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BJP shuts door on Trinamool defectors
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has ruled out large-scale entry of former Trinamool Congress leaders into the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying the organisation will not admit “tainted” figures or allow what he described as the “trinamoolisation” of the BJP. Bhattacharya’s remarks in Kolkata on Tuesday sought to draw...
TMC strains under widening revolt
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is battling its sharpest internal crisis in years after its West Bengal election defeat left the party confronting absentee legislators, expulsions, allegations of forged signatures and open speculation over a possible split. The turmoil has deepened as Banerjee tries to reassert control over a party...
Sibal remark deepens Bengal violence row
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s remark that he was “ashamed” to live in a country where elected representatives could be attacked has triggered a political confrontation after two Trinamool Congress MPs were targeted in separate incidents in West Bengal within 24 hours. The comment came after Trinamool’s national general...
Low turnout deepens Mamata’s post-poll troubles
Mamata Banerjee’s effort to steady the Trinamool Congress after its Assembly election setback ran into fresh turbulence after a legislative party meeting at her Kalighat residence was called off when only about 20 of the party’s 80 MLAs turned up. The poor attendance has intensified questions over discipline, morale...
CID summons deepens Trinamool turmoil
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department for questioning on Monday, June 1, in a forged-signature probe that has sharpened the party’s crisis after its crushing defeat in the state Assembly election. The notice was served at Banerjee’s Kalighat Road...
Bengal border drive sharpens migrant debate
Amit Shah has offered an exit window to Bangladeshis living illegally in Bengal, saying those who return voluntarily will not face prosecution, as the new Suvendu Adhikari government moves to accelerate border fencing and migration enforcement. The Union Home Minister’s remarks have pushed illegal immigration, border security and citizenship...
