Hitting out at the BJP government after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj, in a chilling turn of events, on Saturday night, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Sunday said the saffron party has turned India into a "mafia republic".
Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that Abhishek Banerjee will never become Bengal CM, Trinamool Congress MP said that if the Centre releases Rs 1.15 lakh crore which is due for the West Bengal, he assures to withdraw from the political arena.
A Rajya Sabha notification regarding the acceptance of the resignation reads, "Luizinho Joaquim Faleiro, an elected Member of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), representing the State of West Bengal, resigned his seat in the Rajya Sabha and his resignation has been accepted by the Chairman
In significant decisions that have ramifications for national polity, the Election Commission on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition from Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamool Congress.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday thanked the Election Commission for derecognising Trinamool Congress as a national party and asked the party when it is removing "All India" from its party's name.
The Trinamool Congress is exploring legal options to challenge the Election Commission's decision to withdraw the national party status of the TMC, sources said on Monday.
In significant decisions, the Election Commission on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition given to the Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamool Congress
While addressing the media, former Justice Narasimha Reddy said, "We are not allowed to visit violence-hit areas. Even in areas where they have not implemented Section 144, we are not allowed to go. I think the police department knows that after visiting those places we will get to know what
Speaking to ANI, about the violence during Rama Navami in West Bengal, Saha said, "It is painful, everybody wants peace. This culture has been in West Bengal for a long time."
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged that some tribal women who had joined the BJP were forced by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to perform dandavat parikrama as punishment and then they were forced to rejoin the state's ruling party.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday hit out at the centre over the stalemate in the Parliament and called it "serious destruction of Parliament".
Training his guns at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence in the state during Ram Navami celebrations, senior advocate and BJP MP Mahesh Jethmalani on Tuesday said of all the 'pseudo-secular' parties, the "most dangerously communal" is was the Banerjee led Trinamoo