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rinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who accused the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee of asking humiliating questions during a “cash-for-query” hearing, expressed her readiness to cooperate with the probe while stressing the importance of protection from misogyny and maintaining a standard of decency. In an interview, Moitra dubbed the ethics committee probe as a “political witch-hunt” and said the sole intention is to “suspend her” from Parliament… read-more

The CBI conducted searches at 12 locations, including at the residences of Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim and fellow party MLA Madan Mitra. Raids on October 8, were in connection with an investigation regarding irregularities in the recruitment made by municipalities in the states. Hakim and Mitra were officially questioned about the scam that came to the fore during the investigation in West… read-more

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in West Bengal Assembly Chairman Mukul Roy submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee.  On June 27, the senior TMC leader and MLA Roy said, "My tenure (as PAC chairman) was for one year and it is about to end soon.  So I decided to resign." Notably, the speaker had appointed Roy as the PAC chairman in July last year.

In West Bengal's Rampurhat village, 7-8 houses were set on fire, killing approximately 8 people. A mob allegedly set houses in Birbhum district on fire, hours after the murder of TMC leader Bahadur Shaikh. The TMC leader was allegedly murdered on the night of March 21. The political turmoil is believed to be the reason behind the killings. Furthermore, West Bengal police formed a SIT and started investigation.