Abhishek acknowledged the impact of age on working capacity, stating that productivity reduces with age but clarified that while he is ready to take responsibility for the 2024 elections if assigned by Mamata Banerjee, she is effectively leading the party.
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday questioned why the Congress state chief, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury, was backtracking on his statement on the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, adding he wondered if it was because of the "fish fry alliance" with the TMC.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday said 2.75 TMC water will be released from Alamatti and Narayanpura reservoirs to save the chilli cultivation in the Upper Krishna basin.
"He (Shahjahan Sheikh) may have fled to Bangladesh. Didi has turned all those areas (North 24 Parganas' Sandeshkhali) into Bangladesh. Fleeing to Bangladesh is not a problem from there. He can go to Bangladesh at any time," Majumdar said while speaking to reporters.
To address the concerns of the farmers in the Krishna basin (Bagalkote, Kalburgi and Vijayapura), Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, announced the release of 2.75 TMC of water from Almatti dam at around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, whom he called the 'tallest leader of the grand old party in West Bengal' has also confirmed that the TMC stands for 'Talibani Mindset and Culture'.
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday lashed out at Trinamool Congress over the attack on the officials of the Enforcement Directorate in West Bengal and said that such incidents can also happen in Bihar if the probe agency starts taking action against RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav.
TMC leader Shankar Adhya was arrested by the ED after an extensive search of his premises in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district which comes a day after an ED team was attacked during raids in the case.
In a strong criticism of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following an attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in West Bengal, Union Minister Giriraj Singh asserted on Friday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appears to be heading a government akin to that of North Korean leader Kim
The ED officials were attacked and their vehicles were damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Thursday when they tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in connection with an alleged ration scam case.
The team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) left the residence of former Bongaon Municipality Chairman Shankar Adhya's father-in-law after a raid on Friday evening.
Amid the glare of central probe agencies on leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress over alleged misdeeds, a team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was attacked and its vehicles damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Friday morning.