Suprotim Mukherjee

Abhishek Banerjee fails to get HC protection against ED

September 13, 2023

Abhishek Banerjee, the MP from Diamond Harbour and the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, has appealed to the Calcutta High Court for protection against arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged multi-crore school recruitment scam in West Bengal. The ED has summoned Banerjee to...

Mamata clips Babul Supriyo’s wings

September 12, 2023

Babul Supriyo, the former Union minister and BJP MP from Asansol, who joined the Trinamool Congress after being dropped from the cabinet of Narendra Modi, has had his wings clipped in his new party as well. Today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee unveiled changes in her line-up of Ministers...

Netaji’s grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose quits BJP: ‘Impossible for me to continue’

September 7, 2023

KOLKATA Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose, who had served as the party’s vice-president between 2016 and 2020, resigned from the BJP on Wednesday citing irreconcilable differences. In his resignation letter addressed to party president Jagat Prakash Nadda with copies marked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home...

BJP dares Mamata to denounce Stalin Jr’s comment on Sanatana dharma

September 5, 2023

West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari today lashed out at DMK leader Udayanidhi Stalin for his comments on Sanatana Dharma, calling them irresponsible and derogatory. He also challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to criticise Udayanidhi Stalin, son of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...

Cracks appear in I.N.D.I.A. alliance as TMC pushes for Mamata as PM face

August 17, 2023

Less than a month after the opposition parties met in Bengaluru to form the I.N.D.I.A. alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, cracks have emerged. The Trinamool Congress has taken the initiative by proposing party chief Mamata Banerjee as “the ideal PM” face. Senior party figures have urged their “digital...

PM Modi, Nadda’s addresses amp up morale of Bengal BJP

August 14, 2023

Powerful addresses by PM Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda have energised Bengal BJP leaders who were feeling demoralised after the violence and less than expected performance in the recently concluded Panchayat polls. Party president Nadda was on a three-day visit to Bengal and engaged...

Unending violence surrounding rural polls in West Bengal continues

August 12, 2023

The cycle of violence connected to rural polls in West Bengal seems never-ending. One month after the results were declared, violence erupted once again among supporters of all political parties in most districts of the state over the formation of panchayat boards. Parties resorted to desperate attempts to lure members...

Mamata Banerjee’s tribal outreach strategy for polls

August 10, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has introduced a series of initiatives to establish a stronger connection between her party and the tribal communities within the state. Simultaneously, she has strategically utilized the Manipur violence, which involves clashes between the indigenous Kukis and Meitei communities, as a means to challenge...

Mamata wooing Muslims with focus on 2024: BJP

August 4, 2023

At a time when many States such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam are taking steps to rein in unregistered madrasas, the West Bengal Government is going the opposite way. Opposition parties like the BJP and the ISF and even Muslim clerics are seeing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s move as an...

BJP to send 4-member Central team to probe Bengal rural poll violence

July 11, 2023

The central leadership of the BJP is sending a four-member team headed by former Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to visit the trouble-torn spots in West Bengal and submit a report to party president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Party sources said the BJP team would reach West Bengal on Tuesday and visit...

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