EC slams TMC, says its letter is full of insinuations, undermines foundations of Constitution
3 years, 9 months ago

EC slams TMC, says its letter is full of insinuations, undermines foundations of Constitution

India Today  

The Election Commission of India on Thursday slammed the Trinamool Congress saying its letter to it is "full of insinuations and averments" and that it "undermines the very foundation of the Constitution". In the memorandum to the Election Commission, the Trinamool Congress said the Commission should take the responsibility for the "attack" on Mamata Banerjee because it had recently ordered removal of the state police chief. Letter undermines foundation of Constitution: EC In its letter, the Election Commission said the Nandigram incident involving Mamata Banerjee is "indeed an unfortunate incident and needs to be inquired into with promptitude and dispatch". What TMC accused EC of In its memorandum to the Election Commission on Thursday, the Trinamool Congress slammed the Commission for "failing to provide proper security" to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Accusing the EC of acting "as per orders" of the BJP leaders, the TMC delegation, alleged that the "Election Commission did nothing despite there being reports of a possible attack on Mamata Banerjee".

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Ambedkar 'insult': Why Mamata Banerjee is leading TMC charge against Amit Shah
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Ambedkar 'insult': Why Mamata Banerjee is leading TMC charge against Amit Shah

India Today  

Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress have jumped into the controversy raging in Parliament over Union home minister Amit Shah’s remarks in the Rajya Sabha on B.R. As Parliament reflects on 75 glorious years of the Constitution, HM @AmitShah chose to TARNISH this occasion with DEROGATORY remarks against Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, that too in the temple of Democracy.” Seizing the …

INDIA bloc divided over EVMs? After Omar, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee questions Congress
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

INDIA bloc divided over EVMs? After Omar, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee questions Congress

Hindustan Times  

Amidst Congress’s ongoing allegations regarding the veracity of Electronic Voting Machines, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday reacted sharply against its ally and urged the grand old party to "show a demo" if they truly believe in the possibility of EVM tampering. The TMC MP from West Bengal's Diamond Harbour also dismissed claims made by Congress and others …

'Lie': TMC rejects EC's claim of disposing of complaint within 20 hours
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Lie': TMC rejects EC's claim of disposing of complaint within 20 hours

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Monday refuted the Election Commission's claim that it acted within 20 hours on the former's complaint against West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar. The EC on Monday rejected allegations made by the TMC of delay or inaction on its complaints, saying it acted within 20 hours of receiving the party's complaints on by-polls. The EC also …

Trinamool MPs file complaint against Bengal BJP chief's comments on police
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2 months ago

Trinamool MPs file complaint against Bengal BJP chief's comments on police

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission against West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar's alleged comments on the police. The party urged the poll panel to issue directions to BJP leaders to desist from "making unverified, defamatory and inflammatory statements" against the West Bengal Police and the TMC. It also said that the Election Commission should penalise …

TMC MP Jawahar Sircar's letter to CM Mamata exposes corruption, dictatorial attitude within party: BJP
4 months ago

TMC MP Jawahar Sircar's letter to CM Mamata exposes corruption, dictatorial attitude within party: BJP

The Hindu  

Trinamool Congress MP Jawahar Sircar's letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee has exposed the "dirt, corruption and dictatorial attitude" within the party, the BJP said on Sunday as it pressed for her resignation. In a statement, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "The letter by Jawahar Sircar, TMC MP, exposes dirt, corruption and dictatorial attitude …

TMC complaints EC against Bengal Governor for wearing BJP logo at Kolkata event amid MCC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TMC complaints EC against Bengal Governor for wearing BJP logo at Kolkata event amid MCC

India TV News  

"The conduct of the Hon'ble Governor is not only undemocratic and violative of the constitutional values attached to his office but also impairs free and fair elections in the state," asserts the All India Trinamool Congress party as they registered a complaint against West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on charges of allegedly canvassing for the Bharatiya Janata Party at …

Calcutta High Court criticises Election Commission for inaction on TMC complaints
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court criticises Election Commission for inaction on TMC complaints

India TV News  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India for failing to act on the Trinamool Congress’ complaints against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegedly slanderous Judge's remarks Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, who presided over the case, noted that the BJP’s Legal blow to BJP's campaign The court found that the BJP's Petitioners' arguments The petitioners’ counsel argued that …

‘Provocative statement’: BJP moves Election Commission against Mamata Banerjee
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Provocative statement’: BJP moves Election Commission against Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday filed a complaint against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with the Election Commission, alleging that the Trinamool Congress chief tried to incite violence during a public meeting. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting in Assam. The party, in its complaint, referred to Mamata Banerjee's alleged remark on …

TMC delegation, sitting on 'dharna' outside ECI office in Delhi, detained; party calls it 'murder of republic'
9 months ago

TMC delegation, sitting on 'dharna' outside ECI office in Delhi, detained; party calls it 'murder of republic'

India TV News  

A 10-member delegation of Trinamool Congress sat on a 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission of India office in the national capital, demanding that the chiefs of CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department be changed. The delegation of the TMC leaders included Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale and Sagarika Ghose who met a full bench of the Election …

TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc
11 months, 2 weeks ago

TMC to contest Lok Sabha polls without any alliance: Mamata Banerjee's big jolt to I.N.D.I.A bloc

India TV News  

In a major setback to the Opposition bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mamata's statement on Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra The Bengal Chief Minister also claimed she had not been informed of Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra passing through Bengal, …

Mamata Banerjee in danger of losing ‘honest’ image as Trinamool Congress struggles to shake off taint of corruption
1 year ago

Mamata Banerjee in danger of losing ‘honest’ image as Trinamool Congress struggles to shake off taint of corruption

The Hindu  

January 11, 2024 12:58 am | Updated 11:23 am IST - Kolkata Participating in a debate during the winter session of the West Bengal Assembly last month, Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee made an observation about pickpockets in crowded buses in the State capital, Kolkata. Relentless attack Mr. Adhikari, an accused in the Narada sting videos that …

Didi Slams BJP After Delhi Police Lifts TMC Stir
1 year, 3 months ago

Didi Slams BJP After Delhi Police Lifts TMC Stir

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has attacked the BJP after her MP nephew Abhishek Banerjee and other Trinamul Congress leaders were forcibly removed by the Delhi police personnel from Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi during their sit-in demonstration on Tuesday night. An angry TMC supremo tweeted, "Today is a dark, sinister day for democracy, a day when @BJP4India …

Bengal Job 'Scam': Relief For TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee As HC Orders No Coercive Action By ED
1 year, 3 months ago

Bengal Job 'Scam': Relief For TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee As HC Orders No Coercive Action By ED

ABP News  

In a relief for Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the ED not to take coercive steps against him in connection with the school jobs scam in West Bengal. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh instructed the ED that no coercive steps could be taken against the TMC MP and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew on the …

'Mamata Banerjee has done nothing for West Bengal, just 'steals' Central schemes': Suvendu Adhikari
1 year, 5 months ago

'Mamata Banerjee has done nothing for West Bengal, just 'steals' Central schemes': Suvendu Adhikari

Firstpost  

Suvendu Adhikari said the monsoon session of the West Bengal Assembly was convened in a ‘whimsical manner’ without consulting the opposition from 24 July and after the ruling party now plans to wrap it up this week Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari Thursday slammed chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led government, accusing Trinamool Congress of “stealing” Central government schemes. …

Lalu Yadav backed Mamata Banerjee, raised an issue with Gandhis at meet: Sources
1 year, 5 months ago

Lalu Yadav backed Mamata Banerjee, raised an issue with Gandhis at meet: Sources

India Today  

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav backed Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in the recently held Opposition meeting in Bengaluru and asked why the West Bengal unit of the Congress party spoke against the TMC, sources told India Today. Without naming anyone, Lalu Yadav raised the issue with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and asked why the …

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent
2 years ago

Post-poll violence: Arrest warrant against Mamata Banerjee’s election agent

Hindustan Times  

A court in West Bengal’s East Midnapore has issued arrest warrants against four people including Sheikh Sufiyan, a ruling Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in the Nandigram assembly constituency in 2021, in connection with an alleged post-poll murder. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lost the Nandigram seat in the 2021 polls. The Central Bureau …

TMC takes strict action: Mamata Banerjee after sacking Partha Chatterjee
2 years, 5 months ago

TMC takes strict action: Mamata Banerjee after sacking Partha Chatterjee

Live Mint  

Minutes after sacking Partha Chatterjee as a minister from the cabinet over the Staff Selection Commission teacher recruitment scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that her party, the Trinamool Congress, takes strict action. My party takes strict action,” Mamata Banerjee said, adding, “There are many plannings behind it but I don't want to go into details.” …

Mamata in a spot
2 years, 5 months ago

Mamata in a spot

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate ’s arrest of West Bengal Industry and Commerce Minister Partha Chatterjee in the alleged School Service Commission recruitment scam has put the Trinamool Congress government in a tight spot. More than the embarrassment of the recovery of cash and jewellery worth ₹21 crore from the house of Arpita Mukherjee, an associate of the Minister, the allegations of …

Ahead of presidential poll, Mamata Banerjee to meet non-BJP CMs on June 15
2 years, 6 months ago

Ahead of presidential poll, Mamata Banerjee to meet non-BJP CMs on June 15

Live Mint  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to all the non-BJP chief ministers and leaders of parties ahead of the presidential election. Banerjee has written to 22 political leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, …

OPINION | The challenges that Mamata Banerjee is now facing
2 years, 9 months ago

OPINION | The challenges that Mamata Banerjee is now facing

India TV News  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has renewed her pitch for a joint platform of all non-BJP opposition parties by writing letters to all non-NDA chief ministers and senior opposition leaders. Central agencies like ED,CBI, Central Vigilance Commission and Income Tax department are being used to target, harass and corner political opponents across the country for vendetta..This is nothing but …

Mamata calls non-BJP CMs\' meet on Centre\'s interference
2 years, 9 months ago

Mamata calls non-BJP CMs\' meet on Centre\'s interference

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Amid the CBI's probe in the massacre in West Bengal's Birbhum, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has written to non-BJP chief ministers and other Opposition leaders to commit to the cause of a unified and principled Opposition that will unitedly fight the saffron party and make way for the "government that the country deserves". Accusing the BJP of "interferences" …

Nothing will deter me from constitutional path, says WB Guv over CM's accusations
2 years, 11 months ago

Nothing will deter me from constitutional path, says WB Guv over CM's accusations

India Today  

Nothing will deter me from the constitutional path, said West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday after chief minister Mamata Banerjee criticised him at a Trinamool Congress meeting during the day without naming him. Mamata Banerjee on Monday had blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's Twitter account and also accused the Governor of "tapping phones" and "threatening" the chief secretary and DGP. …

Posters with Mamata's pictures defaced ahead of her Goa visit; TMC condemns act, blames BJP
3 years, 2 months ago

Posters with Mamata's pictures defaced ahead of her Goa visit; TMC condemns act, blames BJP

The Hindu  

Several hoardings carrying pictures of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were defaced in Goa ahead of her visit to the coastal State, following which the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday condemned the act and claimed it reflects the BJP's "intolerance". The BJP on Sunday claimed the Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress posted a cartoon on Twitter that showed party …

Posters with Mamata Banerjee's pics defaced ahead of her Goa visit
3 years, 2 months ago

Posters with Mamata Banerjee's pics defaced ahead of her Goa visit

India TV News  

Several hoardings carrying pictures of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were defaced in Goa ahead of her visit to the coastal state, following which the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday condemned the act and claimed it reflects the BJP's "intolerance". The BJP on Sunday claimed the Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress posted a cartoon on Twitter that showed party …

TMC Doing Same Thing in Goa What BJP Did to it in West Bengal, Claims Congress
3 years, 3 months ago

TMC Doing Same Thing in Goa What BJP Did to it in West Bengal, Claims Congress

News 18  

All India Congress Committee's Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday claimed that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was doing the same thing in Goa what the BJP did to it in West Bengal. The remarks came days after former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro resigned as Congress MLA, ahead of the state polls due next year. Faleiro is set …

TMC no longer limited to Bengal; ready to take on BJP at pan-India level: Abhishek Banerjee
3 years, 3 months ago

TMC no longer limited to Bengal; ready to take on BJP at pan-India level: Abhishek Banerjee

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday termed the BJP as a "jumla party" and asserted that she would defeat the saffron camp across the country in the days to come. Echoing her, the TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said the party will no longer be limited to Bengal and is politically ready to take on the BJP …

BJP Files Complaint in EC against Mamata Banerjee for Violation of Code of Conduct
3 years, 4 months ago

BJP Files Complaint in EC against Mamata Banerjee for Violation of Code of Conduct

News 18  

The BJP has filed a complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating of Model Code of Conduct within three days of the Bhawanipur by-election announcement. A BJP delegation comprising of party leader Pratap Banerjee, BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, and Shishir Bajoria met the Chief Election Officer today. They put objection against the programme …

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to contest Bhabanipur bypoll, TMC announces
3 years, 4 months ago

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to contest Bhabanipur bypoll, TMC announces

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress announced on Sunday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be the party's candidate in the Bhabanipur constituency for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypoll there on September 30. The All India Trinamool Congress is pleased to announce the following list of candidates for polls/by-poll scheduled in 3 assembly constituencies on 30th September 2021 in the state of …

West Bengal Elections How Is Mamata Banerjee CM Despite Losing Seat Bhabanipur Bypolls Election Commission
3 years, 4 months ago

West Bengal Elections How Is Mamata Banerjee CM Despite Losing Seat Bhabanipur Bypolls Election Commission

ABP News  

Kolkata: Election Commission of India on Saturday announced that the Bypoll to the Bhabanipur assembly seat in West Bengal, from where Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee plans to contest, would be held on September 30. The announcement came as a massive relief for TMC as it will give Banerjee a chance to become a member of West …

Calcutta HC adjourns Mamata Banerjee's petition against Nandigram election result till November 15
3 years, 4 months ago

Calcutta HC adjourns Mamata Banerjee's petition against Nandigram election result till November 15

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court has adjourned its hearing of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition against the election result in Nandigram constituency till November 15. In the state assembly election held earlier this year, Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram even as she retained the post of chief minister in …

six-member delegation of TMC led by MP Derek O'Brien visits the Election Commission of India office in Delhi
3 years, 5 months ago

six-member delegation of TMC led by MP Derek O'Brien visits the Election Commission of India office in Delhi

ABP News  

Kolkata: A six-member delegation of the ruling Trinamool Congress party, led by MP Derek O'Brien, visited the Election Commission office in New Delhi for the West Bengal assembly by-elections and discussed the upcoming assembly elections and other issues with the Chief Election Commissioner. TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, after meeting the Chief Election Commissioner, said that he has made an appeal …

President's rule in Bengal? SC seeks response from Centre, Mamata govt and EC
3 years, 6 months ago

President's rule in Bengal? SC seeks response from Centre, Mamata govt and EC

India TV News  

President's Rule in Bengal News: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President's Rule in West Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election results. Advocate Hari Shankar Jain -- appearing for petitioners Ranjana …

Nandigram case: Calcutta HC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea seeking recusal of election petition
3 years, 6 months ago

Nandigram case: Calcutta HC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea seeking recusal of election petition

Firstpost  

Justice Kaushik Chanda had on 18 June adjourned Banerjee’s petition praying for declaring the election of Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram null and void Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will on Thursday take up the application by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking recusal of her petition challenging the election of the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram. A lawyer representing …

TMC opposes judge hearing Mamata Banerjee's plea against Nandigram result
3 years, 6 months ago

TMC opposes judge hearing Mamata Banerjee's plea against Nandigram result

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress on Friday raised apprehensions about a single-member bench of the Calcutta High Court that has been constituted to hear West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition. Levelling allegations of political bias against Justice Kaushik Chanda, the judge hearing the petition, the TMC released photographs of him with West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh. pic.twitter.com/taa4Jch5c7 — Mahua …

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging Nandigram polling, hearing on Friday
3 years, 6 months ago

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging Nandigram polling, hearing on Friday

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday challenging the polling process in the Nandigram assembly constituency. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat in the recently-concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. READ: Bengal rape survivors of post-poll violence narrate horror, move Supreme Court While initial counting put Banerjee …

WB CM Mamata Banerjee To Contest By-Election From Bhawanipore After TMC MLA's Resignation
3 years, 7 months ago

WB CM Mamata Banerjee To Contest By-Election From Bhawanipore After TMC MLA's Resignation

ABP News  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going to contest by-poll from the Bhawanipore seat after TMC MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from the post won in the constituency. It is important that Mamata Banerjee becomes a member of the legislative assembly for her to be able to retain her position as Chief Minister of the state. Despite registering a …

'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 …

Security Provided to Returning Officer of Nandigram Assembly Constituency: WB Govt Informs EC
3 years, 8 months ago

Security Provided to Returning Officer of Nandigram Assembly Constituency: WB Govt Informs EC

News 18  

The West Bengal government has informed the Election Commission that it has provided security to the returning officer of the Nandigram assembly constituency which saw a cliffhanger between TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, sources said on Tuesday. On Monday, the Trinamool Congress leader had alleged that the returning officer of Nandigram did not order recounting of votes …

Poll official threatened in Nandigram, says Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 8 months ago

Poll official threatened in Nandigram, says Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

The returning officer in Nandigram refused a recount of votes because his life was threatened and the Trinamool Congress will move court on the issue, Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, a day after she won a landslide victory in West Bengal but lost a close election to her protégé-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari. Showing a text message in her mobile phone to …

Mamata Banerjee to be sworn in as CM on 5 May; alleges Nandigram RO did not order recount as he 'feared for life'
3 years, 8 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to be sworn in as CM on 5 May; alleges Nandigram RO did not order recount as he 'feared for life'

Firstpost  

Hitting out at the Election Commission, Banerjee claimed that the BJP would not have crossed the 50 seat mark if the poll panel had not helped it Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May at Raj Bhavan, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Monday. The …

EC Rejects TMC's Request For Recount in Nandigram After Suvendu Adhikari Declared Winner
3 years, 8 months ago

EC Rejects TMC's Request For Recount in Nandigram After Suvendu Adhikari Declared Winner

News 18  

The Election Commission has rejected the appeal of the Trinamool Congress for a recount at Nandigram, where CM Mamata Banerjee lost to Suvendu Adhikari. In Nandigram, which was the cynosure of all eyes due to its high-octane election, BJP star candidate Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday outsmarted TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 …

West Bengal polls: Suvendu Adhikari hands Mamata Banerjee defeat to end nailbiter in Nandigram; TMC demands recount
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal polls: Suvendu Adhikari hands Mamata Banerjee defeat to end nailbiter in Nandigram; TMC demands recount

Firstpost  

After a see-saw day that witnessed each candidate pulling into the lead on multiple occasions, the final margin between the TMC turncoat and the Bengal chief minister was a slender one: just 1,956 votes The nailbiter in Nandigram came to an end late on Sunday night with Suvendu Adhikari defeating West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, according to the Election …

Trinamool Demands Recount in Nandigram, Alleges 'Fraud' and 'Tampering'
3 years, 8 months ago

Trinamool Demands Recount in Nandigram, Alleges 'Fraud' and 'Tampering'

News 18  

The Trinamool Congress has demanded recounting in the Nandigram constituency from which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had stood, alleging a number of illegalities in the vote-counting process. According to unofficial sources, Banerjee lost the Nandigram assembly elections to BJP candidate and her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari by around 1,700 votes. The TMC has written to the CEO requesting an immediate …

EC is malfunctioning, its state of affairs deplorable and actions illegal: TMC alleges in letter to poll panel
3 years, 8 months ago

EC is malfunctioning, its state of affairs deplorable and actions illegal: TMC alleges in letter to poll panel

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India alleging that the poll panel is "malfunctioning" and its state of affairs is "deplorable". In a two-page letter, the TMC accused the Election Commission of having a partisan approach while acting on complaints filed by the TMC and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The letter added that …

Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee stages dharna to protest against Election Commission's ban order
3 years, 8 months ago

Bengal polls: Mamata Banerjee stages dharna to protest against Election Commission's ban order

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sat on a dharna in the heart of the city to protest against the Election Commission's "unconstitutional" decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours. Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo road around 11.40 am and began …

TMC Writes to EC, Seeks Strict Action Against BJP Leaders for 'Inflammatory' Remarks
3 years, 8 months ago

TMC Writes to EC, Seeks Strict Action Against BJP Leaders for 'Inflammatory' Remarks

News 18  

The TMC on Monday urged the Election Commission to take strict action against BJP leaders who allegedly made inflammatory remarks over the Cooch Behar firing incident that claimed the lives of ”four unarmed civilians”, shortly before the poll panel barred party supremo Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours. In a letter to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab, …

Vilifying troops: Mamata Banerjee gets another EC notice, now on 'central forces harassing voters' remark
3 years, 9 months ago

Vilifying troops: Mamata Banerjee gets another EC notice, now on 'central forces harassing voters' remark

India Today  

The Election Commission of India has issued a second notice to Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee asking her to explain her remarks on the central forces manning polling booths in the Bengal elections. The EC notice has asked Mamata Banerjee to explain the statements made on March 28 and April 7 on the central forces. Addressing a public …

EC notice to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari for alleged 'hate speech' in Nandigram
3 years, 9 months ago

EC notice to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari for alleged 'hate speech' in Nandigram

India Today  

The Election Commission of India has served a notice to BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari based on a complaint of hate speech filed by CPI-ML politburo member Kavita Krishnan on March 31. The EC notice said the poll panel received a complaint from Kavita Krishnan of CPI-ML Central Committee in which it was alleged that on March 29 Adhikari delivered …

Alleged Attack On Mamata Banerjee: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks CBI Probe Into the Incident & Guidelines To Avoid Future Incidents.
3 years, 9 months ago

Alleged Attack On Mamata Banerjee: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks CBI Probe Into the Incident & Guidelines To Avoid Future Incidents.

Live Law  

Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea filed seeking directions to CBI to investigate the incident at Nandigram injuring West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on March 10th 2021.A three judge Bench led by CJI will hear the PIL filed seeking investigation into the alleged attack on CM Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram while she was in rally for filing …

TMC hits out at Election Commission over notice to Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 9 months ago

TMC hits out at Election Commission over notice to Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

The Trinamool Congress has hit out at the Election Commission over its notice to party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking to know what action the poll panel has taken on the complaints filed against the BJP. The Election Commission has issued to Banerjee for her appeal to Muslim voters while campaigning in Hooghly to not allow …

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