Trinamool ridicules Padma award for Mithun Chakraborty
Trinamool Congress Spokesman Kunal Ghosh said that the Padma Bhushan award is not for his acting talent but as the prize for shifting political camp.
Trinamool Congress Spokesman Kunal Ghosh said that the Padma Bhushan award is not for his acting talent but as the prize for shifting political camp.
One of the most contentious issues regarding the I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance) has been how the Opposition alliance would play out in the state of West Bengal.
At last count, the number of dead in the July 8 West Bengal rural polls violence stood at 16. Of these reportedly the ruling political party Trinamool suffered the majority of losses with nine of its workers dying of different forms of attacks.
Interestingly, missing from the displays are graffiti, posters and banners of the fourth largest political party of the state, the Congress.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that all the Opposition parties will unitedly fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
If the trend continues, this will be the first ever victory for the Trinamool Congress on the Asansol seat.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Samajwadi Party member Jaya Bachchan also joined the sit-in protest in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament premises on Tuesday.
"If they do not allow us to raise voice and people's issues in Parliament, we will raise it outside," said protesting Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen.
"Right now, all members of the Trinamool Congress working committee are from West Bengal. Since our party is now expanding in other states, the leadership today decided to amend the constitution so that leaders from all regions can be inducted into the working committee," party leader in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O'Brien, said after the meeting.
According to sources in the State Election Commission, the state is keen to conduct the corporation election on December 19 and announce the results on December 22.
