TMC

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) named its three-times MP Shatabdi Roy as vice-president of West Bengal unit on January 17. Reportedly, the actor-turned-politician called a truce with TMC, following a rift. After the announcements, the Birbhum MP ended all speculations of defecting to BJP. Earlier, she wrote a Facebook post mentioning of taking future ‘decisions’ which fidgeted TMC leadership. However, she was pacified by TMC spokesperson Kunal… read-more

Alleging poor performance, Trinamool Congress has removed Suvendu Adhikari’s father Sisir Adhikari from the Chairman post of Digha Sankarpur Development Authority. Additionally, the party has named Sisir’s rival MLA Akhil Giri for the same post. Sisir, whose both sons - Suvendu and Soumendu - had defected TMC in last weeks to join BJP, in a placid remark said, “They can do whatever they want. I am not bothered.”

TMC legislator Ananta Deb Adhikari has been booked for allegedly slapping a journalist, Somnath Chakraborty, on January 5 after the latter wrote news report on the former's criticism of Zila Parishad. As per Chakraborty, he was attacked during a gymnasium's inauguration in Mainaguri ares of Jalpaiguri district. Adhikari denied the allegations, albeit he accepted that the news report had made him angry. Reportedly, the journalists also took… read-more

Giving a new turn to the political turmoil in West Bengal, the state BJP Leader Krishnendu Mukherjee was attacked on January 3 midnight by two unidentified people. However, Mukherjee escaped unhurt from five gunshots fired at him when his vehicle was entering his residence in Asansol. Later, Krishnendu filed a complaint blaming the TMC behind the attack. Reportedly, police is investigating the case and will take help of the CCTV footages.

The BJP has blamed West Bengal’s TMC government for putting its Barrackpore office in the North 24 Parganas district on fire. A local BJP leader from Barrackpore, Tapan Biswas, said the TMC workers carried out the act since disgruntled TMC MLA Shilbhadra Dutta has joined the BJP. The office was put on fire by miscreants on the day the rebel MLA joined the BJP in Amit Shah’s presence. However, the TMC has repudiated the allegations.