Tag: Mamata Banerjee

  • PM must disclose plans in retailer for Ukraine-returned scholars: Mamata

    By way of PTI

    DARJEELING: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought to understand from the Centre what instructional measures can be taken for college students who’ve returned from war-torn Ukraine.

    She stated that it was once the obligation of the central govt to take “complete care of the scholars”.

    “I will be able to request the Top Minister to let us know what measures are being taken for the Ukraine-returned Indian scholars, the 17,000 scholars. What about their research? Is it no longer the obligation of the federal government to take complete care of those scholars?” Banerjee informed journalists right here.

    The CM is on an respectable excursion to the northern districts of the state.

    Banerjee additionally asserted that her govt was once able to lend a hand the Ukraine-returned scholars with their teachers, “in contrast to the Centre”.

    “I met 400 scholars who returned to Bengal. We’re able to prolonged education-related lend a hand to them freed from value,” she added.

  • Birbhum fallout: Dhankhar invitations Mamata to talk about ‘worsening’ regulation and order, political killings

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday invited Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee for an interplay all through the week to planned on “worsening” regulation and order within the state.

    Dhankhar in his letter claimed that the state of governance within the state was once “cliff putting” and were additional strained by means of the barbarity witnessed within the Birbhum killings.

    “Contemporary alarmingly worrisome traits, reflecting larger lawlessness and violence, make it crucial that you simply spare time earliest for an interplay at Raj Bhavan,” Dhankhar wrote to Banerjee, a duplicate of which was once hooked up to his tweet.

    The Governor additionally expressed fear over Banerjee’s fresh remark that her celebration would possibly hit the streets if the CBI probe into the incident was once on the behest of BJP, and mentioned any recourse must be lawful and no longer at the streets.

    “I’m involved at your public observation to ‘hit the streets in protest’ if the CBI probe isn’t in song along with your idea procedure, any recourse thereof must be lawful and no longer on streets,” he wrote.

    The manager minister on Sunday had mentioned her executive would cooperate with the CBI probe however the ruling Trinamool Congress would hit the streets if the central company was once discovered to be appearing on the behest of the BJP, Congress or the CPI(M).

    “Already cliff putting governance within the state, from the viewpoint of Charter and regulation, has just lately been additional strained by means of frightening incidents of barbarity at Rampurhat and within the hallowed precincts of the Meeting,” the Governor wrote.

    TMC and BJP MLAs have been keen on fisticuffs within the Meeting on Monday over the killings at Bogtui village on March 21 wherein 8 humans have been burnt alive.

    A girl who was once admitted to Rampurhat health center with burns died on Monday, elevating the toll to 9.

    Activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP on Tuesday hit the streets of Kolkata to protest towards gasoline value hike and the “worsening” regulation and order state of affairs within the state respectively.

    Participants of the formative years and scholar wings of the TMC shouted slogans towards the central executive for the escalation in costs of petrol, diesel and LPG, whilst the saffron celebration staff slammed the TMC for the Birbhum carnage wherein 9 humans have been burnt to dying.

    “Quickly after Meeting polls have been held in 5 states, the BJP executive on the Centre effected upward thrust in gasoline costs a number of instances. This has put humans below critical tension. Our rally is by contrast anti-people BJP executive on the Centre,” Trinamool Chhatra Parishad state president Trinankur Bhattacharya mentioned.

    The rally began at Hazra crossing in Kalighat space of South Kolkata and ended on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi within the central a part of town.

    The rallyists additionally shouted slogans towards the alleged conspiracy by means of the BJP to prevent the “truthful and unbiased” SIT probe into the dying of scholar chief Anis Khan at Amta in Howrah district.

    Khan’s members of the family alleged that 4 humans had come to their space at the evening of February 18 donning police and civic volunteer uniform and driven him off the second one flooring in their space resulting in his dying.

    They’ve demanded a CBI investigation into the topic.

    BJP chief Indranil Khan led a rally from the celebration’s state committee administrative center on Muralidhar Lane to New Marketplace space in central Kolkata.

    “The homicide of scholar chief Anis Khan and the burning down of 9 humans, most commonly ladies and kids, have uncovered the TMC’s felony traits,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar advised journalists.

    At the evening of March 21, 8 humans have been burnt to dying after numerous homes in Bogtui village of Birbhum district have been set on fireplace by means of unknown miscreants, in a suspected fallout of the homicide of an area TMC chief.

    One injured girl died on Monday, elevating the toll to 9.

    “Since Might 2 closing 12 months, 55 of our celebration functionaries had been killed by means of Trinamool goons. Our MLAs have been crushed up within the Meeting. Now we have taken out the rally in protest towards those violent incidents,” Majumdar mentioned.

    Legislators of the TMC and the BJP got here to blows within the Meeting on Tuesday after heated arguments over the Birbhum killings.

    The saffron celebration alleged that the police, on the instruction of the ruling celebration, didn’t permit the rallyists to level protests in New Marketplace space.

    Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday mentioned West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee is “scared” of the aftermath of Birbhum violence as humans have began elevating their voices and this is why the TMC supremo is making an attempt to divert public consideration by means of speaking of opposition harmony.

    Chowdhury, chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, mentioned the Birbhum incident has tarnished the picture of the state and humans around the nation are condemning the West Bengal executive.

    “She (Mamata) is scared and nervous now. Anti-incumbency towards her executive has began environment in and humans have began criticising her executive brazenly and this is why Banerjee is now looking to divert consideration by means of elevating the problem of harmony amongst opposition events,” he advised PTI, including that her statements stay converting and will have to no longer be taken significantly.

    “From time to time, she talks of creating India ‘Congress-mukt’ and needs non-Congress and non-BJP events to come back in combination. From time to time, she criticises the Congress. She appears to be undoubtedly at a loss for words,” he mentioned.

    Chowdhury, who could also be the West Bengal Congress leader and a powerful critic of Mamata, mentioned the Centre’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are the similar as Bengal’s Prison Investigation Division (CID) and Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT), as they aim political combatants.

    “Each are the similar and are like brothers and they’re enjoying into the palms of the ruling events. They’re getting used towards political combatants by means of the ruling governments,” he alleged.

    He mentioned his celebration has already approached courtroom for a CBI probe into the Birbum violence and the investigation will have to be monitored by means of the courtroom, because the Congress has apprehensions over the functioning of CBI.

    The WB SIT already stands uncovered because the courtroom has discovered lapses within the SIT functioning, he alleged.

    Chowdhury additionally mentioned that the Birbhum incident is handiest an inner battle throughout the Trinamool Congress and the violence was once a results of a factional feud throughout the celebration.

    “The problem was once of who would ‘loot the booty’ and for apportioning of the booty, and was once a results of inner battle which has taken a toll on not unusual humans. This can be a mirrored image of medieval barbarity and the dastardly act has undoubtedly tarnished the picture of West Bengal within the eyes of the folks of India. All of the nation has been condemning the state executive for the violence,” he mentioned.

    Unidentified humans had on March 21 set ablaze 10 homes in Birbhum, killing no less than 8 humans, together with ladies and kids.

    Choudhary’s remarks come as Mamata wrote to all non-BJP leader ministers and opposition events, together with the Congress which her celebration were attacking just lately, calling on all “innovative forces” to come back in combination and publish a united battle towards the “oppressive BJP regime”.

    The West Bengal leader minister referred to as for a gathering to talk about methods to take at the saffron celebration and in addition decide to the reason for a unified and principled opposition that can make method for the “executive that the rustic merits”.

    The BJP, alternatively, claimed that the TMC’s nationwide ambitions have fallen flat.

  • Bengal Meeting speaker suspends 5 BJP MLAs for unruly habits

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: 5 BJP MLAs, together with Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, had been suspended through West Bengal Meeting Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay for his or her alleged unruly habits within the Area.

    Adhikari, together with BJP legislators Dipak Burman, Shankar Ghosh, Manoj Tigga and Narahari Mahato, had been suspended through the Speaker for long term periods this 12 months.

    WB | A ruckus erupted within state Meeting in Kolkata, over Birbhum violence case

    Opposition demanded dialogue over regulation & order at the remaining day a minimum of, executive declined. They introduced Kolkata police workforce in civil get dressed to conflict with 8-10 of our MLAs: LoP Suvendu Adhikari percent.twitter.com/RbYsVWba2M

    — ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022

    Previous within the day, the meeting plunged into pandemonium as ruling TMC and BJP MLAs exchanged blows after saffron celebration legislators demanded a remark through Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee over “worsening” regulation and order state of affairs within the state.

    Round 25 BJP MLAs led through Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari then walked out of the meeting, claiming that a number of celebration legislators had been roughed up through TMC MLAs throughout the Area.

    TMC chief and state minister Firhad Hakim, then again, informed journalists that the BJP is staging a drama to create chaos within the meeting. He additionally mentioned that some Trinamool Congress legislators had been injured throughout the scuffle that came about throughout the Area.

  • Bengal killings: TMC Rampurhat-1 block president Anarul Hossain arrested

    Through PTI

    RAMPURHAT: Trinamool Congress Rampurhat-1 block president Anarul Hossain was once arrested on Thursday in reference to the killings in Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police mentioned.

    He was once arrested from Tarapith within the district inside hours of Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee directing the police to nab him for now not being attentive to native other folks’s apprehension of imaginable disturbance within the house, which in the long run snowballed into the carnage, a senior officer mentioned.

    Searches have been performed in more than a few portions of the district together with Hossain’s place of dwelling, and then he was once nabbed from Tarapith. Hossain was once picked up from close to a resort after police tracked his cell phone tower location, he mentioned.

    The native TMC chief will probably be wondered over the incident wherein 8 other folks have been burnt alive on Tuesday, he added.

    In the meantime, Rampurhat police station inspector-in-charge Tridib Pramanik was once suspended for negligence.

  • Birbhum killings: Mamata reaches Bogtui village, speaks with family members of deceased

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA/RAMPURHAT: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reached Bogtui village, the place 8 other folks had been burnt alive previous this week, and spoke with the members of the family of the ones killed.

    She took a helicopter from Dumurjola Stadium in Howrah and landed on a helipad close to the village amid tight safety. She went to Bogtui village and spoke with the members of the family of the ones killed.

    #WATCH | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets the family members of the ones killed in #Birbhum violence. Visuals from Bagtui village, Rampurhat percent.twitter.com/iIhSQjLpu8

    — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2022

    The manager minister additionally one after the other spoke with the members of the family of slain native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh. Considered one of his members of the family fell sick whilst describing their ordeal to Banerjee.

    ALSO READ: Birbhum killings: Congress delegation avoided from coming into Bogtui village forward of Mamata’s consult with

    Consistent with ANI, Banerjee passed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to the family members of the ones killed within the violence. Monetary assist of Rs 2 lakhs can be given for reconstructing affected homes. Households of the ten individuals who died in fireplace can be given a role and Rs 5 lakhs, she mentioned.

  • Hooghly MP dubs Mamata a ‘modern day Nero’

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    NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee on Wednesday dubbed West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee a ‘modern day Nero’ taking part in the flute at the burning pyres.

    Stepping up the political assault on Mamata Banerjee within the wake of the hot alleged incident by which 8 other people together with some girls have been allegedly burnt alive in Rampurhat in Birbhum district of West Bengal, Chatterjee took to her Twitter, announcing: “Lawlessness at its height! People burned alive in Rampurhat, West Bengal. And modern day Nero ”Mamata Banerjee” is taking part in the flute on those burning pyres #Bengalburning”. 

    An afternoon sooner than talking to the media on Monday, the BJP MP had alleged that Bengal is turning into ‘terrorists’ personal nation. “I repeat that Bengal is popping into terrorists’ personal nation. It’s unhappy that each day such incidents are happening within the state  on account of a struggle occurring throughout the TMC for money and keep watch over over sand syndicates”, she had alleged.”

    Within the elections, Mamata ji threw soccer via announcing that ‘khela hobe’. And after the election effects on Might 2 final 12 months, the TMC staff throw bombs announcing ‘khela-Hobe’. The TMC staff have extra guns than police” Locket Chatterjee alleged. She accused the TMC of being in the back of the murders of greater than 100 BJP staff in Bengal within the post-poll violence.

    “After Might 2, the entire nation has noticed the killings of round 100 BJP staff via the TMC patronized goons within the violence after the meeting elections. The entire of West Bengal is sitting at the powder keg these days”, she allegedly mentioned attacking the TMC govt.

  • Resolution to give up BJP brought about by way of politics of hatred practised in birthday party: Babul Supriyo

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: TMC candidate for Ballygunge meeting by-poll, Babul Supriyo, who converted to the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party from the BJP final September, on Friday stated his determination to give up the saffron birthday party was once brought about by way of politics of “hatred and divisiveness” practised by way of its contributors.

    The previous MP had left the BJP in a while after shedding his ministerial berth on the Centre.

    Ceaselessly trolled on social media over his determination to modify camps, Supriyo on Friday, tagging Bengal BJP’s professional web page, tweeted, “My determination to give up was once brought about by way of the politics of hatred, divisiveness (practised within the saffron camp). I may now not reconcile to such emblem of politics.”

    Saying that he would do no matter was once wanted to offer protection to the heritage, tradition and secular values of Bengal, Supriyo stated, “Other folks of Asansol know I had by no means practiced the sectarian and slender 70:30 or 80:20 politics in Bengal and can by no means do this.”

    The Left had accused the previous minister of fuelling communal sentiments following a insurrection in Asansol house of Paschim Bardhaman district in 2018.

    Alleging that he was once betrayed by way of the BJP management in Bengal, Supriyo said, “I’d paintings to uphold the motto of solidarity in variety.” He additionally stated that “he may now not settle for the common insults made to Bengalis, the refusal to recognize the great paintings of a Bengali”.

    Responding to his allegations, BJP nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh questioned why he “awoke to the real personality of the BJP this overdue”. “We by no means noticed any such treacherous character earlier than,” he stated.

    “If he thinks Bengalis aren’t getting due reputation, how come he was once made a union minister by way of Shri Narendra Modi in 2014, regardless of being a brand new entrant in politics? He was once a singer and had no political background. Has he forgotten how he was once defeated by way of the TMC in Tollygunje final yr?” Ghosh stated.

    Echoing him, BJP nationwide secretary Anupam Hazra stated it was once “ironical that Supriyo didn’t uncover those characteristics and vices” when he was once a minister “We’re fortunate to have were given ridden of such unprincipled unethical individual,” Hazra stated.

  • Mamata says Bengal used to be introduced debatable Pegasus spy ware for Rs 25 crore, 4-5 years in the past

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA/AMARAVATI: An afternoon after West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee printed that the debatable Pegasus spy ware used to be introduced to her executive, she equipped on Thursday extra main points, declaring the state police used to be approached no less than 4 to 5 years again with an be offering to promote the debatable Israeli spy ware for simply Rs 25 crore.

    The manager minister mentioned she had became it down when she got here to grasp of it.

    Banerjee additionally alleged that as a substitute of the use of the spy ware for the protection of the rustic, it used to be utilized by the central executive which she claimed bought it, for “political” causes towards judges and officers.

    Then again, the Telugu Desam birthday celebration denied assertions made by means of her on Wednesday that the then leader minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, had bought the spy ware all through his tenure.

    “They (NSO, the corporate which advanced Pegasus) had approached everyone to promote their ware. That they had approached our police too, four-five years in the past and introduced to promote it for Rs 25 crore. I had the ideas, however I mentioned that we didn’t require it,” Banerjee mentioned on the state secretariat.

    “If it used to be used for the advantage of the rustic or for safety causes then it used to be a special subject altogether, nevertheless it has been used for political functions, towards judges, officials which isn’t in any respect welcomed,” she alleged.

    The Bengal leader minister had on Wednesday disclosed within the Meeting that her executive used to be introduced Pegasus spy ware which she had declined because it had the possible to encroach upon other people’s privateness.

    All over her disclosure within the Meeting, the fiery chief had additionally claimed that the Andhra executive “had it all through Chandrababu (Naidu)’s time”.

    Then again, the Telegu Desam birthday celebration denied the declare and mentioned the Chandrababu Naidu executive had made no such acquire.

    “We have now by no means bought any spy ware. We by no means indulged in any unlawful telephone tapping,” Telugu Desam Birthday celebration common secretary Nara Lokesh mentioned right here on Thursday.

    Reacting to Banerjee’s declare that the former Chandrababu Naidu executive bought the Pegasus Spy ware, Lokesh who used to be the then Minister for Knowledge Era in his father Chandrababu’s Cupboard, mentioned, “I do not know whether or not she has certainly mentioned this, and the place and wherein context. If she did say this, she is indisputably misinformed.”

    Then again, he mentioned the instrument used to be introduced to the state executive. “Sure, Pegasus introduced to promote its spy ware to the AP executive as neatly however we rejected it,” Lokesh mentioned. Had the federal government bought the spy ware, there can be a report of it, he identified.

    A global media consortium had reported ultimate yr that over 300 verified Indian cell phone numbers have been at the listing of possible objectives for surveillance the use of Pegasus spy ware.

    A New York Occasions record previous this yr claiming India purchased Pegasus spy ware as a part of a USD 2 billion defence care for Israel in 2017 had induced a significant controversy with the Opposition alleging that the federal government had indulged in unlawful snooping that amounted to “treason”.

    The Ideally suited Court docket is recently listening to a batch of pleas at the allegations of misuse of this spy ware in India.

  • In spite of victory in meeting elections, profitable presidential polls would possibly not be simple for BJP: Mamata

    The sport isn’t but over. With out our give a boost to, BJP received't sail thru.  They don't have even part of the entire MLAs within the nation, she added.

  • Asansol bypoll: Mamata Banerjee has set instance of political equality, says Shatrughan Sinha

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    NEW DELHI: Veteran Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who’s fondly referred to as in his local state Bihar as” Bihari Babu”, stated that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has set an instance of political equality by means of giving an opportunity to all,who should serve the folks in politics as “seva” as a substitute of being indulged in “self-promotion”.

    Sinha, elated at being made the TMC candidate for Lok Sabha bypoll from Asansol, stated that the folks of Asansol LS constituency would by no means be disenchanted after electing him for the Lok Sabha. “I shall come true to the expectancy of Mamata Banerjeeji and the folks of Asansol,” he stated, including that the rustic has were given a dynamic, speeding and other folks loving chief.

    “She is blessed with an overly calibre and unequalled in principled politics”, Sinha stated, exuding self assurance to get overwhelming electoral blessings from the folks of Asansol. He stated, “Voice of other folks won’t get ‘Khamosh’ and I shall proceed being the voice of other folks within the Parliament as I had all the time been since my political occupation.”

    Sinha had additionally been minister within the union executive and represented Patna Sahib LS seat from 2009 and 2014 at the BJP price tag.Previous to this,he had additionally been memeber of Rajya Sabha from 1996-2002 and 2002-2008. He used to be within the union cupboard all through the federal government of atal Bihari Vajpayee the minister of well being and circle of relatives welfare.

    The bypoll within the Asansol LS constituency is scheduled to be hung on April 12 this yr. The bypoll has been necessitated after Babul Supriyo,2-time BJP MP resigned lately and joined the TMC on September 18.