A Trinamool Congress activist rides his bike with the party flags. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress is feeling the heat of allegations of corruption in the selection of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) beneficiaries in West Bengal. On Saturday, more than a dozen functionaries of a panchayat samity in Murshidabad … Read more
Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said if laws are made in haste, then they attract judicial scrutiny. | Photo Credit: PTI In a show of unity, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress, which have been questioning the Congress’s status as the lead Opposition party, participated in a meeting of Opposition parties hosted … Read more
File photo of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on November 18, 2022 asserted that it was not a party of “outsiders” in poll-bound Meghalaya pointing out that former Chief Minister Purno A. Sangma had contested an election in the State on its ticket. Rivals, specifically the National People’s … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday submitted a preliminary report to the Calcutta High Court on its probe into last month’s deadly violence at Rampurhat in West Bengal. Also on Thursday, the central agency arrested four people from Mumbai for their alleged involvement in the case. They had allegedly fled Rampurhat after the violence, … Read more
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the police ‘inaction’ in Bagtui village in Rampurhat and ordered a 10-day special clean-up drive to uncover illegal arms and ammunition across the state. During her visit to the village, she ordered strict action, immediate police picketing and punishment of the accused involved in the crime. Following … Read more
The political tension between the BJP and Trinamool escalated on Monday with over a dozen Trinamool MPs protesting outside the home ministry over incidents of violence in Tripura, and later raising the issue with minister Amit Shah. Later in the day, Trinamool supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi for a meeting … Read more
Even as many opposition leaders were detained by the UP police and prevented from visiting Lakhimpur Kheri, a delegation of five Trinamool MPs managed to enter the district and met the grieving families. The Trinamool delegation split into two teams while visiting the spot as section 144 was imposed in the area, party sources told … Read more
With their target of ousting BJP in Tripura assembly polls in 2023, Trinamool Congress has decided to make its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as the main face in Tripura and has formed its core team to focus on the organizational structure in the coming days. Trinamool Congress’ new core team, formed after the preliminary … Read more
The government rushed through passage of the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021, in the Rajya Sabha on Monday amid opposition protests over government refusal to hold a debate on ‘use of spyware Pegasus’. When the House met for the day, RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu led the members in appreciating the performance of shuttler PV Sindhu who … Read more
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, along with a team of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) members, will reach Agartala on Monday to chalk out TMC’s future plans there ahead of the 2023 assembly elections. The ‘Khela Hobe’ campaign slogan is likely to be unravelled by the TMC in Tripura after its astounding success … Read more