Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress MP from Diamond Harbour and party's national general secretary came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre and said the proposed One Nation One Election Bill is unconstitutional and will take away the voting rights of the people.
In a bid to develop mass contact, Trinamul Congress is going to launch Manusher Sathe, Manusher Pashe (Party with the people, beside the people) programme.
A CPM, Trinamul Congress clash that resulted in ransacking and bombardment at an area committee office of the CPM in Durgapur grabbed centre stage on the day of Bengal bandh today.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour
While speaking to news persons at his residence at Salt Lake on his choice of BJP to begin his political career, he said it is the only all India party, which, he claimed, was fighting the corruption of the ruling Trinamul Congress in the state.
The Yuva Morcha of the BJP organised a road blockade at Mahatma Gandhi More here from 11.45 am, in protest against the death of a purported BJP supporter in a clash with the police in Siliguri yesterday.
Chowdhury is seriously upset with the Trinamul Congress leadership’s reluctance to solve his grievances related to political control over Assembly constituencies - Mangolkot, Ausgram and Ketugram in East Burdwan district.
Talking to a private TV channel, Mr Ghosh said: "I was attacked several times. But yesterday's attack on me was unexpected. A new political equation is behind the attacks. It was planned by the TMC and the GJMM with the help of police."
"We welcome Bimal Gurung's commitment to peace and decision to withdraw support from NDA, while reposing faith in Mamata Banerjee's leadership. BJP's attempts to use Gorkhaland issue for petty politics and teir untrustworthy nature now lay fully exposed before people of Bengal," the party said in its official Twitter handle.
Despite winning the constituency in 2011, the ruling party lost it to the CPIM in 2016. The constituency covers 33 of the 47 Wards of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) and has 245 booths.
