Despite regular visits by the task force to local markets, following instructions from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a section of traders continues to sell vegetables, especially potatoes, onions, and garlic, at inflated prices once officials leave the premises.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will preside over the meeting of the national working committee of the party tomorrow. The meeting will be held at her Kalighat residence.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
While in Birbhum district, police have conducted raids throughout the night and vehicle full of cattle, coal and stone have been seized from the highways and drivers arrested.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today unveiled the statue of late Trinamul Congress leader Subrata Mukherjee in Gariahat this afternoon.
It has tarnished the Indian democracy. The BJP appoints likeminded people in the Election Commission. Is it not a farce?” Miss Banerjee asked here today, adding: “The early deployment of Central forces is another example.
On Sunday, Trinamul Congress in its Brigade rally had announced the list of its candidates for 42 LS constituencies in the state.
Banerjee said that the Centre has NRC at the back of their minds after CAA.
The TMC Siliguri district president, Papiya Ghosh and BJPM president Anit Thapa were present.
