Facing the toughest challenge of her political career, Mamata Banerjee is making rookie mistakes
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Facing the toughest challenge of her political career, Mamata Banerjee is making rookie mistakes

Firstpost  

“Dad, I am stuck”, said my 17-year-old. The symbolic blackout in response to the doctors’ ‘Let there be light, let there be justice’ movement was a stunning rebuke to chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the TMC regime that has come to represent a repressive state machinery that is bent on, as it appears from public sentiment, hiding facts than letting the truth come to light. This time, the protest had a sharper political edge, and a much more targeted demand charter that included, among other things, the resignation of the police commissioner, the identification of and action against every other perpetrator of the crime – because the dominant public belief is that major figures are hiding behind shadows and Sandip Ghosh and Sanjay Ray are mere pawns – and even the resignation of the chief minister. Even more damagingly, the police are acting more as militia of the ruling party than a neutral law enforcement agency, leading junior doctors to demand Vineet Goyal’s resignation and handing the police commissioner a ‘missing spine’. “We were told if we upset the police then getting justice for our daughter would be difficult.” The ‘denial video’ was reportedly shot on the night of August 11 at the victim’s residence.

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Mamata Banerjee lauds state police for securing conviction in 2 rape, murder cases
1 week, 3 days ago

Mamata Banerjee lauds state police for securing conviction in 2 rape, murder cases

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister on Friday lauded the state police after a local court sentenced to death one person and awarded life imprisonment to another in the rape and murder of a minor girl in Farakka in October. “Barely a week ago, West Police and our justice system secured capital punishment within just 62 days for the perpetrator of a …

'Only Leader Who Has Repeatedly Defeated BJP:' TMC Demands To Make Mamata As INDIA bloc's Leader
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

'Only Leader Who Has Repeatedly Defeated BJP:' TMC Demands To Make Mamata As INDIA bloc's Leader

ABP News  

New Delhi, Dec 8 : The Trinamool Congress on Sunday raised the pitch on the demand to make its chief Mamata Banerjee the leader of the INDIA bloc, with party MP Kirti Azad saying she is the "most suitable" for the job as she is the only leader who has repeatedly defeated the BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee's statement …

What next in West Bengal?
3 months ago

What next in West Bengal?

Hindustan Times  

The decision of junior doctors on strike in West Bengal to suspend their strike and provide essential services from Saturday will come as a relief to large sections of the population that depend on public hospitals. The striking doctors decided in favour of the partial resumption of services after the state chief secretary issued a set of directives to ensure …

A way out: On the government and doctor-led protests in West Bengal
3 months ago

A way out: On the government and doctor-led protests in West Bengal

The Hindu  

After five attempts, the Mamata Banerjee government finally managed to hold talks with protesting junior doctors on September 16, 2024. Though senior doctors, nurses and attendants have pitched in with extra hours to help government hospitals, the strain is showing, and there is a clamour for junior doctors to call off the strike. There is an acute trust deficit between …

'Final time...': Bengal govt invites agitating doctors at Mamata Banerjee's house at 5 pm today
3 months, 1 week ago

'Final time...': Bengal govt invites agitating doctors at Mamata Banerjee's house at 5 pm today

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal government on Monday re-invited agitating junior doctors to chief minister Mamata Banerjee's house in Kolkata for talks. Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting with junior doctors' delegation, at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata. On Monday, in an email, Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant said representatives of the junior doctors have been invited to …

‘Tragic, disrespectful’: Rajnath Singh's sharp reaction to Kolkata doctor rape-murder, slams CM Mamata Banerjee
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Tragic, disrespectful’: Rajnath Singh's sharp reaction to Kolkata doctor rape-murder, slams CM Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday slammed the West Bengal government and chief minister Mamata Banerjee over their handling of the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital saying that “a lot remains to be done” in light of the ongoing atrocities and crimes against women in the country. Speaking at an event …

Mamata clarifies she did not threaten protesting doctors; stir rages on
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata clarifies she did not threaten protesting doctors; stir rages on

The Hindu  

Amidst the ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, a fresh row has erupted over a speech by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, and she clarified on Thursday that she did not threaten junior doctors protesting at State-run hospitals. “Junior doctors’ future will be ruined if FIR …

BJP wants Mamata to resign over medic's rape, murder; calls INDIA bloc leaders 'political vultures'
4 months ago

BJP wants Mamata to resign over medic's rape, murder; calls INDIA bloc leaders 'political vultures'

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "shameless" and demanded her resignation, alleging that crucial evidence was destroyed at her behest to save the culprits in the rape and murder of a medic in Kolkata.It also slammed leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc, including the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, and called them "political vultures", alleging …

Kolkata Doctor Death: Nirbhaya's Mother Accuses Mamata Of ‘Misleading Public’, Says ‘She Should Resign’
4 months ago

Kolkata Doctor Death: Nirbhaya's Mother Accuses Mamata Of ‘Misleading Public’, Says ‘She Should Resign’

ABP News  

Amid ongoing protests over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital of West Bengal, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, called for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, accusing her of failing to manage the situation. …

TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate; BJP shares testimony
4 months, 4 weeks ago

TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate; BJP shares testimony

Op India  

West Bengal BJP on Tuesday, July 23 shared a video testimonial of a Hindu woman detailing how Mamata Banerjee led TMC in West Bengal is depriving Hindus of their fundamental rights based only on their religious identity. Jodi asohai manush banglar dorja thokthokai, amra tader asroy debo.” Atrocities on Hindus a new normal in West Bengal: villagers accuse TMC leader …

With focus on welfare and women, Mamata Banerjee takes pole position in Bengal
6 months, 2 weeks ago

With focus on welfare and women, Mamata Banerjee takes pole position in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee. If there is any leader who has consistently, barring 2019, interrupted the BJP’s political plans, it is Mamata Banerjee. A leader who spent decades of her life fighting the draconian and semi-violent communist regime in West Bengal through sheer grit and determination, Banerjee, 69, knows her state and its social landscape intimately. This catapults Banerjee into …

Mamata's Dig At 'Some Monks' From Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Stirs Row, PM Modi Responds
7 months ago

Mamata's Dig At 'Some Monks' From Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Stirs Row, PM Modi Responds

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hit back at the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday after the TMC chief claimed during an election rally that RK mission monks were aligning with the ruling party at the Centre and adhering to orders from New Delhi. Addressing an election rally in Goghat under the Arambagh …

After PM's charge, Mamata Banerjee meets Sandeshkhali women, says 'Bengal safest'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

After PM's charge, Mamata Banerjee meets Sandeshkhali women, says 'Bengal safest'

India Today  

Ahead of Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday took out a rally in Kolkata. Our leader engaged with countless strong women, resonating with their spirit and celebrating the essence of womanhood as she stands committed to upliftingâ€æ pic.twitter.com/J5urb4dFjG — All India Trinamool Congress March 7, 2024 The reaction follows after PM Modi and BJP leaders pointed …

‘Mamata did not meet us’: Sandeshkhali women say ‘risky to live’ in village
10 months ago

‘Mamata did not meet us’: Sandeshkhali women say ‘risky to live’ in village

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal's Sandeshkhali has been witnessing massive unrest for over 10 days as women protestors are seeking justice against alleged sexual assault committed by Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh and his supporters. Another woman said to ANI, “What to say about Mamata Banerjee, she did not enquire about us, did not meet us…What to say about her, she herself is …

At Bengaluru Opposition Meet, Sonia-Mamata Ties Tide Over Congress-TMC Bitterness in Bengal
1 year, 5 months ago

At Bengaluru Opposition Meet, Sonia-Mamata Ties Tide Over Congress-TMC Bitterness in Bengal

News 18  

Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee share interesting equations. However, sources say the bitterness did not affect the opposition meeting as ties between Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee lightened the mood, which made the TMC chairperson say, “Our favourite Rahul Gandhi.” Sources say when Mamata met Sonia on Monday evening, they greeted each other like in 2021 when the TMC chief …

'Mamata won't do anything to upset PM, no praise on Bharat Jodo': Cong leader
1 year, 11 months ago

'Mamata won't do anything to upset PM, no praise on Bharat Jodo': Cong leader

Hindustan Times  

The opposition - which has been trying to give a tough contest to the BJP amid preparation for the 2024 national polls - has tried to put up a show of strength on several instances in the recent times. On Sunday, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as he seemed to be raising questions …

25 Years Of TMC: How Fight Against BJP Reshaped Mamata Banerjee’s Politics And What's Next For Party
1 year, 11 months ago

25 Years Of TMC: How Fight Against BJP Reshaped Mamata Banerjee’s Politics And What's Next For Party

ABP News  

In the 1970s, when Bengal was dominated by Leftist and socialist political ideology, the arrival of Mamata Banerjee was like a storm. Mamata Banerjee realised that the fight against the BJP was mandatory and that there was an immediate need to stop the party’s rally in Bengal. From the BJP to the media, it was believed that Mamata Banerjee would …

Mamata Banerjee pulls up state-run hospital for slow response at trauma unit
2 years ago

Mamata Banerjee pulls up state-run hospital for slow response at trauma unit

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pulled up the state-run IPGMER SSKM hospital in Kolkata for wasting time on administrative processes rather than attending to patients. Mamata Banerjee was laying the foundation stone for a host of projects at the IPGMER SSKM hospital and annexe building on Thursday when she slammed the public hospital for the lack of preparedness at …

West Bengal: BJP slams Mamata Banerjee after Kolkata Police brutally remove protesting job seekers
2 years, 2 months ago

West Bengal: BJP slams Mamata Banerjee after Kolkata Police brutally remove protesting job seekers

Firstpost  

Thousands of candidates who had passed the Teacher Eligibility Test have been protesting at the headquarters of the West Bengal education department at Karunamayi in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata for several days now Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday over alleged corruption by the ruling Trinamool Congress in the education …

Turncoats to Violence: Bengal’s Muslims, Civil Society are Getting Disenchanted with Mamata
2 years, 8 months ago

Turncoats to Violence: Bengal’s Muslims, Civil Society are Getting Disenchanted with Mamata

News 18  

Citizens of Kolkata took to the streets demanding “no vote to BJP” before the 2021 Bengal Assembly election. Giving electoral prominence to BJP turncoats like Babul Supriyo, walking a soft Hindutva line, growing violence against minorities and increasing corruption charges against the Mamata Banerjee government are among the several reasons for growing disenchantment. Why BJP Turncoats Like Babul Supriyo Can …

Mamata pitches again for united Opposition against BJP: 'Meet to discuss a way forward'
2 years, 8 months ago

Mamata pitches again for united Opposition against BJP: 'Meet to discuss a way forward'

India TV News  

Highlights Urging again to come together to fight BJP, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to Opposition leaders BJP government at the Centre used central agencies to target opposition leaders: CM She called on all "progressive forces" to join hands to fight the "oppressive BJP regime" Urging again to come together to fight the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee …

Emphasis on Women Leaders to Counter Mamata, Focus on 'Bhadralok' Image in Bengal BJP's Rejig
3 years ago

Emphasis on Women Leaders to Counter Mamata, Focus on 'Bhadralok' Image in Bengal BJP's Rejig

News 18  

The West Bengal BJP’s major organisational change after back-to-back poll losses has shown an emphasis on women leaders to counter chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s popularity. While the state BJP unit wants to right its wrongs with these structural changes, the introduction of women at major party organisation posts is a significant move. The BJP has appointed two female vice-presidents, two …

Mamata Banerjee meets out-of-work comedians and random actors in Mumbai
3 years ago

Mamata Banerjee meets out-of-work comedians and random actors in Mumbai

Op India  

Mamata Banerjee is on a tour of Incredible India. #Watch| Actress Swara Bhaskar tells #WestBengal CM #MamataBanerjee in the interactive session in Mumbai, “There is a state which is distributing the UAPA and sedition charges as a prasad from a God we don’t want to pray to.” pic.twitter.com/oG756fiUpw — Pooja Mehta December 1, 2021 Swara posed herself as a humble …

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is Doing What BJP Set out to Do in 2014—Wiping out Congress
3 years ago

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is Doing What BJP Set out to Do in 2014—Wiping out Congress

News 18  

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been on a roll ever since she registered an emphatic victory against a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in a bitterly-fought Assembly election earlier this year. On Mamata Banerjee’s recent trip to Delhi, the Trinamool Congress witnessed the entry of former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, Kirti Azad, formerly with …

Why Mamata is marching on New Delhi
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Mamata is marching on New Delhi

India Today  

Beginning July 25, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will spend five days in New Delhi. Her reasons for visiting New Delhi at this time have to do with building a national coalition of opposition parties to take on the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. Though the next Lok Sabha elections are still three years away, Mamata’s poll …

Mamata Plans to Take TMC to the National Stage, Armed with Young Guns ​like Abhishek
3 years, 6 months ago

Mamata Plans to Take TMC to the National Stage, Armed with Young Guns ​like Abhishek

News 18  

On May 11, 2018, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee stunned everyone with her statement that she had prepared a “political will”. “In other words, it looks like 66-year-old Mamata Banerjee has started the process of passing the TMC’s responsibilities onto Abhishek’s shoulders. His elevation as the all-India general secretary in Trinamool clearly shows that Mamata Banerjee is slowly handing over …

'Follow constitutional norms': Governor tells Mamata Banerjee as TMC workers go on rampage at CBI office
3 years, 7 months ago

'Follow constitutional norms': Governor tells Mamata Banerjee as TMC workers go on rampage at CBI office

India TV News  

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Monday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee over violent protests by the ruling Trinamool Congress workers outside the CBI office in Kolkata. Appeal to you to act and restore law and order.” Earlier today, Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, TMC legislator Madan Mitra, and former minister Sovan Chatterjee were arrested by the CBI …

What are the major factors that helped Mamata trump the Modi challenge in Bengal?
3 years, 7 months ago

What are the major factors that helped Mamata trump the Modi challenge in Bengal?

India Today  

At the end of it all, despite losing her own seat of Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress are set to emerge victorious in 213 seats in West Bengal, beating the party’s previous best of 211 in the 2016 Assembly election. From welfare schemes that were praised even by BJP voters on the ground to staying in campaign mode …

Why Mamata Banerjee romped to power in Bengal for a third consecutive time
3 years, 7 months ago

Why Mamata Banerjee romped to power in Bengal for a third consecutive time

India Today  

West Bengal has reposed faith in her daughter Mamata Banerjee, aka Didi, for the third time in a row. ‘Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye ’, which became the Trinamool Congress battle cry in the assembly election, clicked with the people of the state—across community, caste and creed—who voted overwhelmingly for Mamata and her party. Though the BJP went to town against …

BJP, TMC spar over video showing Mamata Banerjee shake her injured leg
3 years, 8 months ago

BJP, TMC spar over video showing Mamata Banerjee shake her injured leg

India Today  

A bitter war of words has started between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over a purported video in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is seen shaking her plastered leg while sitting on a wheelchair. @KailashOnline @blsanthosh pic.twitter.com/3kEyQcjDhQ — S. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy April 2, 2021 Stop doing drama, bandage won't prevent defeat: BJP to Mamata …

Details of Mamata's treatment should be in public domain, BJP requests EC
3 years, 9 months ago

Details of Mamata's treatment should be in public domain, BJP requests EC

India Today  

Bharatiya Janata Party wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal on Sunday requesting that the details of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s medical treatment post her injury be made public. On March 10, Mamata Banerjee had suffered injuries, including on her shoulder and ankle, in an incident at Nandigram where she had gone to campaign for the …

Nandigram Reticent Over Mamata Banerjee's Incident As TMC, BJP Fight Over It In Bengal
3 years, 9 months ago

Nandigram Reticent Over Mamata Banerjee's Incident As TMC, BJP Fight Over It In Bengal

News 18  

Birulia Bazar is like any small market in a village. Ritwik is convinced that it was staged and “it’s unfair to even suggest that some of the people of Nandigram could have done this. She has always got hurt and come back.” As TMC and BJP fight the battle over an injured Mamata in Delhi and Kolkata, Nandigram, where the …

Row After Mamata Banerjee Alleges Attack in Nandigram: What it Means For Bengal Elections
3 years, 9 months ago

Row After Mamata Banerjee Alleges Attack in Nandigram: What it Means For Bengal Elections

News 18  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that she suffered injuries in an attack by “four-five men” in Nandigram has added fuel to the politically charged atmosphere in the eastern state. PAUL: “There is a lot of connect between Mamata Banerjee and the grass-roots…An incident like this — the chief minister has called the attack ‘deliberate’ — is obviously a …

Not the first attempt made to silence Mamata, but nothing will break her will: TMC
3 years, 9 months ago

Not the first attempt made to silence Mamata, but nothing will break her will: TMC

India Today  

Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got injured during her campaign trail in Nandigram today and BJP termed her allegations of attack as a "political drama" orchestrated to gain sympathy ahead of the assembly polls, TMC said this is not the first time an attempt has been made to silence Mamata Banerjee. "This is not the first time …

BJP taught Mamata Hinduism, brought her back on track: Arjun Singh
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP taught Mamata Hinduism, brought her back on track: Arjun Singh

India Today  

BJP taught Mamata Banerjee what Hinduism is, West Bengal BJP leader Arjun Singh claimed on Tuesday. "The BJP has taught Mamata Banerjee what Hinduism is and has brought her back on track," said Arjun Singh who is also the vice president of the BJP's Bengal unit. Reiterating the BJP's charge against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Arjun Singh told India …

The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?
4 years ago

The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?

India Today  

In its two-decade-long existence as a political outfit, the Trinamool Congress has barely managed to spell out a well defined ideological base for its followers. BENGALI SUB-NATIONALISM Riding high on her “Maa, Mati, Manush” plank, TMC has grown manifold in the past one decade with a singular core belief Mamata Banerjee as the supreme leader. With Mamata Banerjee setting the …

Why Mamata Banerjee is on the Warpath Against NEET-JEE
4 years, 3 months ago

Why Mamata Banerjee is on the Warpath Against NEET-JEE

The Quint  

The Trinamool’s push towards engaging the youth of the state, and to be seen as a youth-friendly party has been on for a few months now. When asked why this issue was taken up, in spite of it not having a massive local recall, a Trinamool insider said that the “premium placed on education” in states like Bengal, makes it …

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