Abhishek, Raju Bista indulge in slugfest over Union Budget
Abhishek Banerjee, Member of Parliament from Diamond Harbour criticised the Union Budget by a ‘struggling government’, calling it a total disaster and lacking any assurance.
Abhishek Banerjee, Member of Parliament from Diamond Harbour criticised the Union Budget by a ‘struggling government’, calling it a total disaster and lacking any assurance.
Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) leaders have been asked to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today demanded the suspension of state government and imposing of President’s Rule in West Bengal.
The speculations were fuelled by his meeting with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and after he attended a programme in Delhi the next day, where Home minister Amit Shah was present.
"I request all other political parties, including the Trinamul Congress, and their regional alliances to take up the matter with the state government and work towards ensuring that people from our region are not deprived of their legitimate rights to land," Mr Bista said in a release he issued on the eve of Independence Day
However, according to him, any development work in the area there necessitates 'No Objection Certificates' (NOC) from Gram Sabhas of the respective areas, which, they have not yet issued.
Not only Indians, but tea producers in Nepal had also alleged that the West Bengal police had prevented tea and cardamom-laden lorries from going to India from Nepal via the Panitanki border by citing the coronavirus spread.
According to CPIM state secretariat member Asok Bhattacharya, the former Mayor and MLA from Siliguri, Choudhary Mohan Jatua, the MP elected on Trinamul ticket from Mathurapur in Bengal had then written to the Centre and asked the central government to not release aid to Bengal after Aila hit the region.
Another senior planter in the region has written to state government officials on the matter in detail, also highlighting the plight of planters.