ABVP had organised a live-streaming of the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha event on the Jadavpur University campus in West Bengal, which later resulted in a scuffle. The ABVP members protested with 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.
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.
In the 2019 elections, TMC secured 22 seats, Congress won two, and BJP secured 18 seats in the state. The minorities comprise nearly 30 per cent of the vote share in West Bengal.
The exchange of barbs was out in the open between Congress and TMC over the seat-sharing formula in West Bengal, deepening the divide among the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc on the matter.
Various states have declared half-holiday on January 22 to mark the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The BJP wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to declare the temple inauguration day as holiday.
West Bengal: In a related development, another bench granted interim protection to ED officials against an FIR filed by Shajahan's caretaker, accusing them of theft, outraging modesty, and assaulting women and children.
The announcement by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came ahead of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya which is also scheduled on January 22. The several opposition parties termed the consecration ceremony as the event of the BJP and the RSS.
Traffic movement in several parts of south Bengal was affected in the morning hours of Monday owing to moderate to dense fog.
Two more people were arrested in connection to the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, where officials were attacked by locals while they were travelling to conduct raids.
West Bengal news: A TMC strongman and a local panchayat leader, Sheikh Shahjahan has been reported absconding since the attack on teams of the Directorate of Enforcement in the North 24 Parganas district of Bengal earlier.
The raids are being conducted at the premises of three prominent leaders of the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. The alleged irregularities in municipality recruitments came to the fore when the investigative agency arrested Kolkata-based builder Ayan Sheel on March 19, 2023.
Congress has been holding seat-sharing talks with I.N.D.I.A bloc members in Delhi. So far, the discussions have taken place with Shiv Sena, NCP, AAP, RJD, and SP. Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in April-May this year.
I.N.D.I.A bloc seat-sharing: CM Banerjee’s statement follows TMC’s Lok Sabha Party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay's recent remark that the party has an open heart for the Congress regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha election, but is also prepared to go solo if negotiations fail.
Despite visiting the ED office for the second time and sending three notices, the police team couldn't connect with the deputy director who filed a complaint about the attack in Sandeshkhali. The ED reported injuries and theft during the raid related to a ration distribution scam.
Three ED officials were injured and their mobile phones, laptops and wallets "looted" when they went to Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district to search the premises of TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh on January 5.
The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated on January 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and more than 6,000 people expected to attend the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony.
West Bengal news: A second agency team was attacked and their vehicle was damaged during the arrest of another TMC leader Shankar Adhya in Bongaon of the said district on the same day.
Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh's supporters assaulted the ED officers during the Sandeshkhali raid. The report includes minute-by-minute details and videos of the incident, prompting a potential National Investigation Agency inquiry.
TMC worker Satyan Chaudhary has been staying away from the party since the last assembly elections due to some differences with senior leaders.
Amid recent speculations of internal divisions, Banerjee clarified during a program in Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas district, that unity prevails within the TMC.
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