Amid the raging political war of words between the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP over the arrest of strongman and key Sandeshkhali-accused Sheikh Shahjahan, the Centre's independent fact-finding team on Sunday visited the island in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) clashed with police and (Rapid Action Force) RAF as they protested in front of Basirhat SP office on the Sandeshkhali issue in West Bengal on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday came down heavily on the ruling Trinamool Congress, claiming that the "TMC goons and land mafias have been given a free hand for hooliganism in the state," referring to the recent allegation of "sexual abuse" and "land grab" against Shahjahan Sheikh.
Tearing into the Trinamool Congress over the allegations of "sexual abuse" and "land grab" in the Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal and the subequent arrest of TMC strongman and prime accused, Shahjahan Sheikh Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the ruli
Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata on Friday, BJP MP Dilip Ghosh claimed that the TMC supremo is running everywhere to save her party following the arrest of Shahjahan Sheikh, facing accusations of "sexual assault and
Amid reports that Sandeshkhali prime accused Sheikh Shahjahan is not cooperating with the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that officers from the CID will lose their lives if they question the Trinamool Congress strongman.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers including the party's Mahila Morcha workers and Bhopal Mayor Malti Rai burned an effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday while protesting against the Sandeshkhali incident.
"Mamata Banerjee saved Shahjahan in such a manner that no sections of women harassment have been registered against him. You have set a standard of appeasement. You took a long time to arrest him. For votes and appeasement, you are saving people like Shahjahan and allowing such people to
Launching a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government over the arrest of of absconding strongman and Sandeshkhali accused Sheikh Shahjahan, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that he had never seen such a 'ruthless' Chief Minister like Mamata Banerjee and alleged
Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who filed PIL in the Supreme Court and sought an independent probe in the Sandeshkhali incident, said on Thursday that it was surprising that after court allowed the CBI and ED to arrest Sheikh Shahjahan, within a few hours he was arrested by the West Bengal p
After the arrest of absconding TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, who was on the run for 55 days, West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said that the TMC has never taken any step to shield any offender.