Mamata Banerjee

Actor-turned politician Mithun Chakraborty, who joined BJP in 2021, claimed that 38 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in talks with the BJP. Reacting to these claims, the TMC camp said, "I think he was mentally ill and not physically... The problem is that he does not know politics." TMC Santanu Sen further said, these claims are nothing but false agendas to mislead people in West Bengal, and have no reality.

In view of the TMC Martyr Rally, celebrated on July 21, the Mamata Banerjee-led party organised a rally. A tight security arrangement has been in place for in the Esplanade area of Kolkata. A total of 4,500 police personnel will be deployed across the city. Additional CCTVs have been installed for security reasons. TMC observes Martyrs' Day to commemorate the killing of 13 people in 1993.

A man whose identity and age is not disclosed, sneaked into West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's residence, on July 2. Reportedly, he breached the Z-Category security cover and spent the night sitting in a corner, until he was spotted in the morning by security personnel. The police have taken high cognizance of the matter and has arrested the accused. The man was reportedly unarmed and further details are awaited.

Political parties like AAP, TRS, YSRCP and AIMIM were not the part of the national meeting called by the Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee. On June 15, Banerjee called a nationwide meeting in the national capital, to discuss the upcoming presidential polls, scheduled on July 18. However, calling it a failure in organization, without consultation with the political parties, the aforementioned party leaders, refused to attend the… read-more

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, has replaced Governor Jagdeep Dhankar as the Chancellor of all state-run universities under different departments like Health, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Minority Affairs Department. The state government gave its nod over a cabinet meeting and now the matter has to be passed in the state legislative assembly. Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya has condemned the act, calling it "another attempt to evade… read-more