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  • BJP, TMC in blame sport on Tagore’s start anniversary over robbery of his Nobel medallion

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    KOLKATA: The Nobel medallion robbery that shook the country 18 years in the past was once dragged into West Bengal’s politics on Monday when the state celebrated the 161st start anniversary of the Bengali icon Rabindranath Tagore as Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee lamented that the CBI’s failure to recuperate this is a ‘giant insult’ to the folk of the state, whilst BJP chief Rahul Sinha connected the ruling celebration to the incident.

    “The CBI could not recuperate the stolen medallion on account of non-cooperation from the state govt. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had confident that she would to find Tagore’s Nobel if the CBI fails. Now it’s her task to convey again Bengal’s delight. The TMC was once concerned within the robbery,” Sinha stated at the instance of the Nobel laureate’s start anniversary on the celebration headquarters in north Kolkata.

    In a while after Sinha’s allegation, the Bengal CM hit out on the CBI, which probed the robbery, at the identical factor at an tournament organised through the state govt. “This was once the primary Nobel that we had gained and somebody snatched it clear of us. It pains me to suppose that the Nobel may just now not be traced even after such a lot of years. This came about all the way through the Left Entrance regime. I have no idea if any proof nonetheless exists. The failure at the a part of CBI is a large insult to the folk of Bengal,” Mamata stated in her deal with expressing her apprehension that the central company would possibly have closed the probe through now.

    TMC’s normal secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh rubbished Sinha’s allegation. “It’s baseless. When the robbery happened, the Left Entrance govt was once in Bengal. How can the TMC be connected with the incident?” he requested.

  • TMC misleads on CAA, will implement put up Covid: Shah

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    KOLKATA:  Union House Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reiterated that the Centre would  enforce the contentious Citizenship (Modification) Act as soon as the Covid waves subside. Talking at a serve as in north Bengal’s Siliguri, Shah accused the Trinamool Congress of “deceptive” other people at the Act. “The TMC is deceptive other people via announcing we will be able to no longer have the ability to enforce the CAA. I want to make it transparent that the CAA would indisputably be applied as soon as the Covid scenario subsides.”

    In the meantime, a sour disagreement broke out between Shah and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee all the way through the previous’s first discuss with to the state after the BJP’s debacle within the 2021 Meeting polls.
    Mamata was once fast to retort to Shah’s remarks at the CAA via announcing that the Act would no longer be applied in Bengal. “How may a specific citizens be given citizenship once they had already elected PMs and CMs within the earlier elections? The BJP is training divisive politics. The folk of Bengal have already rejected it,” she mentioned. 

    Relating to the 2021 Meeting elections, Shah mentioned the BJP accredited the decision of Bengal’s citizens. 
    “We took our tally to 77 from 3 within the Meeting election. We waited for a 12 months as we concept she would rectify herself after coming to energy for the 3rd time however not anything modified. The folk of the state are nonetheless going through atrocities of the ruling birthday party. Don’t suppose the BJP can be sitting idle.

    Our birthday party will proceed combating towards the misrule until other people vote towards the continued anarchy,” Shah mentioned within the north Bengal stronghold the place the saffron camp had made spectacular features within the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Relating to “infiltration” from Bangladesh, Shah mentioned a political scenario would emerge when the police and different businesses within the state will sign up for arms with the BSF.  Mamata right away hit out at Shah. “Will he create this type of scenario in Bengal? Will he be the conspirator? It is going to by no means occur. Don’t ask the BSF to overrule the state.” 

  • BJP is not going to leisure until it uproots TMC’s tyrannical rule from Bengal: Amit Shah

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    SILIGURI: Union House Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that the BJP would no longer leisure until it uprooted the tyrannical rule of the TMC and restored democracy in Bengal.

    Addressing a public rally in Siliguri the city of North Bengal, he additionally stated that the saffron birthday celebration would proceed to combat in opposition to the ‘cut-money’ tradition (extortion), corruption and political violence.

    Shah accused the ruling TMC in Bengal of “spreading canards” in regards to the Citizenship (Modification) Act, and stated that the legislation could be applied as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic ended.

    “I need to thank the folks of north Bengal for elevating BJP’s tally in Bengal Meeting to 77 from 3. The BJP may not leisure until it uprooted the TMC’s tyrannical rule. We had was hoping that Mamata Banerjee would rectify herself after being voted to energy for the 3rd time. We waited for a complete yr for her to rectify herself, however she did not alternate. It’s the ruler’s legislation that prevails within the state,” he mentioned.

    The Union house minister claimed that Banerjee at all times misled Gorkhas for vested political pursuits.

    “Didi has at all times misled Gorkha brothers and sisters. I’ve come lately to inform them that if there may be one birthday celebration that thinks within the hobby of Gorkhas, it’s the BJP,” he stated.

    “We’ve got given assurance {that a} everlasting political approach to all issues might be discovered throughout the limits of the Charter,” he added.

  • CBI information earlier than Calcutta HC probe development experiences in Birbhum killings, TMC chief’s homicide

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    KOLKATA: The CBI on Monday submitted earlier than the Calcutta Top Courtroom probe development experiences within the Birbhum arson case, which left 10 folks useless, and the homicide of TMC panchayat deputy leader Bhadu Sheikh that allegedly resulted in the killings.

    A department bench comprising Leader Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj, which ordered a CBI probe into the 2 incidents, had directed the company to record the development experiences at the investigations on Might 2.

    The bench had on March 25 ordered that the probe into the March 21 violence at Bogtui in Birbhum district be passed over to CBI from the West Bengal government-appointed particular investigation workforce.

    It had due to this fact on April 8 ordered that the investigation within the homicide of Bhadu Sheikh be additionally passed over to the CBI from the state police, watching that the second one incident prima facie appears to be the autumn out of the homicide of Sheikh.

    Ten folks, together with ladies and kids, died after miscreants set fireplace to homes in Bogtui village on March 21.

    The bloodbath came about in a while after Sheikh used to be killed.

  • West Bengal: Uncertainty stays over Babul Supriyo’s oath-taking as TMC MLA

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    KOLKATA: There used to be no finish to the uncertainty over the oath-taking of newly elected TMC MLA Babul Supriyo, with the singer-turned-politician Sunday urging West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to permit Meeting Speaker Biman Banerjee to preside over the rite, and the Raj Bhavan occupant turning down the request.

    The oath-taking of Supriyo, who used to be elected on a Trinamool Congress price tag from the Ballygunge constituency in Kolkata in a by-poll held previous this month, bumped into bothered waters as Dhankhar and Banerjee crossed swords over the process that must be adopted in regards to the programme.

    Supriyo, in a tweet on Sunday morning, stated: “For the sake of the folk of Ballygunge, who didn’t hv a MLA for a number of months for the reason that death of Subroto Mukherjee, I might request your excellency @jdhankhar1 ji to opposite the verdict & permit Honble Speaker to preside over my oath taking permitting me to start out my paintings (sic).”

    The governor, then again, in a urged reaction, stated it used to be no longer imaginable to simply accept Supriyo’s request, mentioning constitutional barriers.

    “Public area request of Shri Babul Supriyo, elected to the West Bengal Legislative Meeting from 161-Ballygunge Meeting constituency in quest of Governor for management of oath through Hon’ble Speaker isn’t applicable as no longer being in consonance with the Charter,” Dhankhar tweeted.

    “April 27 verbal exchange @SuPriyoBabul, 11 days after issuance of Certificates of Election, to Hon’ble Speaker for his oath as MLA is jurisdictionally incorrect and unwholesome optics as Speaker has no function or constitutional competency within the topic, except so assigned through Governor,” he stated.

    The governor additionally made it transparent that appointment of Deputy Speaker Dr Asish Banerjee as the individual to manage oath to Supriyo is in conformity with Article 188 of the Charter.

    “…Article 188 of Charter prescribes that member of the Legislative Meeting shall, ahead of taking his seat, make and subscribe oath ahead of the Governor, or some particular person appointed in that behalf through him,” Dhankhar added.

    The deputy speaker had previous stated he used to be no longer in a position to manage the oath of Supriyo, a former Union minister, “in presence of the Hon’ble Speaker (Biman Banerjee)”.

    The speaker had regretted the lengthen within the oath-taking, which he stated used to be “harming the pastime of other folks in Ballygunge”, however Dhankhar maintained that Biman Banerjee had no function or constitutional competence within the topic of administering oath, except assigned through the governor.

    If the governor does no longer habits the oath-taking rite, “he’s going to assign the duty to any person else. The oath will have to be learn as early as imaginable after successful the election. Differently, the MLA is disadvantaged of lots of his constitutional rights, and the folk of the constituency will endure on account of this,” Banerjee had stated.

  • Prashant Kishor answerable for our defeat in Goa: State TMC leader Kiran Kandolkar as he resigns

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    PANAJI: Goa Trinamool Congress leader Kiran Kandolkar resigned on Wednesday and alleged that political strategist Prashant Kishor used to be answerable for the “humiliating” defeat of the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party within the contemporary state Meeting polls who additionally attempted to “blackmail” the Congress.

    Addressing a press convention, Kandolkar claimed that Kishor ended up serving to BJP to shape the federal government after the polls.

    The resignation of Kandolkar and two different leaders, who had contested at the TMC image, got here as some other setback for the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party which is suffering to retain its flock in Goa because the ballot debacle.

    The TMC drew a clean in its maiden electoral time out in Goa.

    “Prashant Kishor used to be answerable for the TMC’s humiliating defeat in Goa polls. He used to be in Goa to blackmail the Congress and in the end ended up serving to the BJP to shape the federal government once more,” Kandolkar alleged.

    He, on the other hand, did not elaborate at the “blackmail” price towards Kishor, who just lately declined to sign up for Congress.

    Kandolkar, in conjunction with Tarak Arolkar, and Sandeep Vazarkar have resigned from the main club of the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party.

    Days previous, Kandolkar’s spouse Kavita Kandolkar had additionally hand over the TMC, owing to “power” from her supporters.

    Quickly after Kavita Kandolkar’s resignation transfer, the Goa TMC tweeted that the birthday party used to be restructuring all of the AITC Goa State Committee with fast impact.

    Kiran Kandolkar had hand over because the running president of the Goa Ahead Celebration to sign up for the TMC within the run-up to the polls held in February this 12 months.

    Kandolkar and his spouse had contested on TMC tickets from Aldona and Thivim constituencies, respectively, however misplaced.

    “We did what we felt proper at the moment. It is human to devote a mistake. We did devote a mistake,” Kandolkar mentioned when requested if becoming a member of the TMC used to be a mistake.

    Calling for the entire Opposition events to unite to defeat the BJP, Kandolkar conceded that the break up of votes went in favour of the BJP.

    Kandolkar mentioned he would neither sign up for any political birthday party nor glide a brand new one.

    “I do not wish to break up anti-BJP votes additional,” he added.

    The BJP received 20 seats within the 40-member Area and returned to energy with the reinforce of 2 MLAs of MGP and 3 Independents.

  • A number of Congress leaders from Assam to sign up for TMC on April 27: Mukul Sangma

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     NEW DELHI: Days after former Assam Congress leader Ripun Bora joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), birthday celebration chief Mukul Sangma has introduced that a number of Congress leaders from the northeastern state will sign up for the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday celebration in Guwahati on Wednesday.

    Amongst those that will sign up for the TMC are some necessary grassroots-level leaders, Sangma instructed PTI.

    “Some Congress leaders can be officially inducted in Guwahati on Wednesday. A couple of amongst the ones are necessary grassroots-level leaders. A programme has been organised for his or her induction,” the previous Meghalaya leader minister stated.

    The induction rite will happen at Guwahati’s Rukmininagar Bihu Box at 10:30 am.

    But even so Bora, Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev and Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra can be some of the TMC leaders provide on the becoming a member of tournament.

    The announcement was once made via Sangma whilst rubbishing the “hearsay” that “TMC MLAs in Meghalaya are set to sign up for the Nationwide Folks’s birthday celebration (NPP)”.

    Taking to Twitter, Sangma wrote, “Slowly however ceaselessly INC leaders from all rank and report in Meghalaya and NE states can be leaving d grand outdated birthday celebration – some INC leaders will officially sign up for AITC on 27/4/22 (sic).”

    The improvement comes after Bora joined the TMC on April 17.

    Bora has been appointed because the birthday celebration’s Assam unit president.
     

  • TMC’s Anubrata skips showing ahead of CBI, says able to stand sleuths in flat 

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    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress heavyweight chief Anubrata Mandal on Sunday skipped showing ahead of CBI sleuths of their place of business right here in reference to the investigation into post-poll violence circumstances bringing up fitness causes, however mentioned he is able to face wondering in his place of dwelling.

    A supply just about Mandal mentioned that regardless of his ailing fitness, the TMC’s Birbhum district president is able for wondering at his flat in Kolkata.

    “Mandal has communicated to us mentioning his lack of ability to come back to our Nizam Palace place of business as a result of his ill-health. He has given his consent to be puzzled at his flat right here,” a CBI officer instructed PTI.

    On Saturday additionally, the TMC chief didn’t move to the place of business of the CBI which summoned him then in reference to a farm animals smuggling case, and wrote to the central company in the hunt for 4 weeks to seem ahead of it bringing up his fitness situation.

    Mandal has been instructed through medical doctors to take “complete leisure” for the following two to 3 weeks.

    He was once discharged from the state-run SSKM Clinic right here on Friday night, 17 days after he was once admitted there with health-related headaches.

    The CBI has shaped a different scientific group to determine Mandal’s present fitness situation.

    Mandal previous dodged CBI appearances more than one occasions bringing up fitness issues and election-related works.

  • Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora joins TMC

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Former Assam Congress president Ripun Bora on Sunday joined the TMC within the presence of birthday celebration’s nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee right here.

    “Thrilled to welcome Shri@ripunbora, Former Minister of Panchayat & Rural Building, Minister of Training in Assam, former Rajya Sabha MP & former President of Assam Pradesh Congress committee! He joined us nowadays within the presence of Shri @abhishekaitc,” the Trinamool Congress mentioned on Twitter.

    Bora, as a joint candidate of the opposition events in Assam, had unsuccessfully contested the new Rajya Sabha election.

    Banerjee additionally welcomed him to the West Bengal’s ruling birthday celebration.

    “Extending a very hot welcome to Shri @ripunbora, a stalwart and professional baby-kisser, who joined the @AITCofficial circle of relatives nowadays. We’re extraordinarily happy to have you ever onboard and sit up for running in combination for the well-being of our other people!,” he tweeted.

  • TMC eyes blank sweep in each meeting and LS by-poll, Shatrughan Sinha leads by means of over 2 lakh votes

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    KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress is on solution to a blank sweep because it demolished competitors within the Asansol Lok Sabha seat the place film actor-turned baby-kisser Shatrughan Sinha is main by means of an unassailable margin of just about 2.3 lakh votes, whilst it is candidate Babul Supriyo is on solution to win the celebrated Ballygunge constituency.

    In Asansol former Union minister and widespread veteran Bollywood big name Shatrughan Sinha is main by means of garnering a large 5,45,818 votes in opposition to BJP’s Agnimitra Paul’s 3,15,283 votes as at 2 pm.

    BJP had received the seat within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

    In Ballygunge, TMC candidate singer-turned baby-kisser Babul Supriyo is forward of CPI (M) ‘s Saira Shah Halim, accumulating some 40,623 votes in opposition to Halim’s 28,515 votes.

    Apparently CPI(M) has overtaken BJP’s Keya Ghosh who has until now controlled to get simply 8,094 votes, thus lending some credence to the Communist birthday party’s declare that they’re on a revival trail.

    The by-polls, which happened on April 12, had been necessitated as Supriyo resigned because the MP of Asansol after switching over to the TMC from the BJP, whilst state minister Subrata Mukherjee, who represented Ballygunge, died ultimate 12 months.

    West Bengal Leader Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee thanked electorate from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Meeting Constituency for giving a decisive mandate to TMC applicants in each the seats, the place by-polls had been held.

    “I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Meeting Constituency for giving decisive mandate to AITC birthday party applicants,” she tweeted.

    “We believe this to be our other folks’s heat Shubho Nababarsho reward to our Ma- Mati- Manush group. Salute to the electorate for reposing religion in us, all over again,” she added.

    TMC chief Firhad Hakim mentioned emerging unemployment and costs and the loss of any steps by means of the BJP central management, which he described as “Nero fiddling whilst Rome burnt,” being amongst reasons for BJP’s deficient appearing.

    Supporters of TMC’s Sinha and BJP’s Paul traded ‘Jai Bangla’ and ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogans however stopped wanting clashing as police stepped in.

    BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned this is a common development that the birthday party in energy within the state typically wins the by-elections.

    “However I will be able to guarantee you that we can win again Asansol in 2024. We’d defeat TMC’s reign of terror within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls,” he mentioned.