TRINAMOOL MP QUITS
Third Eye: Rajya Sabha seat and the 'jinx' attached to it; appreciating elusive political awards, finally??; and speech is silver, silence is golden?? Trinamool MP Jawhar Sircar's resignation from the Rajya Sabha seat, citing corruption, has led some party leaders to believe the seat is 'jinxed'. Previously, Dinesh Trivedi also resigned from the same seat under similar allegations. Meanwhile, Ajit...
13 Sep, 2024, 12.21 AM ISTTrinamool MP quits, says 'have not seen such angst' against government Trinamool leader Jawhar Sircar resigned as Rajya Sabha MP in protest against the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and corruption in state governance. In his resignation letter to Mamata Banerjee, he criticized the government's h...
08 Sep, 2024, 11.44 PM ISTKolkata rape-murder: BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi cites Sircar's letter, says WB's TMC govt being questioned by all Senior BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi criticized the Trinamool Congress after TMC MP Jawhar Sircar expressed disillusionment with the West Bengal government's handling of a rape and murder case. Sircar announced his resignation from Rajya Sabha, citin...
08 Sep, 2024, 10.13 PM IST
TMC MP Jawhar Sircar seeks to resign from Rajya Sabha over RG Kar doctor's rape-murder incident Former senior bureaucrat and Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar has expressed his desire to resign from his MP post and quit politics. In a letter to Mamata Banerjee, he cited corruption in the party and the RG Kar incident as reasons for his de...
08 Sep, 2024, 01.52 PM ISTBJP trying to gain political mileage from incident of rape-murder of trainee doctor: Congress MP Tariq Anwar Tariq Anwar criticized BJP for politicizing the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, calling it exploitative. Concurrently, JP Nadda from BJP labeled the TMC-led West Bengal government as failing its people, describing it as anti-wom...
19 Aug, 2024, 10.08 AM ISTPoll fever missing in Bankura as a doctor, two lawyers fight it out In the Bankura Lok Sabha constituency, election excitement is notably absent despite typical election paraphernalia. Polling is scheduled for May 25, but locals remain indifferent, prioritizing daily life. BJP's Subhas Sarkar, TMC's Arup Chakraborty...
23 May, 2024, 05.23 PM ISTMallikarjun Kharge lauds Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Congress's 'ladaku sipahi' in West Bengal "Woh hamarey ladaku sipahi hain (he is our combative solider)," Kharge said on Monday about Chowdhury, who has only intensified his offensive against Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, by alleging that she has used violence to crush the Congr...
20 May, 2024, 06.44 PM ISTEx-PM’s grandson, MP, now sex offender? The case against Prajwal Revanna The alleged sex scandal involving incumbent Lok Sabha MP Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna is getting uglier by the minute as leaders and political parties trade insults and spar over who's to blame
02 May, 2024, 02.26 PM IST'Had already resigned': Kunal Ghosh after being removed as TMC general secy Kunal Ghosh, ex-Trinamool Congress general secretary, resigned earlier and questioned the press release after a public event with BJP's Tapas Roy. He emphasized serving the party and warned against attributing personal views. Derek O'Brien's signatu...
02 May, 2024, 01.43 PM ISTKatchatheevu made poll issue without considering India-Sri Lanka ties: Yashwant Sinha Modi had targeted the Congress as well as the DMK over the ceding of the islet in 1974 by the then-party-led government. He had cited a media report to assert that new facts revealed that the Congress "callously" gave away Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka.
11 Apr, 2024, 04.25 PM ISTTMC's Abhishek Banerjee dares BJP to launch schemes like Lakshmir Bhandar in states it rules Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee challenged BJP to implement a social welfare scheme like 'Lakshmir Bhandar' in BJP-ruled states. The scheme provides financial aid to underprivileged women, with increased assistance in the latest budget. ...
30 Mar, 2024, 05.15 PM ISTHopeful of turnaround in Bengal in Lok Sabha polls: CPI(M) The CPI(M) in West Bengal is optimistic for a turnaround in the Lok Sabha polls, banking on voter disillusionment with the TMC and BJP. Promising a fair election process, the party aims to capitalize on growing dissent and issues like unemployment a...
26 Mar, 2024, 09.25 AM ISTGangetic plains, Midnapore hold key to Lok Sabha polls in Bengal Intense political battle in West Bengal as Mamata Banerjee's TMC faces BJP in crucial regions like Gangetic Plains, Midnapore, Jalpaiguri, and Matua belt. Factors like SC/ST candidates, district dynamics, and key leaders play significant roles.
17 Mar, 2024, 04.50 PM ISTEC didn't take into account West Bengal govt's views: TMC on seven-phase polling in state Trinamool Congress criticizes Election Commission for ignoring West Bengal government's views on seven-phase Lok Sabha polls. MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raises concerns over federal structure. Voting from April 19 to June 1.
16 Mar, 2024, 05.40 PM ISTTMC MLA Tapas Roy resigns after expressing displeasure over party functioning ??Roy, the TMC deputy chief whip in the assembly, slammed the party leadership for allegedly not standing by him when his residence was raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January.
04 Mar, 2024, 03.26 PM ISTMimi Chakraborty resigns from Trinamool Congress, returns to acting full-time, says she was ‘mentally tortured’ by party members ? The star, who was a member of the Trinamool Congress Party, handed over her resignation letter to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, saying that politics was not her cup of tea.
16 Feb, 2024, 12.28 PM ISTDays after quitting AAP, Haryana leader Ashok Tanwar joins BJP Former Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar, who recently left the Aam Aadmi Party, has now joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This move by Tanwar is seen as an attempt by the ruling party to expand its support base in the state.
20 Jan, 2024, 11.28 PM IST'It was like a terrorist attack,' TMC MP on Parliament security breach TMC MPs, including Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, likened the Parliament security breach to a terror attack, expressing concern over the lack of security personnel during the intrusion. Dastidar highlighted the absence of immediate security response and que...
14 Dec, 2023, 03.20 PM ISTShatrughan Sinha in favour of Mamata Banerjee as PM "The PM's claim may go down in history as yet another goof up by the leader who famously spoke of Alexander reaching the shores of the Ganges and Kabir and Nanak meeting in Gorakhpur. Of course, becoming the Prime Minister does not make you a schola...
14 Aug, 2023, 04.02 PM ISTTMC's Luizinho Faleiro resigns as Rajya Sabha member; party to announce new candidate for seat Long being sidelined from the party affairs in Goa, Faleiro was being nudged by the TMC leadership to resign from the Rajya Sabha.
11 Apr, 2023, 04.39 PM IST