Bengal.
Amid the world's criticism of the atrocities done to Uyghurs, Dhaka and Narayanganj has witnessed protest rallies, demanding justice for Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, reported Dhaka Tribune.
The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) expressed solidarity with the ongoing struggle against the Marhi Jalbani Massacre in Sindh, Pakistan by holding a protest on October 1 opposite 10 Downing Street, the residence of the UK Prime Minister.