Kolkata, Feb. 17: In a strategic bid to dismantle the Trinamool Congress’s decade-and-a-half hold on power, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unveiled an expansive state-wide mobilisation under the banner of a ten-day “Parivartan Yatra.” Beginning March 1, the campaign is set to traverse more…
Kolkata, Jan. 8: Barely three months before the Assembly elections, West Bengal witnessed a constitutional and political flashpoint on Thursday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly forced her way into the office of Pratik Jain, the owner of political consultancy firm I-PAC, during an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid, triggering sharp…
Kolkata, Aug. 18: Amid mounting reports of alleged atrocities against Bengali-speaking migrant workers in various parts of the country, particularly those governed by the BJP, the Bengal government on Monday announced a new, politically charged rehabilitation package. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee unveiled the scheme, named “Sramashree” promising assured employment and…
Chakdaha/Birnagar, May 4: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that a viral video has revealed the sinister plot of the BJP to malign Bengal’s image with their fabricated tales of Sandeshkhali. Speaking at two election rallies in Chakdaha and Birnagar in support of party candidate Mukutmani Adhikari on…
Betai, May 2: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday tried to reach out to the Matuas in their domain in Nadia’s Tehatta reminding them that the BJP’s citizenship promise is a trap to identify them as “foreigners” and eventually to snatch all rights and facilities of a bonafide citizen….
Bogula, April 28: Launching a blistering attack on Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP National President J.P.Nadda on Sunday accused her of spreading “anarchy” and also alleged that despite having a woman chief minister the women in the state are not safe. Speaking in Bogula, Nadda alleged that Mamata Banerjee…
Krishnanagar, March 31: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ridiculed BJP’s target to win 400 seats in the Lok Sabha election and put a challenge before the saffron party to show its capability to win at least 200 seats. At the same time she urged people to re-elect her party nominee Mahua…
Calcutta: Senior BJP leader and party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has accused Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of playing with the people of Bengal with “ugly” politics forgetting her past that once established her as a “fighter” against atrocities. A little after arriving in Calcutta on Wednesday along with four…
Kolkata, April 27: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the Superintendent of police of Ranaghat Sayak Das and his team for the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor girl in Hanshkhali that has caused sheer embarrassment to the state government. Visibly under pressure for the bizarre incident…
Nabadwip, April 16: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that her party would appeal the Election Commission of India not to allow entry to the ‘outsiders’ without the ‘compulsory’ negative RTPCR test report, while accusing the BJP that the ‘outsider’, the party have brought to organise rallies contributed…