Trinamool Congress
'Celebrity leaders looting money', says Bengal minister, gets show-cause notice
"Leaders like Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, June Malia and Saayoni Ghosh are looting money. But they are being considered assets for the party. I had been trying to bring this notice to our senior leaders like Abhishek Banerjee and Subrata Bakshi. But they refused to acknowledge that,"Srikant Mahata was heard saying in the viral video.
Cattle smuggling case: Anubrata Mondal's CBI custody extended till Aug 24
Anubrata Mondal's counsel, who moved the bail plea on medical grounds, argued that despite having him in custody for 10 days, the CBI sleuths could not produce any substantial proof regarding Mondal's involvement in the cattle smuggling scam. However, the CBI counsels vehemently opposed the bail plea and argued that if Mondal, being a highly influential person, is granted bail, there is every possibility that he might attempt to tamper with evidence or influence the witnesses.
Mamata's solidarity talk makes Anubrata Mondal non-cooperative: CBI sources
Mamata Banerjee at a programme on Sunday gave a clear message that her sympathy and support towards the party's Birbhum district president continues even after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths in the scam. On Monday after Mondal was informed about the chief minister's stand by his counsel, following which he heaved a sigh of relief and also informed the mediapersons through his counsel that he was confident that the "supreme leader would be beside him in this moment of crisis".
Unlimited authority behind the downfall of Partha Chatterjee, Anubrata Mondal
An alumnus of the iconic Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential School, a bachelor's degree holder in economics from the University of Calcutta and finally a management degree holder from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Chatterjee's professional career was brilliant. Till joining active politics with the TMC in 2001, he was the general manager in charge of the human resources development department with Andrew Yule & Company Limited, from where he resigned and successfully contested the 2001 West Bengal assembly elections from Behala (West) constituency.
'Admission of crime getting louder with removal of Paresh Adhikari from West Bengal cabinet'
Admission of crime was getting louder with first removal of Partha Chaterjee and then Adhikari from West Bengal cabinet, the BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya said. West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya tweeted, "This PIL has become infructuous, as Mamata Banerjee, weighed down by mounting evidence in the SSC Scam, and under pressure from the BJP, quietly dropped Paresh Adhikari from the cabinet.
Partha's conspiracy theory doesn't hold any ground: Trinamool MLA
Roy was referring to a comment Chatterjee made just a day after being stripped off his ministerial and party portfolios that he was victim of conspiracies. Although there were rumours that Roy might get a ministerial berth during Wednesday's cabinet reshuffle because of his clean image and vast experience as a legislator, his name did not figure among the new faces who were inducted as ministers.
Did Mahua Moitra hide her Louis Vuitton bag in LS?
When Trinamool's Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was speaking on price rise, Moitra, sitting beside her, was caught on camera moving her bag from the seat next to her to near her feet under the table. Reports suggest that it was a Louis Vuitton bag priced at more than Rs 1.5 lakh. The video of Moitra hiding her bag went viral on social media with many netizens asking as to how could a Trinamool MP cornering the government over the issue of price rise carry such an expensive handbag.
WBSSC scam: Land at Santiniketan purchased jointly by Partha, Arpita in 2012
Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths, probing the multi-crore West Bengal Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, have accessed documents of a luxurious mansion in the name of Mukherjee at Fuldanga area in Bolpur-Santiniketan. The name of the mansion is "APA" - deemed to be derived from the first letter of her name and first two letters of his name. Residents of Fuldanga area have also confirmed that they have seen Chatterjee and Mukherjee coming together to 'APA' several times.
WBSSC scam: Now three companies with Partha Chatterjee's son-in-law as Director under ED scanner
The three companies are Improline Constructions Pvt Ltd, HRI Wealth Creation Realtors Pvt Ltd,and Acrisius Consulting Pvt Ltd. As per records of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) under the Union Ministry of Commerce, while Bhattacharya is the Managing Director in Acrisius Consulting, in the remaining two companies, he is an ordinary Director.
WBSSC scam: Partha recites 'conspiracy theory', Arpita breaks down
Of the two, Arpita Mukherjee was the first one to be brought to the hospital. She burst into tears as the ED vehicle carrying her reached the hospital premises. She even refused to come out of the vehicle and the female staff of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the accompanying central armed forces had to virtually drag her out and take her to the hospital building.
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