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Will Trinamool suspend Mahua Moitra, asks BJP
Sharing a video, West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya tweeted, "Y'day, Suvendu Adhikari, BJP's LoP in West Bengal led a massive march in Krishnanagar, constituency represented by TMC MP, whose obnoxious portrayal of Maa Kaali and Mamata Banerjee's silence on it, has angered Hindu Bengalis, both in and outside WB. When will TMC suspend Moitra?"
Trinamool isolated politically in its fight against probe agencies
The ruling TMC is fighting a lonely political battle against these central agencies' probes under which the roles of several TMC leaders including the party’s national general secretary and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee have come under the scanner. While the BJP is going hammer and tongs highlighting the central probe agencies against the TMC, the other anti- BJP opposition parties in the state like the Congress and the Left Front too are welcoming the CBI and ED probes in a big way.
Oppn can't brush away corruption charges by pointing fingers at us: BJP
Irrespective of the party in power, the opposition always accuses the ruling party of misusing the investigative agencies, and during the last few decades, the politics of accusation has gained momentum. Opposition parties, including Congress, Trinamool Congress, NCP, RJD, and Shiv Sena, regularly accuse the Central government of misusing the ED, the CBI, and other Central agencies.
3 Trinamool leaders shot dead in West Bengal, 1 held
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Baruipur District Police arrested Aftafuddin from his hideout late Friday night. Though Aftafuddin was not among the six persons named in the FIR filed on Friday, he was one of the many suspects.
Mahua dares BJP to prove wine, meat are not offered to worship Maa Kali
She also drew references to three popular temples in India -- Maa Tara temple at Tarapith in West Bengal, Shaktipeeth Temple at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and Kamkhya Temple in Guwahati. According to Moitra, in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Assam, the Chief Ministers should inform through affidavits that 'karanbari' (alcohol) and meat are not offered there for worship.
Trinamool not to take onus of FIRs against Mahua Moitra
On behalf of the party, veteran Trinamool Congress leader and three-time party Lok Sabha member, Saugata Roy issued a statement saying that the onus is on Moitra and not on the party to take care of the FIRs.
Mahua Moitra unfollows party's official Twitter handle
While responding to a question on a controversial film poster showing a woman decked as Goddess Kali smoking, Moitra said that for her Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol accepting goddess. In support of her arguments, she drew the reference of the iconic Tarapith Shakti Peeth temple in West Bengal's Birbhum district, where meat and alcohol are offered while worshipping Goddess Kali's "Maa Tara" version.
Fresh row as another turncoat BJP Bengal MLA appointed PAC Chairperson
Kalyani, the MLA from Raigunj assembly constituency in North Dinajpur district, officially continues to be an elected BJP legislator, several media reports, and video clippings of news channels show Kalyani joining Trinamool Congress in October last year. Already, a petition filed by the BJP is pending in the Calcutta High Court demanding disqualification of party legislators joining the ruling Trinamool Congress after the 2021 Assembly elections. The post of the PAC Chairman became vacant after Mukul Roy, officially still a BJP legislator, resigned from the chair on health grounds on June 27.
Trinamool MLA Nirmal Maji now accused of comparing Mamata Banerjee with Allah
The lone All India Secular Front (AISF) legislator in West Bengal Assembly, Nawshad Siddiqui made this allegation by releasing a video message which he shared with a section of the media. To recall, AISF contested the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls in alliance with Left Front and Congress. Siddique has started his video message with the reference Maji.
Not many buyers for CPI-M's claim that it forced Yashwant Sinha to quit Trinamool
This logic put forward by the party's general secretary Sitaram Yechury is just an attempt to pacify the growing dissatisfaction within the party, especially in West Bengal, over the support to Yashwant Sinha considering that in West Bengal the party's prime rival in Trinamool Congress.
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