Mamata Banerjee landed in the national capital on Sunday evening, where she will attend Opposition's meeting and also meet PM Narendra Modi over her demand to release funds to West Bengal.
Mamata said that she will visit New Delhi next week and seek the release of funds for government schemes in West Bengal. She hit out at the BJP and claimed that the party will forget its free ration promise if it wins next year's general elections.
Mahua Moitra expulsion: On 8 December, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha for ‘unethical conduct’ following a heated debate over the panel report during which Moitra was not allowed to speak.
Mamata claimed that West Bengal’s dues are pending on various accounts, including 100 days of work under MGNREGA, housing, and the state's share of GST collection. She claimed that a total of Rs 1,15 lakh crore is due to be cleared by the Centre to the state.
Just a day earlier, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Mahua Moitra has been expelled from Lok Sabha in the cash-for-query case after the ethics panel submitted its report recommending her expulsion.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that they strongly condemn the expulsion of Mahua Moitra from the Parliament. She further mentioned the I.N.D.I.A. bloc will fight this together.
West Bengal news: A few days ago Mamata Banerjee joined Film Director Mahesh Bhatt, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, actors Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha on stage and danced with them at the Kolkata International Film Festival.
Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Mahesh Bhatt, Shatrughan Sinha, Sonakshi Sinha, and Sourav Ganguly inaugurated the Kolkata International Film Festival on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shared the stage with Bollywood actors including Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor among others during the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
Soon after facing defeat in the assembly elections, Congress called for the next meeting of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance on December 6.
Veteran TMC leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sobvandeb Chattopadhyay said Bose has been withholding several bills passed by the assembly including one seeking to make the chief minister the chancellor of state universities instead of the governor.
Aaj Ki Baat: 'Can't stop CAA implementation', Says Amit Shah in Kolkata rally
Amit Shah criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of destroying West Bengal. He cited instances of political violence, corruption, and appeasement, framing the BJP as the force that could bring about positive change in the state's governance.
In March 2022, Suvendu Adhikari and four other BJP MLAs were temporarily suspended from the House for creating a disturbance during the budget session. The suspension was later rescinded by the Speaker.
"I have written to the ED director as well the principal director general of the Income Tax Department and the Secretary in the Union Health Ministry seeking a central agency probe in the matter," Suvendu Adhikari said.
Attack the BJP, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that wherever sinners go, they take along their sins. The Indian team played so well that they won all the matches in the World Cup, except the one attended by the sinners.
Earlier, the Trinamool Congress MP, who is facing an enquiry in "cash-for-query" matter, had also said that she would be back with a bigger mandate in 2024
Business leaders from 28 countries, a host of prominent figures of corporate India as well as political dignitaries participated in the seventh edition of the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS).
Earlier this week, dismissing reports of a shortage of berths for passengers opting for non-AC coaches, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said there was nearly a three-fold increase in the number of special train trips this festive season as compared to last year.
A another remark, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury had said that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc was not an alliance but an arrangement of non-BJP forces in the country. His statement has come ahead of the Assembly election in five states.
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