Tag: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: Days after losing her cool on BJP activists chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and front ranking leaders of her Trinammol Congress changed their display picture on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to ‘Jay Hind, Jay Bangla on Sunday night. Earlier in the day, Banerjee in a detailed […]

Unnao: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, known for his controversial statements, has now said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “belongs to the family of demon king Hiranyakashyap”, an ancient Hindu ruler who is believed to have put his son Prahlad in jail and tortured him for believing in God. “When we talk of West […]

Kolkata: Almost a month after the vandalising of the statue of Bengali polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during the BJP President Amit Shah’s road show in the state capital, the West Bengal government has decided to replace the bust as a symbolic gesture on June 11 at the college named after the social reformer. The state […]

Kolkata: Assuring the Muslim community that they have nothing to fear, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said with its help she would fight “every battle” to save the country. Banerjee acknowledged that the community has helped her uphold secularism, national unity, the ethos of the country and the state as also “every social […]

Varanasi: Mahant Balak Das of Patalpuri temple here in Uttar Pradesh has sent a copy of “Ramcharitmanas” to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the hope that reading it will ‘purify her thinking. “I hope her mindset will get purified once she reads the ‘Ramcharitmanas’. She is opposing the slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ which […]

Kolkata: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of inciting violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that no victory march of the saffron party would be allowed in the state henceforth and asked the police to take strong action against the violators. “I have information that the BJP has created disturbances […]

Kolkata: In an indication that she would skip the June 15 NITI Aayog meeting, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying it was “fruitless” for her to attend the deliberations as the body has no financial powers and the power to support state plans. In a letter to Modi […]

Kolkata: At least eight persons were allegedly killed and several others injured and missing following a clash between West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP workers in North 24 Parganas, sources in both parties claimed on Sunday. While the state BJP sources claimed that five of their activists have been shot dead by the […]

Kolkata: Iterating that the law and order situation was “under control”, West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government has told the centre that “firm and appropriate actions” were initiated in case of a few “stray post-poll clashes” in the state. The state government’s statement in response to Union Home Ministry’s advisory issued on Sunday regarding continuing violence […]

Kolkata: Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was spreading rumours about violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the saffron party of plotting a conspiracy to topple her government. “There is no point sending me behind bars. If the BJP thinks it can stop me from opposing them by shutting […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a bust of Bengali polymath Iswarchandra Vidyasagar at Kolkata’s Hare School, 28 days after another bust of the 19th century reformer was vandalised at a city college during BJP President Amit Shah’s road show. Banerjee, who was invited by the West Bengal Department of Higher […]

Kolkata: Reprimanding the striking state hospital doctors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave them a four-hour ultimatum to withdraw their strike and warned of “strong action’ if they do not resume work within the deadline. Banerjee visited the state-run Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital, where the junior doctors had joined in […]

Kolkata: Health services in West Bengal’s state-run hospitals on Friday remained disrupted as protesting doctors continued their strike despite repeated requests by patients’ families to start treatment. The junior doctors at the NRS Medical College and Hospital – the epicentre of the protests – continued their sit-in. However, hospital gates were opened enabling normalcy of […]

Kanchrapara (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday intensified her demand for the return of the ballot paper system in polling and said her party will start a movement with this demand on the July 21 Martyr’s Day Rally. Accusing the BJP of programming the EVMs used in the 2019 polls, the […]

Kanchrapara (WB): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday insisted that those living in West Bengal will have to learn to speak in Bengali as she accused the BJP of targeting Bengalis and minorities to replicate the “Gujarat model” to capture power in the state. She said she would never allow the BJP to turn West Bengal […]