"Why are people like Shahjahan Sheikh important for Mamata Banerjee? These local strongmen and criminals, under state patronage, are tasked to deliver Muslim votes for the TMC," Amit Malviya said in a post on 'X'.
A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee launched an old-age pension scheme for senior citizens in his Diamond Harbour constituency, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote a letter to the Principal Director General of Income Tax, urging an investigation i
"There are big criminals and scamsters here...The incident happened near the Bangladesh border which is a sensitive area...There are inputs that he is hiding in some TMC leader's house but it's difficult to take action there," Dilip Ghosh said.
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.