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  • CAA, dengue, remarks on Prez – points that may rock winter session of Bengal Assembly on Monday

    By IANS

    KOLKATA: With the winter session of West Bengal Assembly scheduled to start from Monday, main ruckus is anticipated on the ground of the House over fracas between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP primarily on three main points.

    The BJP legislators below the management of opposition chief Suvendu Adhikari are getting ready to go all out demanding an announcement from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the derogatory feedback made by MoS in-charge of Correctional Services Department, Akhil Giri, regarding the seems to be of President Droupadi Murmu.

    At a rally in Nandigram on Friday, Giri had reportedly stated, “We don’t judge anyone by their appearance… We respect the office of the President. But how does our President look?”

    After dealing with extreme criticism from completely different quarters, the Trinamool Congress had on Saturday censured its chief, whereas Giri additionally apologied for his feedback referring to the President.

    “Despite such a derogatory statement from a minister, the Chief Minister is still silent. What does this mean? We demand immediate removal of Akhil Giri as a member of the legislative Assembly as well as a statement from the Chief Minister,” Adhikari stated.

    The second level of fracas shall be a possible movement to be introduced by Trinamool Congress condemning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the current developments over it after the choice of the Union authorities to grant citizenship standing to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and presently dwelling in Gujarat’s Mehsana and Anand districts.

    BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul has stated that as quickly the movement is introduced on the ground of the House, BJP legislators will oppose it as directed by the chief of the opposition.

    Senior Trinamool legislator Tapas Roy stated that since CAA is one thing which is floated by the BJP earlier than any election, simply because it has been performed earlier than subsequent month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Trinamool Congress has determined to oppose this drive by bringing a movement within the Assembly condemning the CAA.

    “Our party’s stand, as said by our leader Mamata Banerjee, is clear. We do not oppose granting citizenship. But that does not mean that it would be done isolating a particular community,” he stated.

    The third level of fracas may be BJP attempting to deliver a movement condemning the state authorities’s failure to regulate dengue as effectively the latter’s reluctance to share associated knowledge with the Union Health Ministry.

    Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, has claimed that BJP is unnecessarily attempting to politicise the difficulty by spreading rumours of not sharing knowledge with the Union authorities.

    KOLKATA: With the winter session of West Bengal Assembly scheduled to start from Monday, main ruckus is anticipated on the ground of the House over fracas between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP primarily on three main points.

    The BJP legislators below the management of opposition chief Suvendu Adhikari are getting ready to go all out demanding an announcement from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the derogatory feedback made by MoS in-charge of Correctional Services Department, Akhil Giri, regarding the seems to be of President Droupadi Murmu.

    At a rally in Nandigram on Friday, Giri had reportedly stated, “We don’t judge anyone by their appearance… We respect the office of the President. But how does our President look?”

    After dealing with extreme criticism from completely different quarters, the Trinamool Congress had on Saturday censured its chief, whereas Giri additionally apologied for his feedback referring to the President.

    “Despite such a derogatory statement from a minister, the Chief Minister is still silent. What does this mean? We demand immediate removal of Akhil Giri as a member of the legislative Assembly as well as a statement from the Chief Minister,” Adhikari stated.

    The second level of fracas shall be a possible movement to be introduced by Trinamool Congress condemning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the current developments over it after the choice of the Union authorities to grant citizenship standing to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and presently dwelling in Gujarat’s Mehsana and Anand districts.

    BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul has stated that as quickly the movement is introduced on the ground of the House, BJP legislators will oppose it as directed by the chief of the opposition.

    Senior Trinamool legislator Tapas Roy stated that since CAA is one thing which is floated by the BJP earlier than any election, simply because it has been performed earlier than subsequent month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Trinamool Congress has determined to oppose this drive by bringing a movement within the Assembly condemning the CAA.

    “Our party’s stand, as said by our leader Mamata Banerjee, is clear. We do not oppose granting citizenship. But that does not mean that it would be done isolating a particular community,” he stated.

    The third level of fracas may be BJP attempting to deliver a movement condemning the state authorities’s failure to regulate dengue as effectively the latter’s reluctance to share associated knowledge with the Union Health Ministry.

    Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, has claimed that BJP is unnecessarily attempting to politicise the difficulty by spreading rumours of not sharing knowledge with the Union authorities.

  • CAA, dengue, remarks on Prez – points that may rock winter session of Bengal Assembly on Monday

    By IANS

    KOLKATA: With the winter session of West Bengal Assembly scheduled to begin from Monday, main ruckus is anticipated on the ground of the House over fracas between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP primarily on three main points.

    The BJP legislators underneath the management of opposition chief Suvendu Adhikari are making ready to go all out demanding an announcement from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the derogatory feedback made by MoS in-charge of Correctional Services Department, Akhil Giri, in regards to the appears to be like of President Droupadi Murmu.

    At a rally in Nandigram on Friday, Giri had reportedly stated, “We don’t judge anyone by their appearance… We respect the office of the President. But how does our President look?”

    After going through extreme criticism from totally different quarters, the Trinamool Congress had on Saturday censured its chief, whereas Giri additionally apologied for his feedback referring to the President.

    “Despite such a derogatory statement from a minister, the Chief Minister is still silent. What does this mean? We demand immediate removal of Akhil Giri as a member of the legislative Assembly as well as a statement from the Chief Minister,” Adhikari stated.

    ALSO READ | Furore in Odisha over Akhil Giri’s touch upon Prez Murmu, events unite in demand for his arrest

    The second level of fracas will likely be a possible movement to be introduced by Trinamool Congress condemning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the latest developments over it after the choice of the Union authorities to grant citizenship standing to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and presently dwelling in Gujarat’s Mehsana and Anand districts.

    BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul has stated that as quickly the movement is introduced on the ground of the House, BJP legislators will oppose it as directed by the chief of the opposition.

    Senior Trinamool legislator Tapas Roy stated that since CAA is one thing which is floated by the BJP earlier than any election, simply because it has been performed earlier than subsequent month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Trinamool Congress has determined to oppose this drive by bringing a movement within the Assembly condemning the CAA.

    “Our party’s stand, as said by our leader Mamata Banerjee, is clear. We do not oppose granting citizenship. But that does not mean that it would be done isolating a particular community,” he stated.

    The third level of fracas could be BJP attempting to carry a movement condemning the state authorities’s failure to manage dengue as nicely the latter’s reluctance to share associated knowledge with the Union Health Ministry.

    Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, has claimed that BJP is unnecessarily attempting to politicise the problem by spreading rumours of not sharing knowledge with the Union authorities.

    KOLKATA: With the winter session of West Bengal Assembly scheduled to begin from Monday, main ruckus is anticipated on the ground of the House over fracas between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP primarily on three main points.

    The BJP legislators underneath the management of opposition chief Suvendu Adhikari are making ready to go all out demanding an announcement from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the derogatory feedback made by MoS in-charge of Correctional Services Department, Akhil Giri, in regards to the appears to be like of President Droupadi Murmu.

    At a rally in Nandigram on Friday, Giri had reportedly stated, “We don’t judge anyone by their appearance… We respect the office of the President. But how does our President look?”

    After going through extreme criticism from totally different quarters, the Trinamool Congress had on Saturday censured its chief, whereas Giri additionally apologied for his feedback referring to the President.

    “Despite such a derogatory statement from a minister, the Chief Minister is still silent. What does this mean? We demand immediate removal of Akhil Giri as a member of the legislative Assembly as well as a statement from the Chief Minister,” Adhikari stated.

    ALSO READ | Furore in Odisha over Akhil Giri’s touch upon Prez Murmu, events unite in demand for his arrest

    The second level of fracas will likely be a possible movement to be introduced by Trinamool Congress condemning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the latest developments over it after the choice of the Union authorities to grant citizenship standing to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and presently dwelling in Gujarat’s Mehsana and Anand districts.

    BJP legislator Agnimitra Paul has stated that as quickly the movement is introduced on the ground of the House, BJP legislators will oppose it as directed by the chief of the opposition.

    Senior Trinamool legislator Tapas Roy stated that since CAA is one thing which is floated by the BJP earlier than any election, simply because it has been performed earlier than subsequent month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat, Trinamool Congress has determined to oppose this drive by bringing a movement within the Assembly condemning the CAA.

    “Our party’s stand, as said by our leader Mamata Banerjee, is clear. We do not oppose granting citizenship. But that does not mean that it would be done isolating a particular community,” he stated.

    The third level of fracas could be BJP attempting to carry a movement condemning the state authorities’s failure to manage dengue as nicely the latter’s reluctance to share associated knowledge with the Union Health Ministry.

    Urban Development & Municipal Affairs Minister, Firhad Hakim, has claimed that BJP is unnecessarily attempting to politicise the problem by spreading rumours of not sharing knowledge with the Union authorities.

  • Hearing of Mukul Roy disqualification case to start once more in Assembly: West Bengal Speaker

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The listening to into Mukul Roy’s disqualification as an MLA will start once more in West Bengal meeting, Speaker Biman Banerjee, who had earlier dismissed a petition on it, stated on Monday. Assembly sources stated the listening to within the case is prone to start this Friday. “The honourable court has sent a reminder. I will look into it legally. I will call both parties and hold a hearing,” Banerjee informed reporters right here.

    Calcutta High Court had final week put aside the speaker’s order dismissing a petition by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari searching for disqualification of TMC lawmaker Mukul Roy as a member of the House on the bottom of defection and restored the matter for contemporary consideration.

    Roy, a former BJP nationwide vice-president, had defected to the ruling TMC from BJP in June 2021 after profitable the meeting ballot in West Bengal on a BJP ticket. In February this yr, Banerjee had dismissed Adhikari’s petition of June 17, 2021 searching for Roy’s disqualification as an MLA underneath the anti-defection regulation for switching sides after the election.

    BJP MLA Ambika Roy had moved the HC in July final yr difficult Roy’s election as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and prayed for the nomination of an opposition member to the submit as per custom.

  • Bengal Assembly witnesses chaos as protesting BJP MLAs drive Guv Dhankhar to chop brief inaugural speech

    The first session of the newly constituted West Bengal Assembly started on a stormy be aware Friday as Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was compelled to chop brief his speech amid ruckus by opposition BJP over post-poll violence within the state.
    During the Governor’s handle, the Assembly noticed protests by BJP MLAs over the violence that erupted within the state after the ballot outcomes had been declared in early May.
    Dhankhar, who arrived within the afternoon to ship the inaugural handle, may communicate just for 3-4 minutes as BJP MLAs carrying posters and footage of alleged victims of the violence got here to properly to stage protest.
    As he was unable to talk, Dhankhar tabled his speech within the House and left, information company PTI reported quoting its sources. The Governor was seen escorted by Speaker Biman Banerjee and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as he left the Assembly premises.

    The enterprise of the House will proceed until July 8 and the state price range for 2021-22 could be positioned on July 7.
    Later, talking to reporters, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mentioned the BJP legislators had been compelled to stage the protest as there was no point out of post-poll violence within the speech copy circulated among the many MLAs.
    Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari together with celebration MLAs throughout a press convention. (Express picture by Partha Paul)
    The problem of post-poll violence has turn into a significant bone of competition between the ruling Trinamool Congress authorities and the opposition BJP with the saffron celebration accusing the previous of inciting violence and attacking BJP staff after the polls. The TMC, nevertheless, has referred to as the allegations “baseless” and a “gimmick” by the BJP.
    Earlier this week, following an trade of barbs between the Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat, Dhankhar informed reporters that he had raised a number of questions over the speech with Banerjee, to which she had mentioned that the state cabinet handed the draft.
    According to sources, the Raj Bhavan wished inclusion of the incidents of post-poll violence within the state to which the TMC authorities had an objection.
    Last 12 months too, he was against elements of the contents of the speech, however had learn it out.
    Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court, earlier within the day, ordered West Bengal police to register instances of all victims of post-poll violence. In addition, the courtroom requested the state authorities to make sure that medical remedy and ration are offered to all victims even when they don’t have ration playing cards.

    The High Court has directed the state chief secretary to protect all paperwork associated to post-poll violence. A second post-mortem of BJP chief Abhijit Sarkar, who was allegedly killed in post-poll violence, has additionally been ordered by the courtroom.
    On Thursday, the Supreme Court had issued discover to the Centre, the West Bengal authorities, and the Election Commission of India on a plea searching for SIT investigation into the causes of post-poll violence in West Bengal, Bar and Bench reported.
    (With PTI inputs)

  • Suvendu to be new Leader of Oppn; takes dig at Mamata

    The BJP on Monday unanimously selected the social gathering’s Nandigram MLA and former state minister Suvendu Adhikari because the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) within the new West Bengal Assembly.
    Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced Adhikari’s identify because the chief of BJP Legislature Party after a gathering of social gathering MLAs on the BJP election workplace within the metropolis’s Hastings space. Prasad was one of many social gathering’s observers for the election together with senior chief Bhupendra Yadav.
    Prasad and social gathering nationwide vice-president and MLA Mukul Roy, who was thought-about one of many frontrunners to go the BJP legislature social gathering, proposed Adhikari’s identify for the publish and was seconded by 22 MLAs. Since BJP is the biggest Opposition social gathering with 77 seats, the Nandigram MLA routinely grew to become the Leader of the Opposition.
    With one seat, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) is the opposite Opposition social gathering within the Assembly. Independent MLA RS Lepcha, belonging to the Binay Tamang faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), will signify Kalimpong.
    At the BJP assembly, Adhikari’s predecessor Manoj Tigga was chosen because the social gathering’s chief whip within the Assembly. The new appointments got here on a day 43 TMC MLAs had been sworn-in as ministers in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s authorities.
    “In this Assembly polls, we’ve got to see three issues. One is a chief ministerial candidate who misplaced the election has been sworn in as chief minister — this occurred for the primary time in Bengal. Second, for the primary time, there will likely be no representatives from the Congress and Left Front within the House; and third, for the primary time 77 BJP MLAs will likely be within the Assembly.
    “I will try to fulfil my duty and responsibility as the Leader of the Opposition,” Adhikari mentioned after his election. The BJP chief, who joined the social gathering final December, defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by 1,956 votes. “I will work to fulfil the expectations of the people of Bengal. I will help the state government for its positive efforts but also raise my voice against violence going on,” he mentioned.
    Adhikari mentioned, “My first duty will be to make the state violence-free. Several BJP workers are being killed and over 1 lakh cadres had to take shelter in Assam. This should stop,” he added.
    State BJP president Dilip Ghosh mentioned, “We are for serving the people and we will fight for them to every extent. If needed, we will agitate outside the Assembly,” he added.
    — with pti inputs

  • Mamata Banerjee hints at implementing PM-Kisan scheme in West Bengal

    Image Source : PTI/FILE Mamata Banerjee hints at implementing PM-Kisan scheme in West Bengal 
    Continuing her tirade in opposition to the Centre over the brand new farm legal guidelines, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stated preparations would quickly be made to convene an meeting session to move a decision in opposition to the contentious Acts.

    With meeting polls knocking on the door, Banerjee additionally hinted that she was able to implement the PM-Kisan scheme in Bengal, if the farmers benefitted out of it and stated she had requested the Centre to share particulars of all those that have registered themselves on the Union authorities’s portal for the programme. Banerjee, nonetheless, asserted that stated she would by no means permit the implementation of the three farm legal guidelines, which have sparked protests throughout the nation.

    “We are against those farm laws. We would soon convene an assembly session for a day or two and pass a resolution against the anti-farmer laws,” Banerjee stated.

    Bengal, if it passes the decision, would change into the sixth state within the nation to take action, after Kerala, Delhi, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

    The CM’s remarks got here on a day when the seventh spherical of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively, as farmer teams caught to their demand for repeal of the three farm legal guidelines, whereas the federal government listed out numerous advantages of the brand new Acts for the expansion of the nation’s agriculture sector.

    “I support the farmers and want the withdrawal of these three laws for the sake of the country,” she stated, slamming the Centre for not revoking the Acts.

    READ MORE: PM Modi castigates Mamata, accuses her of depriving 70 lakh Bengal farmers of Centre’s money advantages

    Thousands of farmers, primarily from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at Delhi borders for over a month in opposition to the three legal guidelines. They have stayed put regardless of heavy rain and waterlogging at protest websites over the past couple of days, apart from extreme chilly climate situations prevailing in and across the nationwide capital.

    Accusing the Centre of “pursuing politics” over the problem of implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi in Bengal, Banerjee stated she would not let the farmers endure.

    “I had repeatedly asked the Centre to transfer funds allotted under the PM-Kisan scheme to the state government. That was never done. They (central government officials) claimed that around 21.7 lakh farmers from Bengal had registered themselves on a portal to get the benefits of the scheme. They (Centre) have sought verification of this data. I understood that the Centre was trying to politicise the matter. We also realised that farmers should not suffer because of this… I have asked the Centre to pass on the data so that we can start the verification process,” she stated.

    READ MORE: ‘People will not be misled’: PM Modi rips into opposition for spreading lies on new farm legal guidelines

    Under the PM-Kisan scheme, an earnings help of Rs 6,000 per yr in three equal installments is supplied to small and marginal farmer households.

    The chief minister additional added that she desires that farmers get all doable assist, along with the help being doled out by her authorities.

    “I want the farmers to get all benefits. We do have our schemes, but if they get extra benefits… let them avail it.  I don’t have any problem if they get the benefits. However, if the Centre doesn’t trust us with the verification process, then it is up to them,” she added.

    Banerjee had up to now opposed the implementation of central schemes, saying that her authorities would permit PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi and Ayushman Bharat programmes within the state, provided that funds to the beneficiaries are routed via the state authorities.

    BJP nationwide common secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya welcomed the choice of Banerjee to permit farmers to avail PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. “It is good that the state government has decided to allow it. This will benefit lakhs of farmers of Bengal. And the farmers would realize the kind of politics the TMC was pursuing by depriving them of its benefits,” he stated.
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