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.
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.
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.
The remarks come two days after state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his party won't beg for seats from the TMC.
West Bengal news: Bomb squad reached the location and visitors' entry to the museum has been restricted for the next few hours, said Kolkata Police.
The villagers reportedly surrounded the central agency team, vandalized the screens of the officials' car, and obstructed them from conducting their operations.
Every uploaded picture will have a docket containing details about the current whereabouts of the lost person, the secretary of West Bengal Radio Club, Ambarish Nag Biswas.
Sudip Banerjee emphasised the need to scrutinise Congress's role in different states, questioning its alliances with regional leaders like Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, Lalu-Nitish Kumar in Bihar, and Arvind Kejriwal in Punjab and Delhi.
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