Tag: Mamata Banerjee

New Delhi: The Congress said on Friday that the opposition was committed to field “the most credible and winning face” in the presidential elections due in July. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters that the opposition would contest to win the election and every possible effort is underway “without fear, favour or restriction and […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee on Tuesday met ailing Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, who is currently undergoing treatment at a city-based private hospital while under arrest in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. Banerjee, who arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday evening on a three-day tour to the state, went straight from Biju […]

Aligarh: A BJP youth leader has announced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Yogesh Varshney of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha made the statement after police clashed with people taking part in a Hanuman Jayanti rally in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. “She stands up for […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the twin blasts in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city which killed six persons. “Strongly condemn the suicide attack in Sylhet. My solidarity with the brothers and sisters in Bangladesh,” Banerjee tweeted. More than 40 others were injured in the explosions on Saturday near a militant hideout in the […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday dubbed the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay as “vendetta politics” by the Centre and announced nationwide protests against the Modi government’s “vindictive attitude”. Bandyopadhyay was earlier arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Rose Valley Chit Fund scam. Banerjee demanded […]

Taking a dig at the Mamata Banerjee government's decision to acquire an aircraft, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that the 'head of state', marred by fake vaccination conducted by a fake official, now wants to have a delusional flight

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi extended his support to Mamata Banerjee on Friday for her “show of unity” in Kolkata on January 19 and hoped that it would send a powerful message of a united India. Gandhi is likely to skip Mamata’s rally and the Congress has deputed its leader in the Lok Sabha, […]

Kolkata: The BJP in Bengal is contemplating to field “considerable” number of Muslim candidates in the Lok Sabha elections next year with an intent to make inroads into Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee’s solid support base among minorities, and corner a sizeable share of this numerically crucial vote bank. The saffron party’s aim to make a […]

Taking a dig at the media, Dhankhar said, "I was surprised to see the media in a shyness mode. Why no questions have been asked about the people who have been charge-sheeted. I have come to know about the pathetic state of affairs of the media,"

New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said if opposition parties could not agree on a unanimous candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a “small committee” could be formed to help them select a suitable nominee. Banerjee, who attended Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s lunch for 17 opposition parties here, said no names were […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan ridiculed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik and termed it as a bid to develop “mutual cooperation” to deal with chit fund scam probe. The Petroleum minister, barely an hour after the meeting between the two chief ministers of […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional parties are strong enough to counter the BJP, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today after meeting her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, who made no comment on the perceived saffron surge in his state. “The regional parties are enough to tackle the BJP,” Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee told reporters after a […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said all regional parties must work together for better federalism even as she accused the BJP of indulging in “divisive” politics to defame Hindutva. “Our effort will be to ensure that all regional parties work together for better federalism in the country. They should be strong,” Banerjee, […]

Puri: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday visited the 12th century Jagannath temple here and had a smooth ‘darshan’ of Lord Jagannath amidst tight security as some groups were opposed to her visit. Banerjee reached at the temple’s lion gate at about 6 pm. She was welcomed by the priests and the temple […]

Bhubaneswar: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today decided to field party candidates in the 2018 Odisha urban local bodies elections. TMC state president Arya Kumar Gyanendra said this after Banerjee met the party’s state leaders in Puri. “We have been instructed to create a field for the next urban polls and […]