SOVANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY
Ballygunge braces for intense battle as TMC seeks 4th term with veteran leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
The Ballygunge Assembly constituency - 161 is a wholly urban legislative seat situated in South Kolkata in West Bengal. Known as one of the city's most upscale and affluent residential areas, muslims constitute the majority in this area. The constituency's voters are drawn largely from the professional and educated classes, giving the seat a political character distinct from much of Bengal's rural areas.
TMC West Bengal candidate list: Mamata Banerjee announces full list of candidates for 294 seats ahead of assembly elections
As West Bengal gears up for assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress announced its candidate list, a critical exercise to maintain dominance after 15 years. The party focused on balancing experience with youth, analyzing local equations and feedback to counter anti-incumbency and ensure winnability for a potential fourth consecutive mandate.
TMC compiles list of absentee MLAs, to take action after CM returns from London
The ruling TMC plans to take disciplinary action against over 30 MLAs who defied the party whip by being absent during the last few days of the budget session. The party is compiling a list of absentee lawmakers and will seek explanations once Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returns from London.
Resolution urging withdrawal of Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed in West Bengal assembly
The West Bengal Assembly passes a resolution urging the withdrawal of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, arguing that it could impact Waqf administration and Muslim representation. BJP legislators staged a walkout, labeling it vote-bank politics. The bill aims at changing the composition of Waqf bodies, sparking concerns about fundamental rights.
'What is the source of your funds?' TMC minister questions agitating junior doctors
West Bengal's Agriculture Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay has questioned the funding source for junior doctors who have been protesting for over two months. The protests are over the rape and murder of their colleague. The junior doctors have stated that they are seeking justice and highlighting issues in the healthcare system.
6 BJP MLAs including Suvendu Adhikari suspended over "unruly behaviour" for remainder of WB Assembly session
The BJP leaders were suspended from the remaining session of the Legislative Assembly after they sat on the floor inside of the Assembly House, raising slogans and demanding a discussion about the Sandeshkhali issue by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Motion against violence in Manipur to be tabled in West Bengal assembly on July 31
The West Bengal assembly will table a motion to discuss the ethnic violence in Manipur on 31 July. An all-party meeting was held to discuss the proposal and the opposition BJP chose to boycott the meeting. The motion will be presented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has blamed the divisive policies of BJP-led governments at the centre and Manipur for the strife
West Bengal Assembly passes bill to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with CM Mamata Banerjee as chancellor of agricultural universities
The development came just days after the House passed The West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to appoint the CM, in place of the governor, as the chancellor of all state-run universities.
Bengal yet to receive Rs 2,786 crore MGNREGA dues from Centre: TMC
The party, quoting a list recently issued by the Centre, said that the eastern state has topped the chart in providing employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), giving work to 1.1 crore people in 2021-22, and has come second in generating mandays under the scheme.
Trinamool Congress steam-rolls to victory in all four by-polls in Bengal
The TMC wrested the Dinhata and Santipur seats in Coochbehar and Nadia districts respectively from the BJP by huge margins, to raise its tally to 215 in the state assembly
By-polls to four West Bengal assembly constituencies begin
The by-election at Dinhata were necessitated by the resignation of Nisith Pramanik, now Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, who favoured keeping his Lok Sabha membership over sitting in the opposition in West Bengal's assembly.
Four West Bengal assembly segments up for bypolls; prestige fight for BJP in two seats
Bypolls to Dinhata and Santipur are prestige battles for the saffron party, which is currently grappling with exodus of MLAs and senior leaders.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bypoll by record margin
The election was important for Mamata Banerjee as she has to enter the Assembly before the completion of first six months of her chief ministership.
Mamata heads for victory with record margin in Bhabanipur, TMC ahead in two Murshidabad seats
Tibrewal, on Saturday night, wrote to the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Rajesh Bindal, urging him to give orders to the police to take preventive steps to avoid incidents of violence after the declaration of the results.
BJP's Priyanka Tibrewal files nomination for Bhabanipur bypoll
Bhabanipur by-polls will primarily be a contest between Priyanka Tibrewal andMamata Banerjee as Congress on September 8, announced that the party will not be fielding any candidate for the by-polls.
Mamata Banerjee named TMC candidate for Bhabanipur bypoll
The bypoll will be held on September 30 along with the elections to two seats in the Murshidabad district -- Samserganj and Jangipur where polling could not be held during the eight-phase assembly elections earlier this year.
Bhabanipur by-poll: TMC welcomes EC decision, BJP expresses reservation
Adhikari defeated Banerjee from the Nandigram seat in the assembly elections held earlier this year. The ruling TMC is keen on the by-polls as Banerjee will have to get elected within six months to continue as the CM. In that case, the by-polls must be conducted by November 5.
BJP not to field candidate for RS bypoll, TMC's Jawhar Sircar set to be elected unopposed
"Today is the last date for nomination of RS bypoll in WB. BJP is not putting up any candidate for this seat. Outcome of the poll is defined and known to all... Our fight against this irrational Govt (government) will continue," Adhikari, the BJP MLA from Nandigram, said on Twitter.
TMC raps EC over "delay" in holding Bengal bypolls, delegation to meet poll panel on Thursday
Bypolls are to be held for five vacant seats, and fresh elections to two others where polling was countermanded following the death of candidates. The byelections are of critical importance to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who lost the assembly poll to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.
Mamata Banerjee ministry to have 43 ministers, Amit Mitra also included
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was worried about the key portfolio as Mitra was unable to handle the ministry for the last few days because of his deteriorating health condition. He didn't even present the budget last time.
Newly elected MLAs of West Bengal sworn in
At least 143 MLAs -- most of them from the assembly constituencies of Kolkata, North- and South-24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly and Jhargram -- are set to take oath on Thursday. Seventy-four of them would be sworn-in during the first half of the day, and the rest in the second half.
Daily wagers to crorepatis, Bengal legislative assembly has colourful mix
But questions were raised about female representation, as only 39 women MLAs will be sworn in, making for merely 13% of the total members in the assembly. Trinamool had fielded 50 women candidates, among whom 32 won the elections and at least three others — including CM Mamata Banerjee — lost by a thin margin.
Campaigning ends for the seventh phase of poll in West Bengal
A total of 86,78,221 voters -- 44,44,634 male and 42,33,358 women and 229 from the third gender will exercise their franchise in the 34 constituencies spread across Malda (Part I), Kolkata Dakshin, Murshidabad (Part I), Paschim Bardhaman (Part 1) and Dakshin Dinajpur districts.
BJP fields Subrata Saha from Kolkata's Rash Behari, Ashok Lahiri from Balurghat
Saha and Lahiri’s names came directly from the party's top leadership, said those in the know. “The party has detailed plans to use their expertise in Bengal, which needs both development and security,” said a senior BJP functionary, who did not wish to be identified.
West Bengal polls: For first time in three decades, Didi moves out of her den
The decision not to contest from Bhowanipore was to blunt BJP barbs at her asking her to declare which seat she will represent.
Unless you visit jail, you cannot be a leader: Bengal BJP chief tells partymen
Asking party cadres to "actively" counter the ruling TMC, Ghosh said sitting back at home would not make one a good political activist. "Don't expect to be a good political activist just by sitting back at home. You all have to work. You have to be active, so that police is forced to arrest you. Don't get cowed down by threats from TMC goons.
7 killed as cyclone 'Bulbul' disrupts normal life in Bengal
Weathermen said that gale wind at a speed of 80 to 90 kmph was prevailing along and off the coastal and adjoining districts of West and East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas in the evening of Saturday and was likely to increase gradually to 110 to 120 kmph with gusts up to 135 kmph.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee's statue vandalised in Kolkata
The incident comes after two statues of communist icon Vladimir Lenin was pulled down in Tripura and one of Dravidian leader E V Ramaswamy, popularly known as Periyar, in Tamil Nadu.
DVC could shun JV plan with NLC for Raghunathpur power plant
The DVC has been incurring losses due to the 1,200-MW Raghunathpur power plant, the estimated financial bleeding at Rs 70 crore per month.
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