She met the Trinamul Congress chairperson and chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday and submitted her resignation letter. The resignation has not yet been accepted, it’s learnt.
Firhad Hakim, mayor, ministers Aroop Biswas and Indranil Sen and Debashis Kumar, member, mayor-in-council parks and squares will be present at meeting
West Bengal minister of state for finance (independent charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya is all set to table the state budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the assembly on February 15.
International Matua Parishad, the global association of Matua community, has given an ultimatum and deadline to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to apologise for her recent mispronunciation of the names of the two spiritual leaders of the community.
Ms Banerjee also ensured families of the victims, who have lost their lives, after investigation guilty will be punished.
Miss Banerjee said that the Paray Shikshalaya, an open-air classroom in the neighbourhood programme that is being held for students from V to VII will continue. Schools for classes VIII to XII have resumed from 3 February. Miss Banerjee’s proposal to reopen primary schools came a day after Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee said that schools for all classes should be reopened immediately while launching the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER, West Bengal).
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikary said that UP people should know that Trinamul Congress is a party that is always baying for blood. Alluding to Mamata Banerjee, he tweeted "I would like to remind the respectable people of UP that the lady on this propaganda peddling tour, preaching democratic values, has blood on her hands. Blood of 55 @BJP4Bengal karyakartas including WB Vidhan Sabha election candidate Manas Saha,"
Mamata said she has information that tells her that Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party will sweep the UP polls. "If we can defeat BJP from UP, then it is only a matter of time that they leave Delhi as well," she said. She complained that rallies by Opposition parties are not being allowed in UP but BP rallies are allowed.
The chief minister who was waiting for the list to have a look was kept in the dark and it was uploaded. This didn't go down well with Mamata Banerjee. Even Partha Chatterjee had to speak with the I-PAC representatives to make sure that the original list gets published," a senior Trinamool Congress leader told IANS on condition of anonymity.
Miss Banerjee's remarks came a day after Mr Scindia claimed that the Centre has elaborate infrastructure development plans for West Bengal including a second airport for Kolkata, but the Mamata Banerjee government has not yet provided land for it. Mr Scindia had claimed that he has been asking for a dialogue with the chief minister for six months for setting up the second airport but there has been no response from the other side so far.
