Tag: Trinamool Congress

  • Only BJP can stop ‘infiltration’ in West Bengal: Amit Shah

    Kolkata: Giving a clarion call to bring a change of power in West Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that infiltration in the state will stop completely if the BJP comes to power in 2026. “Bengal is a bordering state and there is Statesponsored infiltration here. Only solution to bring Bengal out of this situation is to bring the BJP government to power in 2026. Cow smuggling, bomb explosions, corruption in PDS, cut money and syndicate raj, the only solution to these problems is formation. of BJP government here. Incidents like Sandeshkhali and RG Kar and disrespect to women should stop,” Shah emphasized.

    Lashing out at the Trinamool government over corruption, Shah said the funds sent by the Modi government are routed by the ruling party to corrupt Trinamool leaders. “Mamata Didi talks about injustice in MGNREGA. You (Mamata) were part of UPA. But now in the NDA regime, Modi, in the last ten years, has sent Rs 56,000 crore for NREGA. When Modi sends money, it goes to corrupt. TMC leaders. Did the money go to people or Trinamool Congress,” Shah said while hitting out at INDIA bloc as well during his speech.

    “Mamataji claims Modiji is not allowing development in Bengal. You are misleading the people of the state. Bengali was recognized as a ‘Classical language’ by Modi. You did not show spirit to show respect to the PM,” Shah said.

  • Coochbehar: Trinamool leader says no govt schemes for those who voted for BJP

    Kolkata: Trinamool leader Biswajit Ray’s comments in Coochbehar’s Mathabhanga on Monday sparked a controversy after he said that the people who did not vote for his party will be deprived of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme benefits. This is the second incident in two days after Dipak Bhattacharya, Trinamool president of DinhataII block, had made a similar comment. Lakshmir Bhandar scheme was the game changer for the ruling Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha polls.

    During a workers’ meeting, Ray, who is Trinamool’s vicepresident from Mathabhanga (City), had said, “The benefits of Lakshmir Bhandar should be stopped for those who voted for BJP.” A day before that, Bhattacharya, Trinamool president of the Dinhata 2 block, had said, “Narendra Modi did not provide Lakshmir Bhandar. Those who voted for the BJP, should not get the assistance. It should be stopped.”

  • Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hit

    KOLKATA: After a recent incident of postpoll violence in Coochbehar blamed on the ruling Trinamool Congress, another BJP female worker was allegedly stripped and attacked with a sharp weapon at Jagatdal in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday.

    The woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fetch water. She accused the Trinamool of creating trouble in the area and threatening BJP workers after the June 4 election results.

    Somnath Shyam, a Trinamool leader from Barrackpore, said the incident was not political. “It happened in the ESI slum area. The problem started over water and trouble erupted among Muslim women. It is not related to any political parties: Trinamool, BJP or CPIM,” Shyam said.

    Recently, a woman from the minority community was allegedly stripped and beaten brutally in Coochbehar’s Mathabhanga area for having allegiance to the BJP.

    Following this, the National Commission of Women had visited Coochbehar and met the woman. Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose too had met her and the state police have taken her statement. Meanwhile, another accused was arrested in connection with flogging a couple in a kangaroo court at Chopra in North Dinajpur district.

  • Trinamool Congress booth leader attacked

    Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress booth level leader was allegedly attacked by BJP workers on Thursday in East Midnapore’s Bhupatinagar, in a postpoll violence incident. Just two days ago, a BJP worker’s father was allegedly beaten to death in Bhupatinagar.

    The Trinamool worker, who has been hospitalised, claimed that he was attacked with rods and sticks by the BJP miscreants. However, the BJP denied such allegations and claimed that the attack was a fallout of Trinamool’s internal feud. “We are not engaged in these kinds of attacks. We have a party ideology,” said a local BJP leader.

    Recently, in Bhupatinagar, BJP leader Sashanka Maity’s father Gourihari Maity was allegedly beaten to death by Trinamool miscreants, BJP sources said. The BJP has moved Calcutta HC on this issue along with other postpoll violence related cases. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said, “We will hold a protest against the death of the postpoll violence victim in East Midnapore.”

  • Bengal BJP MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma criticises state leadership

    After BJP’s loss in West Bengal, another MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma has publicly criticised the state leadership, pointing out the party’s weak organisational framework and how opinions of MLAs were not even heard. The BJP got only 12 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, down from 18 in 2019.

    Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress has claimed that three BJP MPs were already in touch with them in the postelection scenario. Sharma, MLA from Kurseong, said, “There were more than 15 virtual meetings. But, we were not even allowed to speak in those meetings.”

  • ‘Ram-Vaam-Shyam Have Joined Hands’: Mamata Accuses BJP, Congress And Left of Secret Alliance |

    New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party over the Sandeshkhali violence and alleged that BJP is trying to disrupt peace in the area and has not taken any action against its leaders.Banerjee’s scathing comments came while she was addressing a Public gathering in Birbhum on Sunday.

    Targeting the saffron party over the Sandeshkhali violence Bengal CM said that BJP along with ED and media is trying to disrupt peace in Sandeshkhali. “We always take action in case of any wrong. First the ED, then the BJP, and then the media. They are trying to disrupt peace there. [Sandeshkhali], If there are any allegations, we will take action, and whatever was taken forcibly will be returned,” sad Mamata Banerjee.

    “I have asked the police to take suo motu cognizance. Our block president has been arrested. In Bhangar, Arabul Islam has also been arrested. But what action has the BJP taken against their leaders? Remember, the BJP is anti-Bengali, anti -women, anti-farmer, and anti-dalit,” she added.

    West Bengal CM further alleged that the BJP is using central agencies like ED, CBI and the Election Commission for its own advantage. “They are using ED and CBI to threaten us. If the Election Commission is working on BJP’s orders, keep this in mind that we have the right to fight and voice our opinion,” said Banerjee.

    “Earlier, I had to face the torture of Left and now I have to face the torture of BJP. Ram-Vaam-Shyam [BJP, Left, Congress] have joined hands. They had joined hands a long time back. This is the same CPI(M) that used to play with deaths,” she added.

    Citing the ongoing farmers protest, Mamata Banerjee said, “We call the farmers ‘Annadatas’. They are the providers of food for us but look at the way they [BJP] are treating them.”

    “BJP is creating chaos everywhere and provoking one community against the other. We call the farmers Annadatas. They are the provider of food for us but look at the way they [BJP] are treating them. Look at how Punjab, Delhi, and Haryana are burning. They are drilling nails so that the farmers can’t reach there. I sympathize with all our farmers,” she said.

    Further, mentioning the Prevention of Money Laundering Acts, the West Bengal CM said that there is a proper way of work in these kind of cases which the investigative agencies are not following.

    “There is another thing – PMLA. If you have any allegation against anyone, you conduct an investigation properly and give a charge sheet. Let law take its own course. But you cannot keep someone behind the bars. If you think by this you can win elections, you are wrong. Even Indira Gandhi did the same during the Emergency period but lost despite that,” CM Mamata said.

  • Sandeshkhali: Local TMC leader held in Sandeshkhali land grab, sexual abuse case

    One of the prime accused in the case of alleged land grab and sexual harassment of women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was arrested on Saturday, police said. Local TMC leader Shibaprasad Hazra, who has been named in police complaints along with party colleagues and other two prime accused Shajahan Sheikh and Uttam Sardar, was nabbed from a hideout in Sandeshkhali.

    He will be produced before a local court on Sunday.

    “We have arrested Shibaprasad Hazra from Sandeshkhali this evening. He will be produced before the court tomorrow,” an officer of Nazat Police Station told PTI.Earlier, police have also arrested Uttam Sardar but Shajahan Sheikh remains absconding.

    With the fresh arrest, two of the three prime accused have been nabbed. A total of 18 people have been arrested in the case so far.

    Meanwhile, the police added IPC sections 376D (gangrape) and 307 (attempt to murder) in the case after a survivor recorded her statement under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure before a magistrate, a source said.

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  • `Politics Is Not For Me`: TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty Announces Her Resignation Ahead Of Lok Sabha Elections

    After tendering her resignation Mimi Chakraborty also conveyed her intention to permanently step away from politics and focus on her acting career instead.