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  • Mamata Banerjee reaches out to regional events to push for anti-BJP alliance, says no level relying on Congress

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Achieving out to regional events to push for an anti-BJP alliance an afternoon after the saffron camp swept elections in 4 states, West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sought to edge the Congress out of any potential opposition formation, declaring there was once no level in looking ahead to the grand previous birthday party as its lacked ‘fireplace within the abdominal’.

    Reacting sharply to Banerjee’s fulminations, the Congress struck again mentioning that High Minster Narendra Modi’s and her stand have been identical, with one in the hunt for a “Congress `Mukt’ (Loose) India” and the opposite, an “Opposition coalition sans Congress.”

    “I believe the entire political events who wish to combat towards the BJP will have to paintings in combination. There is not any level in relying on Congress,” the TMC Supremo mentioned.

    She pointed that the Congress was once “previous in a position to successful because it had a company.”

    On the other hand, Banerjee mentioned, “They’re now they’re shedding far and wide. It does not appear they’re anymore (in successful). They have got misplaced credibility, and there’s no level in relying on them.”

    She went on to indicate that there have been many sturdy regional events, implying they might in combination be a simpler pressure.

    The BJP on Thursday had stormed again to energy in Uttar Pradesh and retained Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, whilst Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP scripted a stellar victory in Punjab, successful a three-fourth majority pulverizing the Congress.

    The result of the February-March meeting polls, observed as a barometer to gauge other folks’s temper forward of the following Lok Sabha elections, noticed the Congress’ vote proportion shrinking in maximum puts.

    Requested concerning the efficiency of the Congress within the 5 states, Banerjee mentioned, “It’s for them to make a decision on what they wish to do. However I feel all opposition events will have to come in combination to defeat the BJP. There is not any want to look forward to the Congress,” she added.

    When requested about whether or not and when she plans to habits an opposition Leader Ministers conclave which she had proposed throughout her telephonic conversations with Tamil Nadu and Telangana opposite numbers M Ok Stalin and Ok Chandrasekhar Rao closing month, Banerjee mentioned not anything has been determined but.

    “Let others make a decision,” she mentioned.

    Reacting to her feedback, Chief of the opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury mentioned the TMC had long gone to Goa to defeat the Congress within the coastal state.

    “These days she is propagating that the Congress will have to be saved out of the coalition of the opposition events.

    Modi is propagating ‘Congress-free India” and Didi is announcing “Congress-sans opposition coalition,” Chowdhury mentioned.

    He accused Banerjee’s birthday party of foraying into Goa “so as to defeat the Congress and make the BJP satisfied and (ready to) win the election there.”

    “When you (Banerjee) had no longer wooed Congress leaders (away) and entered into the ballot fray, the outcome may well be other,” he claimed.

  • Pilot avoided head-on collision with every other aircraft: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: Two days after her chartered flight skilled mid-air turbulence, West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday stated every other airplane had are available entrance of her aircraft, and it was once the urged motion of the pilot that avoided a head-on collision.

    The Bengal executive had on Saturday sought a document from the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after Banerjee’s airplane encountered turbulence, leaving her again and chest injured.

    The state executive additionally sought to understand from the DGCA if approval was once accorded for the path taken via Banerjee’s chartered flight.

    She was once getting back from Uttar Pradesh after finishing up her marketing campaign for the Samajwadi Celebration.

    “Some other aircraft, swiftly, got here in entrance of my airplane. If the placement had endured for 10 extra seconds, there would were a head-on collision. It was once because of the potency of the pilot that I survived. The aircraft climbed down 6,000 toes. I suffered accidents on my again and chest. I nonetheless have ache,” she advised newshounds within the Meeting.

    Banerjee additionally claimed that her aircraft didn’t fall into any air pocket.

    On Friday night time, a chartered flight sporting Banerjee from Varanasi to town confronted turbulence, inflicting the aircraft to rock violently.

    The pilot controlled to land it safely at Netaji Subhas Chandra Global Airport.

    Alternatively, Banerjee suffered accidents brought about via the steep climb-down the flight needed to make to deal with the turbulence.

    The CM was once on board a Dassault Falcon 2000, which is a ten.3-tonne light-weight aircraft with a capability of sporting a most of nineteen other people, together with two flight attendants.

  • ‘SIT probe would yield not anything however garbage’: Adhir questions Mamata’s silence on Anis Khan’s dying

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA:  Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Saturday wondered the silence of West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee within the mysterious dying of scholar activist Anis Khan and mentioned that she has forgotten the Muslims who had reposed religion in her since her celebration’s win within the state election.

    Chowdhury, who may be the WBPCC president, alleged that the state executive is attempting to cover the reality at the back of the incident and forestall investigation into it.

    Chowdhury, who met the the scholar activist’s members of the family at their space at Amta in Howrah district throughout the day, claimed that the particular investigating staff shaped through the state executive to probe the dying “would yield not anything however garbage”.

    He raked up the dying of Rizwanur Rahman, a graphics instructor, who in line with the CBI probe used to be pushed to dedicate suicide in 2007.

    “Didi (Banerjee) had spearheaded the motion following Rizwanur’s dying as a result of she had no possibility then. Now since the elections are over, the Muslims had been dumped through her.”

    Rizwanur used to be discovered useless close to the rail observe in Kolkata in Sptember 2007, a month after his marriage to the daughter of industrialist Ashok Todi.

    The Splendid Courtroom had in March 2011 had requested CBI continue with the case as suicide.

    The dying had rocked the state and Banerjee had spearheaded a motion in opposition to the then Left Entrance executive of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and demanded the CBI probe into it.

    “Why is the manager minister silent on this case? Why hasn’t she despatched any of her ministers to fulfill Anis’ members of the family? The folks of Bengal need to know the thriller at the back of his dying.

    However it kind of feels that the state executive is attempting to prevent the investigation as the manager minister and the TMC executive are looking to cover the reality at the back of the dying.

    We can now not allow them to achieve that,” Chowdhury advised journalists.

    “There might be no investigation achieved through the SIT. No person will consider {that a} civic police guy would kill someone except he used to be ordered”.

    A civic police guy used to be some of the 4 police team of workers who had reportedly compelled their method into Anis’ space at the evening of February 18 and took him to its 2nd ground.

    His frame used to be later discovered through his members of the family from out of doors the development.

    Chowdhury alleged that Anis’s members of the family are being given dying threats to power them withdraw their call for for a CBI probe.

    He mentioned that Congress will transfer the Nationwide Human Rights Fee within the case.

    “We can proceed with our protests and if wanted assist Anis’ circle of relatives to fulfill President Ram Nath Kovind and take the case to the Nationwide Fee for Minorities”.

    Chowdhury additionally used to be important in regards to the state executive’s Deucha Pachami coal undertaking and wondered its “business viability”.

    “No person is prepared to take a position right here. This can be a hid coalfield and several other hundred metres need to be dug to get coal. No person is aware of whether or not this might be a viable undertaking or now not,” he mentioned.

    The the state executive is but to post any notification with reference to the undertaking despite the fact that it has already deliberate to evacuate round 21,000 other people from the world, he mentioned.

    The state executive is making an investment about Rs 35,000 crore on this undertaking which is unfold throughout 3.

    04 lakh acres and Banerjee has introduced jobs for one member of every circle of relatives that donates land, but even so expanding the reimbursement bundle.

  • UP Election 2022: I will be able to no longer bow down, abused me… BJP is dropping this message is apparent… Mamta roared in PM Modi’s stronghold

    Abhishek Kumar Jha, Varanasi: The final segment of balloting within the UP Meeting Elections 2022 is to be hung on March 7. In one of these scenario, West Bengal Leader Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee is on a UP excursion. Mamta Banerjee, who arrived in UP to marketing campaign for the Samajwadi Birthday celebration, made a powerful assault at the BJP executive in her acquainted taste. Mamta mentioned at the protest of BJP employees in Varanasi that she abused me, however I will be able to no longer bow down. All this implies BJP is dropping, this message is apparent.

    Mamta centered Modi and Yogi fiercely throughout her complete speech. Actually, there used to be numerous sloganeering towards Mamta Banerjee at other puts in Banaras. Black flags have been proven. On Wednesday, with out giving any more or less response, Mamta Banerjee was anxious and watched the Ganga aarti sitting at the steps of the ghat. On the other hand, nowadays Mamta made a giant allegation at the incident of sloganeering from the SP platform. Mamta Banerjee alleged that I used to be abused, my automobile used to be hit with a stick.

    ‘I used to be insulted, moms and sisters will take revenge’
    Particularly Mamta Banerjee had reached Varanasi for the final segment of election marketing campaign. As anticipated, there might be opposition to Mamata Banerjee and it has took place. Mamta sat down at the steps of the ghat as a protest in her personal taste. However to respond to this incident, he selected the instance of an election rally. Mamta Banerjee, who got here final to talk, regarding the day before today’s incident at first of her speech mentioned that once I used to be coming the day before today, I noticed at the manner that there’s not anything within the thoughts of BJP employee. He stopped my automobile. Hit my automobile with a stick and abused me. I additionally were given out of the auto and noticed what it is advisable to do. BJP is a timid birthday celebration and if you’re scared then I will be able to come to Banaras 1000 instances. I’ve been insulted so much the day before today, my mom will take revenge for this insult.

    ‘Mamata is the political mess of the rustic… Pithadhishwar is livid with the marketing campaign of Bengal CM with Akhilesh

    Yogi, merely named Yogi, suffers from paintings, exchange the yogi
    Yogi Adityanath used to be additionally the objective of Mamta Banerjee. Focused on Yogi Adityanath, Mamta Banerjee mentioned that Yogi is just a Yogi in identify, he’s affected by paintings. She runs Anti Romeo Squad however she simplest insults mom and sisters. On this election, the mummy and sisters in combination will exchange this executive. Describing Yogi Adityanath as an intruder, he appealed within the election rally that Jayant and Akhilesh are the sons of your home, lead them to win.

    If there’s friendship with Putin, why is Modi no longer saving the youngsters?
    It would no longer have took place if Mamata Banerjee got here to Banaras and didn’t assault PM Modi. Elevating the problem of scholars stranded in Ukraine, Mamta Banerjee mentioned that if Modi has such a lot friendship with Putin and breathes friendship, then why aren’t expelling scholars from there. Modi knew 3 months prematurely that warfare used to be going to occur, so why have been the youngsters no longer taken out in time. At the factor of lifeless our bodies within the Ganges throughout the Corona duration, Mamta centered Modi and the Yogi executive fiercely.

    Protest In opposition to Mamta Banerjee: Mamta Banerjee Gau Again.. Hindu Yuva Vahini activist advised the cause of protest in Varanasi!

    If Akhilesh wins, BJP won’t win in 2024
    After the huge victory within the Bengal elections, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has expanded its group around the nation. Mamta Banerjee is changing into a tricky problem for the BJP for the 2024 normal elections. He indicated this from the thoughts of SP, Mamta Banerjee obviously mentioned that if Akhilesh wins the elections in 2022, then the BJP executive won’t are available 2024.

  • UP elections: Mamata proven black flags in BJP stronghold Varanasi

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    GORAKHPUR: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who landed in Varanasi on Wednesday to marketing campaign in improve of Samajwadi Birthday party, used to be proven black flags whilst on her strategy to Dashashwamedh ghat from airport.

    Once Mamata proceeded to Dashashwamedh ghat, she used to be confronted protests at a number of puts when BJP supporters confirmed her black flags first in Chetganj locality after which at Godowliya.

    In Chetganj, on seeing the black flags by way of a crowd shouting Jai Shree Ram, the west bengal CM misplaced her cool, stopped the auto and got here out at the street.

    Pushing the protestors, Mamta dared the BJP staff to come back ahead with black flags. 

    “You all are shedding the elections. Those aren’t black flags however your concern of shedding elections,” she shouted at the mike.

    The west bengal CM additionally shouted the slogan : “Jai UP, Jai Hind.”

    Therefore, as she proceeded additional, she used to be proven black flags at Gowdowliya. Alternatively, the district police driven the protestors apart.

    On getting the details about protests, SP staff accrued at Godowliya crossing in retaliation. Each the teams of protestors got here head to head to be despatched away by way of the police officers.

    Then Mamata Banerjee reached Dashashwamedh ghat and paid obeisance at Ganga Mandir. She additionally watched the well-known Ganga Arti whilst sitting at the stairs of the ghat.

    Mamata is predicted to handle a few rallies at the side of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav in and round Varanasi which is able to vote in ultimate segment on March 7.

    Mamata is scheduled to stick in Varanasi for the following two days.

    Alternatively, within the wake of protests towards the west bengal CM, the district management has beefed up the safety.

  • Mumbai court docket remains summons issued to Mamata Banerjee in case of disrespecting nationwide anthem

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: A periods court docket right here on Friday stayed the summons issued to West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee until March 25 in a case concerning her disrespecting the nationwide anthem.

    Vivekanand Gupta, a functionary of the BJP’s Mumbai unit, had approached the Justice of the Peace court docket with a grievance alleging that Banerjee didn’t stand when the nationwide anthem used to be performed at an match all the way through her seek advice from to Mumbai in December 2021.

    Taking cognisance of the grievance, the Justice of the Peace court docket had issued summons to Banerjee previous this month. It had directed her to look prior to the court docket on March 2. The West Bengal leader minister had challenged the decrease court docket’s order prior to the periods court docket.

    Because the topic got here up for its first listening to on Friday, pass judgement on R N Rokade issued a understand to the respondent (Gupta) and stayed the summons issued by way of the Justice of the Peace court docket until March 25, when the topic is indexed for look.

    Gupta has accused Banerjee of disrespecting the nationwide anthem. He additionally demanded that an FIR be registered in opposition to her beneath provisions of the Prevention of Insults to Nationwide Honour Act.

  • In a primary of varieties, Bengal Guv summons Meeting consultation at 2 AM performing on typo in state executive’s advice

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: In what could also be a primary of varieties in legislative historical past, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday summoned West Bengal’s legislature for a consultation well beyond mid-night at 2 AM on March 7.

    Dhankar stated he used to be simply appearing at the advice of the Mamata Banerjee-led cupboard which he described as “odd”, even though each state executive officers in addition to the state’s speaker Biman Banerjee stated the request for calling the meeting consultation at 2 AM used to be a case of a easy “typographical error” the place PM changed into AM.

    If the consultation is certainly referred to as at 2 AM at evening, it is going to imply legislators must actually burn the nighttime oil in addition to Governor Dhankar who must give his opening speech at that unusual hour.

    Unbiased India’s Parliament held a consultation the place High Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made his well-known “tryst with future” speech on the stroke of mid-night.

    Each the Parliament and lots of state legislative assemblies have stretched their debates and discussions to timings previous nighttime to deal with pressing industry, however hardly ever if ever has a area been summoned at this sort of past due hour.

    In a tweet, Dhankar stated that discovering the timing of the consultation “after nighttime relatively unusual,” he had referred to as the state Leader Secretary for pressing session earlier than midday Thursday.

    Alternatively, “there used to be standard compliance failure,” he complained.

    Thereafter, he took the verdict to name the home on the unusual hour “accepting the cupboard determination,” the Governor stated. “Invoking article 174 (1) of Charter, accepting Cupboard Determination, Meeting has been summoned to satisfy on March 7, 2022 at 2.00 A.M,” he tweeted.

    “Meeting assembly after nighttime at 2.00 A.M. is odd and historical past of varieties in making, however this is Cupboard Determination,” Dhankar added.

    The Governor in his tweet identified the proposal within the cupboard memo which he gained the state cupboard stated, “Now it’s proposed that West Bengal Legislative Meeting could also be summoned by way of Hon’ble Governor on 7.03.2022 at 2am.”

    Reacting to the verdict, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, who could also be the chief of the opposition within the West Bengal meeting tweeted “Nighttime consultation !!! State Executive’s head is dysfunction.”

    The governor had previous despatched again a advice by way of Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee for summoning the Meeting for the Price range Consultation, pronouncing that as in line with constitutional provision, it should come from the state Cupboard.

  • ‘Nationwide ambitions abruptly woke up’: Sushil Modi takes a dig at KCR’s 3rd entrance efforts

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    NEW DELHI: Senior BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday mentioned that the manager ministers of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Telangana have affect restricted of their respective states and they’re now looking to shape a entrance as their nationwide ambitions abruptly woke up.

    Taking to Twitter, Sushil Modi, who could also be a Rajya Sabha member, lashed out on the opposition leaders announcing that the folks have observed the destiny of many vulnerable regimes — the governments of VP Singh, Chandrasekhar, HD Deve Gowda and IG Gujaral. “All the ones governments had been rejected outrightly through the folks of nation,” mentioned Modi, including that such vulnerable governments would be afflicted by negativity and turn out to be a hindrance in balance and building.

    ममता बनर्जी, चंद्रशेखर राव, उद्धव ठाकरे जैसे मुख्यमंत्रियों का प्रभाव केवल संबंधित राज्यों तक है, लेकिन ऐसे जिन लोगों की राष्ट्रीय महत्वाकांक्षा अचानक जगती है, वे कोई फ्रंट बनाने निकल पड़ते हैं।

    — Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) February 22, 2022

    Modi, who is regarded as as probably the most distinguished participants of the BJP think-tank on the Centre, additional mentioned the rustic has been rising as probably the most fastest-growing economies on the earth beneath the management of Top Minister Narendra Modi with a large upward push in foreign currencies reserves.

    “However be mindful, there was once an afternoon all through the regime of Chandrasekhar when the rustic was once compelled to loan gold in London. And now, some opposition leaders are talking of a entrance towards the Modi executive on account of their political ambitions.”

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    Predicting an utter failure of an try to shape an anti-BJP entrance, Modi mentioned that Mamata Banerjee won’t ever be triumphant despite the fact that she joins fingers with Tejashwi Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, KCR and Uddhav Thackeray to problem the preferred management of PM Modi and the BJP which has a robust central executive and devoted cadres.

    The irony is these kinds of regional events need to exclude the Congress from the entrance even though maximum of them (events) are breakaways from the Congress and are dynastic outfits.

    “Some leaders who don’t have any pan-India fortify can elevate somebody’s identify for the massive put up,”, Modi mentioned.

  • UP Election 2022: Mega display of UP politics shall be held in Kashi on March 3, Mamta Banerjee-Akhilesh and Modi shall be head to head

    Abhishek Kumar Jha, Varanasi: After the Bengal elections, Mamta Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi shall be head to head as soon as once more. Varanasi is all set to grow to be a political enviornment for the remaining section of the UP Meeting elections (UP Vidhansabha Chunav 2022). Best leaders of all political events will keep in PM’s stronghold Varanasi for the remaining section of elections, however essentially the most attention-grabbing would be the joint public assembly of Mamta Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav.

    All of the frontal organizations of the Samajwadi Birthday celebration had been ordered from Lucknow to carry a gathering in combination to arrange for the joint public assembly with Mamata Banerjee. If assets are to be believed, from March 3, PM Narendra Modi can be on his keep in Kashi and he’ll additionally do a highway display right here until simply ahead of the remaining section of polling. In this type of scenario, the PM’s stronghold Varanasi will grow to be a witness to the political rhetoric of the political giants.

    Mamta-Akhilesh will display energy thru public assembly
    Satya Prakash Sonkar, nationwide normal secretary of Babasaheb Ambedkar Vahini, advised NBT On-line that on March 3, there shall be a joint public assembly of Akhilesh Yadav and Mamta Banerjee. Together with this, a victory adventure may also pop out. The primary frame at the side of all of the frontal organizations of the Samajwadi Birthday celebration has been ordered to get fascinated by their arrangements from the headquarters of SP. For this, all birthday party officers will cling a assessment assembly.

    PM Modi can keep in Kashi at the strains of 2017
    At the strains of 2017 UP meeting elections, this time additionally Narendra Modi can keep for two days in Purvanchal for the remaining section of elections. If assets are to be believed, from March 3 to March 5, Modi will keep in Varanasi and from right here he’ll behavior the remaining section of Purvanchal polling. Together with this, he’ll even have a mega highway display in Varanasi.

  • Mamata Banerjee to fulfill CMs of non-BJP dominated states subsequent month to talk about danger to federalism

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    KOLKATA: The second one assembly of Trinamool Congress’s newly constituted nationwide operating committee could be held in Delhi in presence of the birthday party’s chairperson Mamata Banerjee. The date of the assembly is predicted to be after March 10, after the announcement of Meeting election ends up in the 5 states.

    “Within the assembly, we might speak about our stance in nationwide politics relying on the result of the Meeting polls in 5 states. The manager minister herself will chair the assembly and provides us the longer term roadmap within the area of nationwide politics,’’ stated a senior TMC chief.

    The chief stated the Bengal leader minister and the nationwide operating committee might meet the heads of the non-BJP dominated states in March over the problem of the rustic’s federal construction and overstepping of constitutional rights by means of governors within the non-BJP states.

    Mamata not too long ago communicated with Tamil Nadu leader minister MK Stalin over the problem of constitutional overstepping and brazen misuse of energy by means of governors.

    On Friday, Mamata, within the first assembly of the nationwide operating committee at her Kalighat place of dwelling, reinstated her nephew because the birthday party’s nationwide normal secretary inducting 3 others as vice-president. Previous Mamata dissolved all posts of the birthday party within the national-level hierarchy.

    Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha, Subrata Bakshi, and Chandrima Bhattacharya had been decided on because the vice-president. ‘’Induction of 3 others within the newly created vice-president publish appears to be an try to clip Abhishek’s wings as the new construction within the birthday party instructed rising distance between him and the birthday party supremo,’’ stated every other TMC chief.

    Sinha, Bakshi, and Chandrima are believed to be amongst those that are from Mamata’s shut circle.

    Within the variety means of candidate lists for the approaching municipal elections in 107 civic our bodies scheduled to be hung on February 27, Mamata became down Abhishek’s concept of fielding new faces within the fray. Prashant Kishor’s crew IPAC, which was once employed on Abhishek’s advice, uploaded a candidate checklist within the birthday party social media platform with out Mamata’s approval and the birthday party needed to announce a contemporary checklist of applicants.    

    There was once a robust buzz doing the rounds that Abhishek expressed a need to step down as his previous publish within the hierarchy and Mamata was once in no temper to dissuade him.