Mamata Banerjee

13 Mar

Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo to contest West Bengal bypoll: CM Mamata Banerjee

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named Shatrughan Sinha as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate for the bypolls in Asansol parliamentary seat and Babul Supriyo for the Ballygunge Assembly seat. "Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Loksabha by-election from Asansol," Banerjee tweeted, asserting Sinha's candidature. "Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and mentioned singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by- election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!" the chief minister added in a follow-up tweet.…

08 Mar

West Bengal Assembly: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar delivers one-line speech amid protest

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Unlike acrimonious comments made on one some other in current times, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a folded-hands meeting on Monday to reach an settlement to prevent "a constitutional crisis" in the kingdom legislative assembly. Governor Dhankhar used to be leaving the residence besides studying his tackle to West Bengal Legislative Assembly amid ruckus as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contributors shouted slogans in the house. The country assembly witnessed chaotic scenes with the MLAs belonging to the BJP elevating slogans at some point of Governor Dhankhar’s address and the ruling Trinamool Congress contributors…

04 Mar

“Attack On Me In Varanasi Means…”: WB CM Mamata Banerjee At Samajwadi Rally

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at her side, declared that the protests against her through right wing employees on her arrival at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency in Varanasi, "indicates they (the BJP) are going out of power"."I have been attacked numerous times, shot at and beaten by using sticks in past, however in no way bowed down… I am not coward, I am fighter," Ms Banerjee stated at the rally in Varanasi, which is drawing eyeballs as the election in Uttar Pradesh attracts to a close. Polling in Varanasi and its eight adjoining districts…

02 Mar

Samajwadi party president, Jayant Chaudhary and Mamata Banerjee to address a jt rally in Varanasi tomorrow

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Samajwadi Party main Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary will impart the stage to West Bengal boss priest Mamata Banerjee to handle a joint meeting in Varanasi on March 3. Party sources said this will be the initial occasion when the Trinamool Congress chief will impart the stage to Akhilesh for any political decision related occasion. On February 8, Mamata had visited Lucknow and addressed a press conference at the Samajwadi Party headquarters the place she issued an attraction to the human beings to aid the SP. Banerjee tweaked the "khela hobe' campaign anthem of her…

14 Feb

Mamata Banerjee Announces Goutam Deb as Siliguri Mayor

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Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, announced former State Minister Gautam Deb as the next mayor of Siliguri after Trinamul wrested the Siliguri Municipal Corporation board from the Left Front after seven years, making it a defeat 4-0 lead in this round of the civic polls before leaving for North Bengal on Monday. Goutam Deb won from ward 33 of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation by over 3,000 votes. The timing of Mamatas’s visit to North Bengal, the visit when the Trinamul has wrested the only municipal corporation run by the Left in the state, could not have been better. Seven…

08 Feb

Budget 2022: Mamata Banerjee says budget has nothing for common man, terms it a ‘Pegasus spin Budget’

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticized the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament by calling it 'Pegasus Spin Budget', she claimed that it has nothing for the common people. She said,"Budget has zero for common people, who are getting crushed by unemployment and inflation. Government is lost in big words signifying nothing - A Pegasus Spin Budget." Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister, presented the Union Budget in Parliament and said the country's economic growth is expected at 9.2 % in the current financial year, on the back of a sharp rebound in the…

31 Jan

Mamata Banerjee blocks Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter

editorPoliticalJagdeep Dhankhar, Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blocked Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter. "I have been forced to block Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter. Everyday he was issuing tweets targeting and threatening govt officials as if we're his bonded labourers", Mamata told reporters. She also took a dig at Dhankhar saying, "He is threatening the chief secretary, and the director general of police". On respect to her remark, Dhankhar was quick to respond as he reminded Mamata of Article 159 of the Constitution. He took to Twitter and wrote, "Mandated under Article 159 of the Constitution to ensure none in…