Kolkata: The deadline for the two rival factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to submit documents to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the party’s name and election symbol ends at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, marking a crucial stage in the ongoing political battle. The dispute is between the faction led by former West.
Kolkata: Barring a few exceptions, most senior former ministers from the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal cabinet (2011–2026) have shifted to the Trinamool Congress’ “rebel majority” faction led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee. The latest to join the camp is former Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) and former state president Chandrima Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya,.
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday reacted sharply to the resignation of Trinamool Congress leader Chandrima Bhattacharya from all party posts, saying the ruling party was witnessing a growing pattern of internal exits and questioning its organisational strength. Speaking to reporters, Ghosh said, “There was a time in the country when returning.
Kolkata: As the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked both the factions of the Trinamool Congress to submit their responses by July 6 on the dispute over organisational elections and authorised signatories, the Mamata Banerjee-led camp is preparing a defence centred on two key arguments against the claim of the rival faction led by.
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday extended the interim protection from coercive police action, including arrest, for Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in the ongoing CID probe into the West Bengal legislators’ signature mismatch case. However, while granting the extension till July 17 in the.
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the notice from the Criminal Investigation (CID) of the West Bengal Police for the collection of his voice samples on June 30 as directed by a district court in North.
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim stay on the FIR registered against actress-turned politician and former Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Mimi Chakraborty, based on a complaint filed against her by event organiser Tanay Shastri, who also filed a Rs 20 lakh defamation suit against her.
Kolkata: The group of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha members, led by two four-time Lok Sabha members, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Stabdi Roy, who recently joined the virtually non-existent and Tripura-based National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), is considering filing a defamation suit against Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, over a recent “libellous” social.
