Sukanta sounds 2026 poll bugle from Gangasagar
BJP state president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar virtually sounded the bugle for the 2026 Assembly elections at Gangasagar on the auspicious Makar Sankranti day, where he took the dip.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of running a terror campaign to silence the opposition and alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to eliminate her in a plane crash as she was in the forefront of the anti-Modi protests.
"Even a conspiracy was hatched to kill me in a plane crash. Later they suspended two pilots. Air Traffic Control is putting the blame somewhere. Others are putting the blame elsewhere. Police not getting any document to conduct a proper probe.
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"They (the government) are dangerous. They can do anything and everything," Banerjee said at a dharma programme organsied by the Trinamool Congress before the Reserve Bank of India regional office here against demonetisation.
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The Trinamool's three day dharna before the RBI office began on Monday.
"An unprecedented, pointless terror campaign is going on in the country," said Banerjee.
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