The current political situation in West Bengal is ideal for breeding illegal immigration from Bangladesh and terror-related activities, veteran Congress leader and five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Saturday.
The West Bengal government on Thursday withdrew its affidavit in the election petition filed by Rekha Patra, the BJP candidate for Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the general elections this year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, launched a scathing attack against BJP over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on B.R. Ambedkar, claiming that this is a “display of BJP’s casteist and anti-Dalit mindset”.
Even though he avoided limelight throughout his life, last week he was a headline in all Kolkata newspapers including The Statesman. And, in all international newspapers earlier in the month.
West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an umbrella association of senior doctors in the state, is planning a 10-day protest from Tuesday to condemn the “default bail” granted last week by a special court in Kolkata to the two accused in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Mamata Banerjee was on a two-day tour to north and central Bengal districts to lead a campaign for the upcoming State assembly polls.
Amit Shah kept his speech subtly communal in Coochbehar as he claimed that festivals like Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja were facing irregularities in Bengal
CPIM's youth wing DYFI had called for the Nabanna expedition to demand jobs and education for all from the TMC-led West Bengal government.
According to Anurag Thakur, Rs 215.43 crore was disbursed for Darjeeling district, out of which Rs 68.04 crore was disbursed in cash and Rs 147.39 crore in kind. Rs 52.55 crore had been given to Kalimpong district, out of which Rs 6.53 crore was in cash and Rs 46.02 crore in kind.
JP Nadda said that those who won the elections in the name of 'Ma, Mati, Manush', are now engaged in "dictatorship, appeasement and strongarm tactics".
