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  • Abe killing issues to conceivable pitfalls of Agnipath scheme: TMC 

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress has cautioned the Central govt in opposition to the Agnipath scheme, pointing to the truth that Japan’s former High Minister Shinzo Abe used to be assassinated through a short-service ex-serviceman.

    The birthday celebration claimed that the killing underlined the conceivable pitfalls of the debatable defence recruitment programme. The state BJP, on the other hand, rejected the apprehension pronouncing no Indian ex-servicemen had ever been excited by this sort of incident.

    “The demise of Abe by the hands of an ex-serviceman has best validated the fears of the folk over the Agnipath scheme,” the TMC’s mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ (Get up, Bengal) mentioned in a piece of writing on Saturday.

    The attacker misplaced his activity within the Jap Maritime Self-Defence Power after 3 years of carrier and he used to be no longer getting any pension, it claimed. Agniveers too would no longer get any pension after their four-year carrier duration is over, the thing identified.

    “The BJP is enjoying with fireplace within the title of the Agnipath scheme. We’ve got observed what has came about in Japan. An ex-serviceman killed the previous High Minister,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned on Sunday.

    The BJP mentioned that such apprehensions are baseless. “We’ve got by no means heard of this sort of incident during which an ex-serviceman of our nation is concerned. The TMC is simply seeking to politicise the subject,” state BJP spokesperson Samik Samik Bhattacharya mentioned.

  • Madhya Pradesh police sign in FIR in opposition to TMC MP Mahua Moitra over ‘Kaali’ observation

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    Bhopal: Police in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday registered a case in opposition to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over her observation about Goddess Kaali.

    The First Knowledge Record (FIR) was once registered by means of the crime department in state capital Bhopal underneath phase 295A of the Indian Penal Code (outraging non secular emotions), an professional stated.

    “Moitra’s observation has harm non secular emotions of Hindus. We will be able to now not tolerate disrespect to any Hindu Gods and Goddesses at any price,” stated Leader Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a observation.

    ALSO READ | BJP calls for arrest of TMC MP Mahua Moitra for arguable remarks on Goddess Kali

    Moitra on Tuesday stirred an issue together with her remarks that she has each and every proper as “a person to consider Goddess Kaali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess”, as each and every particular person has the fitting to worship god and goddess in his or her personal means.

    Whilst the BJP critically criticised her, her birthday party, TMC, distanced itself from the remark and condemned it.

  • Trinamool Congress to protest at CBI administrative center difficult Suvendu Adhikari’s arrest in Saradha rip-off

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Stepping up its call for to arrest Chief of Opposition within the West Bengal Meeting Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged involvement in Saradha ponzi rip-off and his interrogation by way of central businesses, the ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday mentioned its early life wing will level protests ahead of the CBI administrative center right here and in some puts of Purba Medinipur district.

    An eight-member delegation, led by way of state Schooling minister Bratya Basu, will meet Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday in the hunt for motion in opposition to Adhikari, a BJP chief, for his “involvement in corrupt actions”, the birthday party mentioned in a observation.

    “Our early life and scholar wings will level protests at CGO Complicated Salt Lake, housing the CBI administrative center, and at Haldia and Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district difficult Suvendu Adhikari be put in the back of bars in connection together with his involvement in Saradha chit fund scandal and more than a few different corrupt actions,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned within the observation.

    Adhikari who belongs to Purba Medinipur district represents Nandigram constituency within the Meeting. Newly elected TMC MLA Babul Supriyo, state early life wing president Saayoni Ghosh, TMCP president Trinankur Bhattacharya will lead the agitation in CGO complicated.

    At Haldia, TMC leaders Manas Bhunia and Rajib Banerjee will lead the protests. Adhikari had converted to the BJP from the TMC ahead of the 2021 meeting polls.

    Preserving out a letter, purportedly written by way of primary accused Sudipto Sen to the Leader Justice of Calcutta Prime Courtroom, TMC state normal secretary Kunal Ghosh, all the way through a press meet on Friday, mentioned that Adhikari’s identify were discussed amongst those that gained monetary favours from Saradha Team.

    “The letter used to be despatched to the hon’ble court docket previous this month; we were given the replica very not too long ago. It lays naked the actual fact that Suvendu Adhikari were one of the most greatest beneficiaries of Saradha rip-off, regardless of now not being related to its more than a few ventures whatsoever. The CBI will have to take cognisance of this letter. We surprise why it’s not doing so,” Ghosh, additionally an accused within the case, added.

    Later, talking to journalists Adhikari mentioned TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee used to be “but to just accept her defeat in Nandigram seat” all the way through the 2021 Meeting polls and due to this fact “orchestrating these kinds of infantile strikes. It’s not that i am giving any significance to the TMC sport plan in opposition to me”.

  • ED quizzes Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse Rujira in coal pilferage rip-off

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    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday interrogated Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s spouse Rujira Narula Banerjee at its Kolkata place of job for over six hours in reference to its probe into the coal pilferage rip-off, an officer stated.

    The officer stated that Rujira went to the ED place of job on the CGO complicated at round 11 am sporting her two-and-a-half-year-old son in her fingers. 4 officials, together with two girls, wondered her.

    “We now have wondered her about a couple of transactions made in a checking account in Bangkok. Her solutions are being tallied with the ones given through individuals who had been interrogated previous in the similar case. Rujira is also known as once more in a couple of days for some other spherical of wondering,” he stated when contacted.

    All over all the grilling consultation, Banerjee’s son remained on her lap, the officer stated. “The kid was once crying each time her mom was once placing him down from her lap,” he added. The Ideally suited Court docket has allowed ED to quiz Banerjee and his spouse within the coal smuggling case in Kolkata through giving them an advance 24 hour realize.

    The ED had expressed apprehensions on the apex courtroom mentioning previous circumstances of violence towards CBI officials, who had been gheraoed within the town after 3 heavyweight TMC leaders had been summoned through them in reference to some other rip-off at its place of job.

    It had mailed to the state police searching for coverage. Following it an enormous police association was once made on the ED place of job right here, a senior authentic of the drive stated. The investigation is related to an FIR filed through CBI in 2020 in a multi-crore rupees pilferage rip-off.

    The CBI has thus far wondered Rujira two times in reference to the rip-off. The central company had final yr additionally interrogated Rujira’s sister Menoka Gambhir, her husband and better half’s father in reference to the probe.

    It’s alleged that unlawful mining of coal was once performed at leasehold mines of Japanese Coalfields’ in Kunustoria and Kajora spaces close to Asansol in West Bengal. Investigations have hinted in opposition to monetary transactions of Rs 1,300 crore, the majority of which went to a number of influential other folks as consistent with CBI.

    The probe printed that the cash was once deposited in international financial institution accounts of those influential other folks thru hawala.

  • Frame of TMC gram panchayat chief recovered in Bengal’s Birbhum

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    KOLKATA: The frame of a Trinamool Congress gram panchayat chief used to be Thursday recovered from a roadside at Mallarpur in Birbhum district, a police officer stated.

    Kazi Nurul Hasan, the member of Mayureswar Gram Panchayat, used to be taken to sanatorium the place he used to be declared brought-dead, the officer stated.

    Hasan had left his place of dwelling at Mayureswar space on Wednesday night and didn’t go back until overdue within the evening, he stated.

    The members of the family of Hasan alleged that he used to be murdered via a pacesetter of the rival TMC faction within the space, as his affect used to be rising, the officer stated.

    He stated prima facie, it seems that that Hasan used to be hit via a automobile, however police will discover all angles in reference to the incident.

    A district TMC chief stated the allegations of infighting have been unfaithful, and demanded a good probe.

  • Uttar Pradesh: Two Prayagraj sufferers sexually assaulted, claims TMC 

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    KOLKATA: A five-member fact-finding staff of the Trinamool Congress on Sunday visited the Prayagraj crime spot the place 5 contributors of a circle of relatives have been murdered and set ablaze. The staff alleged that no less than two ladies have been sexually assaulted prior to they have been murdered.

    Introducing Sunil Yadav, who misplaced his members of the family which come with his toddler daughter, Dola Sen, central president of TMC’s nationwide industry union wing, stated the accused had sexually assaulted two ladies prior to atmosphere the home on fireplace.

    “His folks, differently-abled sister, spouse and toddler daughter have been brutally murdered. Ahead of the home was once set on fireplace, his spouse and sister have been sexually assaulted. The incident bears testimony to the vital regulation and order state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh beneath the BJP’s double engine govt,’’ stated Dola Sen.

    Aside from Dola Sen, the staff comprised former MP Mamatabala Thakur, RTI activist Saket Gokhale, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief who joined the TMC Lalitesh Tripathi and Bengal minister Jyotsna Mandi.

    The contributors of the TMC staff interacted with the members of the family and kin of the sufferers.

    The BJP had previous despatched a fact-finding staff following Birbhum’s Rampurhat bloodbath, through which 9 individuals, together with a kid, have been charred to demise and alleged gang rape and homicide of a 14-year-old lady by way of the son of a neighborhood TMC chief. 

    ALSO READ | Birbhum killings: Motion to be taken in opposition to perpetrators without reference to their political colors, says Mamata

    Mentioning the discuss with of BJP’s fact-finding staff to Rampurhat, the TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had alleged it was once aimed to steer the CBI probe into the incident and threatened to organise statewide demonstrations.

    Slamming the BJP following the Prayagraj incident, TMC’s state normal secretary Kunal Ghosh requested whether or not the saffron camp would now ship a fact-finding staff there? ‘’What came about in Prayagraj is unthinkable. That is barbarism. Will the BJP now ship a fact-finding staff to Prayagraj?’’ he requested.

    Taking a jibe on the TMC’s resolution to ship a fact-finding staff to Uttar Pradesh, BJP’s state president Sukanta Majumdar stated, ‘’Mamata Banerjee must focal point on her personal state. We all know what came about in Rampurhat and Hanskhali. As a substitute of sending a staff to UP, she must be certain that regulation and order in Bengal.’’

  • Trinamool Congress to ship truth locating workforce to Prayagraj after brutal homicide of circle of relatives

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress on Saturday stated a truth locating workforce of the celebration will talk over with Prayagraj, scene of the killing of 5 individuals of a circle of relatives. “A five-member truth locating workforce will talk over with Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) the next day (Sunday) the place 5 individuals of a circle of relatives had been brutally murdered and later their area used to be set on fireplace,” a commentary through Trinamool Congress mentioned.

    The TMC delegation to Prayagraj incorporates Dola Sen, Mamata Bala Thakur, Saket Gokhale, Uma Soren and Lalitesh Tripathi. The TMC had despatched a fact-finding workforce to Jahangirpuri house in Delhi, which used to be rocked through communal violence just lately.

    Its choice to ship the fact-finding workforce to Jahangirpuri and Prayagraj comes days after BJP despatched an identical groups to Bogtui in Birbhum district the place 9 other folks had been burnt alive, and to Hanshkhali in Nadia district the place a minor lady died after she used to be allegedly gang-raped.

    Previous within the day, senior TMC chief Chandrima Bhattacharya questioned at a press convention why Top Minister Narendra Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah are silent over the “grotesque homicide” in Prayagraj.

    “That is the good thing about double engine govt (similar celebration in energy at Centre and State)” she slammed. Alleging that there’s lawlessness and “goondaraj” in Uttar Pradesh below BJP, Bhattacharya, who’s a minister within the Mamata Banerjee cupboard, stated everyone seems to be unsafe there.

    The accountable isn’t arrested and truth locating groups of alternative events are stopped from going to the web page below BJP rule. “However we do not forestall somebody from going to anyplace they would like in our state (Bengal). Right here lies the adaptation,’ she stated and ridiculed BJP for hard imposition of President’s Rule after the Bogtui violence.

    “We have now noticed how leaders of a few events visited one incident web page in West Bengal and demanded imposition of Article 356. We have now noticed the BJP best management dropping no time in sending truth locating groups. Why is not any truth locating workforce noticed in Prayagraj now?” Bhattacharya stated in line with the new data of NCRB, NHRC and world our bodies Uttar Pradesh tops the checklist within the selection of assaults on girls and youngsters.

    “Previous this month 4 individuals of a circle of relatives had been discovered murdered in Nawabganj house of UP. One after every other violent incidents are going down in UP the place lawlessness prevails. However our BJP leaders have not discovered time to sentence these items. What is going to the top minister and union house minister say about those incidents in UP?” she stated.

    The TMC chief stated in West Bengal the Mamata Banerjee govt takes speedy motion after any violent incident, investigates and extends all lend a hand to the affected.

    Echoing Bhattacharya, every other senior TMC chief Shashi Panja tweeted “Lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh is a rising drawback. Obviously, it stays unchecked through the @BJP4UP govt. From girls to kids, everyone seems to be unsafe below Yogi’s watch! #DoubleEngineDisaster.”

    Lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh is a rising drawback. Obviously, it stays unchecked through the @BJP4UP govt.

    From girls to kids, EVERYONE IS UNSAFE below Yogi’s watch!#DoubleEngineDisaster https://t.co/0JyZP12qbH

    — Dr. Shashi Panja (@DrShashiPanja) April 23, 2022

    BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya stated the Yogi Adityanath govt is already operating to position the culprits in the back of bars. “No complicity of the BJP individuals or supporters has been discovered within the incident, in contrast to in Bogtui or previous incidents in Bengal the place TMC used to be the primary accused. And if the TMC needs to ship factfinding groups to Prayagraj who’s fighting them? They’re this kind of large all India celebration,” he mocked.

    5 individuals of a circle of relatives, together with a two-year-old lady kid had been killed at Khevrajpur village in Prayagraj district on Friday evening. Police discovered the male head of the home, his spouse, daughter, daughter-in-law, and grand daughter lifeless on early Saturday morning.

    Whilst Samajwadi Birthday party attacked the BJP govt pronouncing Uttar Pradesh is “immersed in crime”, BSP leader Mayawati demanded an intensive probe into the incident.

  • Trinamool Congress appoints Ripun Bora as president of its Assam unit

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    KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday appointed former Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora because the birthday party’s Assam unit president. Bora, an ex-minister of Assam Minister, give up the Congress and joined the TMC per week in the past within the presence of the birthday party’s nationwide normal secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.

    We’re happy to percentage that our Hon’ble Chairperson Smt @MamataOfficial has appointed Shri @ripunbora because the State President of @AITC4Assam unit. %.twitter.com/qLe4CS3Ops

    — All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 23, 2022

    The birthday party, in a tweet, stated “We’re happy to percentage that our Hon’ble Chairperson Smt Mamata Banerjee has appointed Shri Ripun Bora (Ex-MP, Rajya Sabha) because the state president of the Assam unit.” Bora, as a joint candidate of opposition events in Assam, had unsuccessfully contested the new Rajya Sabha election.

  • Listening to of Mukul Roy disqualification case to start out once more in Meeting: West Bengal Speaker

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    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 previous disregarded a petition on it, stated on Monday. Meeting assets stated the listening to within the case is prone to start this Friday. “The honourable court docket has despatched a reminder. I will be able to glance into it legally. I will be able to name each events and dangle a listening to,” Banerjee informed newshounds right here.

    Calcutta Top Court docket had ultimate week put aside the speaker’s order brushing aside a petition by means of Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari in search of disqualification of TMC lawmaker Mukul Roy as a member of the Area at the floor of defection and restored the subject for contemporary attention.

    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 price tag. In February this 12 months, Banerjee had disregarded Adhikari’s petition of June 17, 2021 in search of Roy’s disqualification as an MLA underneath the anti-defection regulation for switching aspects after the election.

    BJP MLA Ambika Roy had moved the HC in July ultimate 12 months difficult Roy’s election as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and prayed for the nomination of an opposition member to the publish as in keeping with custom.

  • Ballygunge bypoll: Defeated CPM nominee Saira Halim will get in Twitter spat with winner Babul Supriyo

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: Ballygunge meeting seat byelection winner Babul Supriyo of the Trinamool Congress and runner-up Saira Shah Halim of the CPM entered right into a struggle of phrases on social media on Sunday, with the previous BJP MP attacking her for appearing “no magnificence” after defeat and terming the Left celebration’s marketing campaign as “under the belt”.

    Taking to Twitter to retaliate, Halim mentioned that her celebration believes in a classless society the place the wealthy and the deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal. “I’m relieved that we gained Ballygunge defeating the vile, grimy, regularly under the belt, non-public & false propaganda of @CPIM_WESTBENGAL,” Supriyo tweeted.

    And, now the girl who is a loser via other people’s verdict, does not display the grace to simply accept the defeat however as an alternative is going forward to name me ‘Corrupt’However I can humbly & flippantly benefit from the win letting her sulk within the ache of the loss Proves#EducationDoNotMakeOneEducated #LoserBjpCpim https://t.co/AY9eMnVXOU

    — Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) April 16, 2022

    Supriyo, who joined the TMC in September ultimate yr after being dropped as a minister of state from the Narendra Modi executive, claimed that BJP candidate Keya Ghosh had her deposit forfeited for buying lower than 6 in step with cent of the entire votes solid.

    The newly-elected MLA from the distinguished Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata previous tweeted, “Even after a grimy deplorable marketing campaign filled with lies & deceit @CPIM_WESTBENGAL & Saira Shah Halim displays no magnificence, overlook disgrace.”

    He additionally sought to remind the CPM that it has no illustration within the West Bengal meeting with the Left Entrance no longer profitable any seat within the 2021 elections within the state.

    Reacting to Supriyo’s tweets, Halim tweeted, “We consider in a classless society, the place wealthy and deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal. Any person who judges me as having ‘no magnificence’, is aware of what he’s preventing towards.”

    We consider in a classless society,the place wealthy and deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal.

    Any person who judges me as having “no magnificence”, is aware of what he’s preventing towards.

    — Saira Shah Halim ‏‎‎سائرہ (@sairashahhalim) April 17, 2022

    Accusing the CPM of resorting to a communal marketing campaign within the byelection to Ballygunge, the place greater than 50 in step with cent of the voters are from the minority neighborhood, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned, “It will have were given some votes, however that doesn’t imply a revival of the CPM is at the playing cards.”

    Ghosh mentioned that the TMC management will glance into how the Left celebration were given extra votes than what it had bagged within the ultimate elections. He mentioned that the CPM’s efficiency within the Asansol Lok Sabha by-election, which was once gained via the TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha with the BJP coming 2d, has been disastrous.

    Emerging from simply 5.61 in step with cent of the vote proportion in Ballygunge within the 2021 meeting elections, the CPIM) candidate notched up over 30 in step with cent of the votes polled within the by-poll, leaving in the back of the BJP to come back as much as the second one place.

    The CPM ultimate gained from Ballygunge in 2001 and secured a 3rd place in the back of the TMC and the BJP within the 2021 elections, which her husband Fuad Halim had contested.