Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated Bhai Phonta, signifying the deep bonds between brothers and sisters, at her Kalighat residence today, with Trinamul Congress leaders and others, including former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, turning up for the ceremony.
Anubrata Mondal, former district president of Trinamul Congress in Birbhum said that he will give a proposal to party chief Mamata Banerjee to expand the core committee and include leaders from all blocks of the district.
Trinamul Congress through the Bijoya Sammelani programmes quietly but very successfully completed its drive to build contacts with people.
One Trinamul Congress leader allegedly beat up policemen inside Canning police station and forcibly tried to get his party worker released from the lockup on Tuesday.
Barely few days before the upcoming Taldangra Assembly bypolls in Bankura district, about two hundred CPM and BJP supporters joined the Trinamul Congress today.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nisith Pramanik today said that the Trinamul Congress was committing a blunder by attacking the BJP leaders and workers in Cooch Behar.
Trinamul Congress and BJP MLAs got involved in word duel over the National Anthem and the state anthem at the beginning of the Budget session in the Assembly this afternoon.
In a significant development, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and party's second in command Abhishek Banerjee is set to convene a meeting with all Trinamul members of parliament, MLAs, district, and block chairpersons in the state.
Mr Thapa was addressing the audience during the foundation stone laying ceremony for an IT Park in Kurseong in Darjeeling today.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will not be going to New Delhi to attend the meeting of the proposed ‘one nation, one election’, scheduled to be held on 6 February.
