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.
Criticising the BJP government at the Centre over the 'Pegasus' issue, Banerjee claimed that her phone is also being tapped, and she also had received an offer to buy the spyware but had declined it.
According to the new schedule, the Maths exam will be held on 16 April while Economics and Computer Science will be conducted on 18 and 19 April respectively. The Commercial Law paper will be held on 20 April while the Physics, Statistics, Chemistry and Biology will be conducted on 22 April, 23 April, 26 April and 27 April respectively. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination will be held on 30 April instead of 23 April.
Mamata’s move to stand behind the police came on the heels of the Opposition crying foul of the police role in the alleged murder of Aliah University student Anis Khan and the murder of Congress councillor at Jhalda in Purulia Tapan Kandu.
Mamata Banerjee said that her government would allow the Ukraine-return medical interns to work at the state-run medical colleges and offer them stipends. There are 11 such interns.
At the meeting, source said the issue of twin murders of councillors from the ruling party and another from the Congress at Panihati, North 24-Parganas and Jhalda, Purulia figured prominently in the talks as the opposition has been claiming that law and order situation in the state is on the decline.
