Mamata, Stalin at G20 dinner raise eyebrows
1 year, 4 months ago

Mamata, Stalin at G20 dinner raise eyebrows

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin attending the dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu in honour of the dignitaries attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on Saturday has caused the raising of some eyebrows in the State and also at the national level since many of the Chief Ministers in the Opposition camp had given the event a slip. In West Bengal, their Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s presence at the dinner triggered a war of words between her party, the Trinamool Congress, and the Congress. Among the other Chief Ministers of the national Opposition camp who were present at the dinner were Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Himachal Pradesh’s Shukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Official sources said that Stalin had left for Delhi only after ascertaining that other Chief Ministers like Mamata Bannerji were attending the dinner, while many others feel that he could have avoided going to Delhi.

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Dinner meeting of Ministers hosted by Satish Jarkiholi when Shivakumar is away raises eyebrows
1 week, 4 days ago

Dinner meeting of Ministers hosted by Satish Jarkiholi when Shivakumar is away raises eyebrows

The Hindu  

A dinner meeting attended by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and four Dalit Ministers in Bengaluru on Thursday apparently discussed various political issues, including what some called the “dominance” of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. CM in Turkey The meeting, held at a time when Mr. Shivakumar is touring Turkey, was attended by Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, Home Minister G. Parameshwara …

Mamata Banerjee on leaders backing her to lead INDIA bloc: 'Indebted to everyone who honoured me'
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1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee on leaders backing her to lead INDIA bloc: 'Indebted to everyone who honoured me'

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today thanked several senior leaders of the INDIA bloc for backing her as the leader of the non-BJP coalition. Mamata Banerjee expressed her gratitude to the leaders who have backed her for a leadership role in the INDIA bloc, amid growing discussions about a change in the alliance's leadership. Earlier, Nationalist Congress Party president …

Mamata Banerjee attacks Congress-CPI(M) tie-up, says 'won't share single seat' in West Bengal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee attacks Congress-CPI(M) tie-up, says 'won't share single seat' in West Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Amid the Congress party's efforts to mollify the Trinamool Congress leadership for an alliance in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee attacked the Mallikarjun Kharge-led party on Wednesday, saying their alliance with the CPI will strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee said she would never be able …

Trinamool Congress Firm on Solo Run in West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool Congress Firm on Solo Run in West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has made it clear that any prospects of reconciling with the Congress ahead of elections are off the table. Expressing discontent over the lack of communication regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in West Bengal, Mamata emphasized the absence of dialogue between the parties. Mamata's announcement of …

‘Have good relation with Mamata Ji’: Rahul Gandhi after TMC chief’s INDIA remark
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Have good relation with Mamata Ji’: Rahul Gandhi after TMC chief’s INDIA remark

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he and his party share “a very good relationship” with Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, adding that critical remarks from either side will not affect seat sharing talks for the coming Lok Sabha polls. Rahul Gandhi made the comments in Assam during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, …

Six Opposition CMs may skip G-20 dinner hosted by President
1 year, 4 months ago

Six Opposition CMs may skip G-20 dinner hosted by President

The Hindu  

The G-20 dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu is expected to have a thin attendance of Opposition leaders as Chief Ministers of at least six out of the 12 Opposition-ruled States are likely to skip the event for various reasons. According to sources, out of four Congress Chief Ministers, three — Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan, Siddaramaiah of Karnataka and Bhupesh …

Kharge Not Invited, Mamata to Attend Despite 'India vs Bharat' Ruckus: G20 Dinner's Confirmed Guest List
1 year, 4 months ago

Kharge Not Invited, Mamata to Attend Despite 'India vs Bharat' Ruckus: G20 Dinner's Confirmed Guest List

News 18  

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda have been invited to the G20 gala dinner being hosted by the President on Saturday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also on the guest list, has confirmed her plans to attend. This comes after INDIA alliance leaders created a ruckus over a G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi …

Bengaluru: Never-before-seen scenes at Oppn meet as unlikely allies join hands
1 year, 5 months ago

Bengaluru: Never-before-seen scenes at Oppn meet as unlikely allies join hands

Hindustan Times  

The quote about politics making strange bedfellows is attributed to 19th century American essayist Charles Dudley Warner, but is believed to have its origins in Shakespeare’s Tempest. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee interacts with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during Opposition parties meet, in Bengaluru on Tuesday. For instance, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reserved her warmest reference for …

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 …

More than 50 leaders of various parties attend dinner meeting hosted by Karnataka CM
1 year, 5 months ago

More than 50 leaders of various parties attend dinner meeting hosted by Karnataka CM

The Hindu  

Leaders of 26 parties from across India will huddle at a second conclave of the Opposition in Bengaluru on Tuesday to forge an electoral alliance for a battle against the NDA led by the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024. Leaders of 15 parties attended the last meeting of the Opposition parties held at …

Ahead of Opposition huddle, Mamata Banerjee meets Nitish Kumar in Patna
1 year, 6 months ago

Ahead of Opposition huddle, Mamata Banerjee meets Nitish Kumar in Patna

India Today  

A day before the meeting of opposition leaders in Patna, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held talks with her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar on Thursday evening. They held meaningful discussions on various pressing matters and exchanged insights on issues concerning the progress andâ€æ pic.twitter.com/8d3I3XeZp9 — All India Trinamool Congress June 22, 2023 Earlier, Mamata Banerjee met Rashtriya Janata Dal …

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy in Kolkata
1 year, 9 months ago

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy in Kolkata

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met Janata Dal leader and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy at her resident in south Kolkata on Friday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met JD leader H D Kumaraswamy at her residence in Kolkata on Friday. “Former CM of Karnataka and @JanataDal_S leader Shri @hd_kumaraswamy called upon Hon’ble CM Smt @MamataOfficial …

Mamata Banerjee to hold 24-hr protest to seek central funds for Bengal
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to hold 24-hr protest to seek central funds for Bengal

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she will hold a protest from March 29 noon to March 30 evening to demand the release of funds for central schemes such as those for housing and rural employment guarantee. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee “No fund allocation has been made in this year’s Union budget for these …

Mamata Banerjee To Meet CM Naveen Patnaik On Her Visit to Odisha on March 21
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee To Meet CM Naveen Patnaik On Her Visit to Odisha on March 21

News 18  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet is scheduled to meet her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on November 23. ” It may be UPA or NDA govt BJD Supremo Naveen Pattnaik has maintain equity distance with both party. Revenue Minister Pramila Mallick said that “Rulling BJD has maintain equity distance and extended issue based support. There will no influence …

Mamata, Akhilesh agree to maintain ‘equal distance’ from BJP, Congress
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata, Akhilesh agree to maintain ‘equal distance’ from BJP, Congress

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Kolkata on Friday and both parties later announced that they will maintain equal distance from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress while continuing to reach out to other outfits, marking the first stirrings of an Opposition effort to forge a common platform …

Mamata Banerjee revives bid for non-Congress front
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee revives bid for non-Congress front

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: In a fresh move to build a non-BJP and non-Congress front, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Kolkata. Ms Mamata Banerjee will also meet Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, the Biju Janata Dal supremo, next week. Trinamul Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said: “Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Naveen …

'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 …

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Person I treated as brother…’: Mamata Banerjee after meeting Suvendu Adhikari

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, for the time since her former aide quit the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly election. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari. “I had a three-four minute's long courtesy meeting with …

Mamata meets Stalin
2 years, 2 months ago

Mamata meets Stalin

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: West Bengal Chief Minister and founder of the Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee called on Chief Minister MK Stalin at his residence soon after arriving by a special aircraft in Chennai to an official welcome accorded by Ministers M Subramanian and TM Anbarasan at the old airport. Emerging from Stalin’s house after a 45-minute meeting, Banerjee told the media that …

Mamata Banerjee 3.0: Why Last One Year Has Been the Toughest for Bengal’s Ruling TMC
2 years, 8 months ago

Mamata Banerjee 3.0: Why Last One Year Has Been the Toughest for Bengal’s Ruling TMC

News 18  

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time a year ago, on May 5. The Centre-state Tussle While Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won the Assembly election with a clear mandate, the politics of Bengal has changed with the BJP becoming the main opposition party. In the last one year, there have also been …

Don't eat 'Delhi ka laddu': Mamata tells leaders of hill parties in Darjeeling
2 years, 9 months ago

Don't eat 'Delhi ka laddu': Mamata tells leaders of hill parties in Darjeeling

India Today  

In a meeting with the representatives of hill parties in Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she wanted to work for the people of the hills and asked them not to eat 'Delhi the laddu' in a jibe at the Centre. Read: How were Bengal labourers killed under your watch in Kashmir, Mamata Banerjee attacks Centre During the …

Day after reaching out to KCR, Stalin, Mamata wants Congress out of plan
2 years, 11 months ago

Day after reaching out to KCR, Stalin, Mamata wants Congress out of plan

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Having reached out to regional satraps M K Stalin and K Chandrasekhar Rao to push for an anti-BJP alliance a day before, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought to edge the Congress out of any such prospective formation, saying no regional outfit shares cordial relations with it and that the "Congress can go its own way". …

Mamata meets senior TMC leaders, forms 20-member working committee to stem internal discord
2 years, 11 months ago

Mamata meets senior TMC leaders, forms 20-member working committee to stem internal discord

India TV News  

Highlights Mamata Banerjee met with senior TMC leaders today, alongwith nephew Abhishek. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, alongwith her nephew Abhishek Banerjee met senior party leaders at her Kolkata residence. In the meeting, Mamata constituted a national working committee of the party consisting of 19 members including Abhishek Banerjee, Amit Mitra, Partha Chatterjee, Yashwant Sinha, …

Mamata terms meeting with PM a courtesy call
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata terms meeting with PM a courtesy call

The Hindu  

A united Opposition against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is a given, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said minutes after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday. ‘Opposition unity will automatically happen’ “Opposition unity will automatically happen,” Ms. Banerjee said. “I had asked for an appointment with the PM to seek his blessings after …

As Bengal battle persists, lessons from Vajpayee-era on Centre-state tensions
3 years, 7 months ago

As Bengal battle persists, lessons from Vajpayee-era on Centre-state tensions

Hindustan Times  

Politicians in power often tend not to learn from the experience of their rivals, peers or predecessor regimes. “Required as much to be available to the visiting PM, his was a classic case of being caught in a cleft,” remarked a former state chief secretary who didn’t want to be named. There was nothing legally remiss with the action that …

PM, Bengal Guv's '30-min Wait' for Mamata During Cyclone Meet: Times When 2 Leaders Have Clashed
3 years, 7 months ago

PM, Bengal Guv's '30-min Wait' for Mamata During Cyclone Meet: Times When 2 Leaders Have Clashed

News 18  

It has been an occasion of yet another face-off between the Centre and the state of West Bengal. Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar, along with Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Debashree Chaudhari, were made to wait for half an hour before Banerjee briefly showed up. Banerjee had expressed displeasure for not being allowed to …

‘Under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership’: PM Modi’s rare praise for Bengal chief minister
4 years, 7 months ago

‘Under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership’: PM Modi’s rare praise for Bengal chief minister

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs 1,000 crore assistance to West Bengal after a first-hand assessment of the destruction due to cyclone Amphan this week. PM Modi, who assured people that the Centre would stand by the Trinamool Congress-ruled state, also showered rare praise on chief minister Mamata Banerjee who has been his fierce critic. PM Narendra …

Mamata and BJP staging drama, says CPM
5 years, 11 months ago

Mamata and BJP staging drama, says CPM

Deccan Chronicle  

Kanyakumari: The Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India, CPI), G Ramakrishnan blamed both the West Bengal Chief Minister and the BJP for orchestrating a political drama to protect the persons involved in the Saradha chit fund scam. Echoing the view of the party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury that the mastermind of the scam involving several members of …

Mamata vs Centre: Support pours in from Opposition parties across country even as West Bengal CM calls protest 'non-political'
5 years, 11 months ago

Mamata vs Centre: Support pours in from Opposition parties across country even as West Bengal CM calls protest 'non-political'

Firstpost  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s indefinite dharna against the Centre, in Kolkata, kept political participants busy through Monday as effects rippled through the Parliament, the Election Commission of India’s office, the Kolkata High Court and even the Supreme Court. Describing her sit-in over the CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police chief as a “non-political” protest, Mamata on Monday said …

‘Testing times for democracy’: Opposition slams NDA government at Mamata rally
5 years, 11 months ago

‘Testing times for democracy’: Opposition slams NDA government at Mamata rally

Hindustan Times  

One former prime minister, three chief ministers, six former chief ministers and five former Union ministers are attending a mega rally hosted by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade ground. On stage along with Banerjee, who arrived around 11am, are former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular chief H D Deve Gowda, former Uttar Pradesh CM and …

Who's attending Mamata Banerjee's mega rally today? Akhilesh and Kejriwal in, Rahul, Sonia and Mayawati out
5 years, 11 months ago

Who's attending Mamata Banerjee's mega rally today? Akhilesh and Kejriwal in, Rahul, Sonia and Mayawati out

Firstpost  

Mamata Banerjee said the mega Opposition rally being hosted by the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on 19 January would sound the “death knell” for the BJP. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the mega Opposition rally being hosted by the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on Saturday would sound the “ death knell ” for the BJP in …

The saga of Kumaraswamy keeps Congress out of the ‘mahagathbandhan’?
6 years ago

The saga of Kumaraswamy keeps Congress out of the ‘mahagathbandhan’?

Op India  

Most prospective allies, including SP and BSP, dread Congress as a partner in the approaching 2019 General Elections. They know of the mauling of HD Kumaraswamy by its partner Congress in Karnataka even though the faithful Lutyens’ Media are doing their best to keep the sensational news under the wraps. Addressing his party’s MLAs and MLCs, Kumaraswamy was virtually in …

Why Mamata, Mayawati, Akhilesh skipped oath-taking ceremony of Congress CMs
6 years ago

Why Mamata, Mayawati, Akhilesh skipped oath-taking ceremony of Congress CMs

India Today  

After much backroom manoeuvring the three Congress chief ministers -- Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel -- were sworn in on Monday, December 17. A number of Opposition leaders including Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, …

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