Some villages in Sandeshkhali community development block II in North 24 Parganas district have been witnessing protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by some local TMC leaders and their associates and also land grabbing from villagers.
The Congress delegation spearheaded by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, encountered initial hindrance from police officials at Sarberia and subsequently at Rampur, along the path to Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
The TMC leader has been called for questioning in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case.
Several women in the Sandeshkhali accused the local TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion. Shajahan has been absconding after a mob attacked ED officials who has gone to search his premises in connection with a corruption case.
The protest against allegations of sexual harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali for the sixth consecutive day cast its shadow in other regions of the state, with agitating BJP supporters clashing with police personnel in another part of North 24 Parganas district.
The local women have been protesting in Sandeshkhali alleging that the local TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan and his “gang” captured swathes of land by force, and also sexually harassed them.
The elections are scheduled to take place on February 27, with the votes being counted on the same day. The term of office for 56 members is set to expire upon their retirement in April 2024.
The Chairman said that Article 351 of the Constitution provides that it shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asserted that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA was “good riddance” for the opposition INDIA bloc in which many leaders were now “heaving a sigh of relief”.
The Trinamool Congress had been upset with Chowdhury's repeated attacks on Banerjee. The Congress leader recently called the West Bengal chief minister an "opportunist" and said that his party would fight the polls alone.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the Nyay Yatra first faced problems in BJP-ruled Assam and it is now facing problems in TMC-ruled West Bengal. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered West Bengal on Thursday and took a two-day break.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc is struggling to resolve key challenges including finalising seat-sharing arrangements most importantly deciding on a PM face while the BJP has started executing strategies it laid off in 2023 to secure victory in General elections.
Mamata Banerjee's sudden comments forced the Congress to adopt a conciliatory approach with party general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh asserting that the opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A bloc cannot be imagined without West Bengal CM.
In a major setback to the Opposition bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her party would go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress statement comes immediately after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her party Trinamool Congress has decided to go alone in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
According to the officials, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suffered injury after her car halted suddenly to avoid a collision with a vehicle that entered her convoy.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc faced a major dent as Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the Trinamool Congress, announced that her party would contest independently in Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Earlier, a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked during a raid in North 24 Parganas district. The incident occurred in the village belonging to TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Mamata Banerjee is an opportunist' remark came after party leader Rahul Gandhi said that the West Bengal Chief Minister is "very close" to him.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led all-faith rally (Sanhati rally) in Kolkata came amid mega celebrations triggered across the nation on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya.
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