In response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegations that her microphone was turned off during the NITI Aayog meeting, Supriyo Bhattacharya, General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), called the incident as discriminatory, asserting that all states have equal r
While addressing a press conference, after the NITI Aayog meeting, Subrahmanyam said that the West Bengal CM requested to speak early before lunch and "it was accepted."
Rawat's statement comes after, the West Bengal CM claimed that her microphone was switched off during a meeting of the NITI Aayog in the national capital on Saturday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was switched off while she was speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting and said that every chief minister was "allotted due time to speak".
"I can only say that these so-called INDI bloc members, it is not at all an alliance because Mamata did not give a single seat to Congress in polls," Pralhad Joshi said.
Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told ANI that it is "completely false" of Mamata Banerjee to claim that her microphone was switched off and claimed that every chief minister at the meeting was "allotted their due time to speak."
In a bid to alleviate the suffering of the common people in Odisha, former Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition, Naveen Patnaik, has reached out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to facilitate the smooth supply of potatoes to Odisha.
Earlier this week, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that her government would provide shelter to individuals from Bangladesh who seek refuge, amidst ongoing protests in the neighbouring country.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Union Budget 2024-25 by calling it politically motivated, directionless, anti-people, and lacking vision.
Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks offering shelter to "helpless people" from the neighbouring country, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday attacked the Trinamool Congress chief and said that this right belongs to the government of India,
"Tomorrow comes another 21st July! 21st July is a blood-soaked day in the history of Bengal. 13 lives were brutally taken away by the repressive regime of CPI( M) on this day in 1993. I lost 13 of my co-fighters on this day in my battle against repression. 21st July is therefore an emotive m
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned the Central government over the safety and security of passengers after Dibrugarh Express train derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda.