Arjun Singh has a history of switching sides. He started his political career with Congress in 1995. Later in 2001, Singh joined TMC. In 2019, he switched to the BJP and won the Barrackpore seat on the saffron party ticket, but due to some differences in the party, he returned to TMC in 2022.
Shahjahan was alleged to have orchestrated an attack on ED officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with an alleged ration scam involving the defalcation of several crore of rupees.
The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019 were notified, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Last week, the CBI conducted searches at the residence and office of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district as part of its investigation into the attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in the area in January.
BJP's Saumitra Khan had announced split from Sujarat Mondal in 2021 during the West Bengal Assembly elections. TMC has fielded Mondal against Khan in the Bishnupur seat.
"By separating herself from the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, she showed that she is in fear and does not want to fight BJP," Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced candidates of Trinamool Congress (TMC) for all Lok Sabha seats giving a blow to seat-sharing talks with Congress.
TMC announced the names of all 42 party candidates who will contest the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha, has been fielded from Krishnanagar.
The PM inaugurated multiple projects of railway line electrification that will benefit the people of northern West Bengal and nearby areas including the Eklakhi-Balurghat section, Barsoi-Radhikapur section, Raninagar Jalpaiguri-Haldibari section, Siliguri-Aluabari section via Bagdogra among others.
The CBI took custody of Sheikh on Wednesday from the West Bengal CID on the order of the Calcutta High Court.
In compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court, three FIRs were registered at the CBI, ACB, Kolkata, on March 5, 2024, taking over FIRs previously registered by the West Bengal Police.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also visited areas near his house in Akunchipara locality of Sarberia to collect evidence in connection with the attack. The CBI team was also joined by forensic and ED officials to support the investigation.
The ED searches were conducted in the Rajarhat area at the residences of some businessmen, teachers, and intermediaries allegedly involved in the scam. The ongoing raids are part of the ED's probe to track the flow of money in the multi-crore scam.
In a rally themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by her nephew and TMC Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee, spearheaded the Trinamool Congress's Mahila Wing Rally today.
Dealing a blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, veteran leader Tapas Roy quit his party and resigned as its MLA on Monday, citing disillusionment with the TMC leadership.
Sandeshkhali has been in the news after a large number of women have alleged that now-suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his "gang" captured swathes of land by force, besides "sexually harassing" them.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met women survivors following a public rally at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district where Sandeshkhali is located. The survivors were very emotional with the fact that the Prime Minister understood their pain.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, this is PM Modi's third rally in the last six days.
The federal agency's action came after the Calcutta High Court directed the Bengal government to hand over Sheikh Shahjahan to the CBI. However, the Mamata government moved the Supreme Court regarding the matter, but the apex court refused to grant an urgent hearing.
PM Modi in Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi flagged off a metro train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Kolkata which will open India's first under-river tunnel, fulfilling a dream which the city dwellers saw almost 53 years ago.
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