"When I listened to my mothers and sisters there I could not believe that this could happen in Kabi guru Rabindranath Tagore's place," the Governor said.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) carried out a protest rally from Jadavpur to Garia on Sunday against the BJP-led central government for withholding central funds and the alleged misuse of central agencies.
As the BJP organised a massive show of strength at the heart of Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with members of the ruling Trinamool Congress, sat on a dharna on the Assembly premises over the alleged non-payment of pending MGNREGA funds by the Centr
"It was a 'Dhanda'(business) not a 'Dharna' (protest). Now since the protest has been lifted, the business will also be stopped. The protest was just a distraction from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The people of Bengal know this," BJP leader Maj
Amid the dharna by the TMC outside the Raj Bhavan, the West Bengal governor on Sunday called the Trinamool representatives, including Abhishek Banerjee, but they refused to meet. So the Governor, CV Anand Bose, has given an appointment to the TMC delegation at 4:00 PM on Monday in Raj Bhavan
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said that Jagdeep Dhankhar was catapulted to Vice President's office as a reward for continuously opposing the West Bengal government while he was the Governor of the state.
In his post on X, Adhikari claimed that West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has instructed the Chief Secretary to remove the agitators from within the prohibitory area around the Raj Bhavan where Section 144 has been imposed.
Banerjee was seen seated at the 'Rajbhavan Chalo' makeshift stage along with other party leaders. This comes amid ongoing raids on two TMC strongmen- Firhad Hakim and Madan Mitra by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since Sunday morning in the municipal jobs 'scam' case.
The Raj Bhavan protest staged by Trinamool Congress (TMC) against the Central government alleging a delay in fund allocation under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and other social security schemes for West Bengal entered the third day on Saturday in Kolkata.
BJP leader and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said in a press conference in Delhi that the present circumstances in Bengal and the misuse of the police in the state have been mentioned by members of other opposition parties as well.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Centre and Delhi Police over manhandling the party leaders who were protesting demanding the release of MGNREGA funds, and said that the BJP government have now crossed all limits to repress the voice of Bengal!”