If International Women’s Day or Week for that matter, is to commemorate one woman for her indomitable spirit and unbound energy, arguably few candidates would be more qualified for the honor than the West Bengal chief minister.
Their protest came after their request for a meeting with Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti was denied.
Later, Trinamul Rajya Sabha MP and party’s national spokersperson Derek O’Brien and Barasat MP Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar after meeting the officers at Election Commission said, “We have asked the Election Commission to deploy more forces in Egra, Contai (north), Contai (south), Patashpur, and Khejuri as local sources have already intimated local state police that outsiders especially from Uttar Pradesh and other states are being mobilised in these constituencies by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to foil free and fair poll.”
He alleged that the visit served no purpose and the real purpose was to spread the political virus.
Derek O’Brien, Member of Parliament, Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party (Rajya Sabha) and Chief National Spokesperson seems to feel so. In an interview with Soma Mookherjee, the veteran leader says that TMC will win in excess of 220 seats.
He said the Modi Government had broken a 92-yearold tradition of not presenting separate Railway Budgets for the last three years.
The attack came a day after the contentious Triple Talaq Bill was passed in the opposition-dominated Rajya Sabha.
Opposition leaders on Monday targeted the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre from the protest venue of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu who is on a day-long fast demanding special category status for Andhra Pradesh.
Trinamul members on Thursday again forced an early adjournment of the Rajya Sabha while protesting on the draft NRC issue, seeking an immediate response from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The Trinamul Congress (TMC) leadership on Saturday alleged a BJP-RSS hand behind the cancellation of state chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s…
