THREE INDEPENDENTS FIRM ON CONTESTING KMC POLLS, NOT WORRIED ABOUT ACTION

December 3, 2021

Despite warning of strict action against three independent candidates— Sachchidananda Banerjee, Tanima Chatterjee and Ratan Malakar— the trio has decided against withdrawing their nominations. While Banerjee and Malakar will fight from ward numbers 72 and 73, respectively, under CM’s Bhabanipur constituency, Chatterjee is an independent candidate in ward numbr 68...

Ratan Malakar to file nomination as independent candidate

December 2, 2021

Outgoing co-ordinator Ratan Malakar submitted his nomination as an independent candidate in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ward after he was denied a ticket. In the list of pre-poll Trinamool candidates announced on Friday, Kajri Bandyopadhyay, wife of CM’s brother Kartik Bandyopadhyay, was made a candidate in the ward of the...

BJP MP ROOPA GANGULY SLAMS BENGAL LEADERSHIP, WALKS OUT OF MEET

December 2, 2021

Actor-turned-politician Roopa Ganguly raised serious allegations against senior state BJP leadership for being biased while distributing tickets for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election after she expressed dismay over the selection of candidates for the civic polls during a virtual meeting chaired by West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar (who...

CALCUTTA HC REJECTS MAMATA’S NANDIGRAM POLL AGENT’S BAIL PLEA

November 30, 2021

The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Abu Sufian, a Trinamool Congress leader in Nandigram, for his alleged involvement in post-poll violence. Sufian, who was also the election agent of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had lost to Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in the Assembly...

CALCUTTA HC REJECTS MAMATA’S NANDIGRAM POLL AGENT’S BAIL PLEA

November 30, 2021

The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Abu Sufian, a Trinamool Congress leader in Nandigram, for his alleged involvement in post-poll violence. Sufian, who was also the election agent of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who had lost to Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in the Assembly...

BJP ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES IN 144 WARDS; WOMEN, YOUTH DOMINATE

November 30, 2021

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced the list of candidates in 144 wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and nominated nine Muslim candidates including five women. Out of 144 candidates, there are more than 48 young faces on the list. At the same time, more than 50...

Eye on 2024 polls, TMC to strengthen party at national level

November 30, 2021

Even as the Parliament’s winter session started in New Delhi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) held a meeting of the party working committee at Kalighat here on Monday evening. The meeting emphasized on strengthening the party at the national level with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All preparations...

MAMATA, ABHISHEK TO ATTEND TMC WORKING COMMITTEE MEET BEFORE WINTER SESSION

November 29, 2021

KOLKATA: The Winter Session of Parliament will begin on Monday, November 29. The working committee meeting was called on Monday to decide on the issues to be discussed by the Trinamool Congress camp in this session. Top leaders of the party including party leader Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee will...

MAMATA CALLS FOR MEETING ON 29 NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS TMC’S NATIONAL STRATEGY

November 27, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will preside over a meeting of Trinamool Working Committee on Monday to discuss the party’s national political strategies. A party spokesperson on Friday said that 21 members of the working committee, including Abhishek Banerjee, were asked to attend...

PRASHANT KISHOR PLAYED MAJOR ROLE IN MUKUL SANGMA AND OTHER MLAS JOINING TMC

November 26, 2021

In a major jolt to the Congress, 12 out of its 16 MLAs have joined the Trinamool (TMC) in Meghalaya. Former Meghalaya chief minister and Congress leader Mukul Sangma left the party with 11 MLAs and joined the Trinamool Congress on Thursday. As a result, the number of Congress MLAs...