TMC candidates Kunal Ghosh and Shashi Panja staged a sit-in protest at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in Kolkata, alleging irregularities in the handling of EVMs stored after the second phase of polling. The protest followed Mamata Banerjee’s call for round-the-clock vigilance over strongrooms.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee has criticised the Union Budget for ignoring West Bengal and failing to address farmers, youth and other communities. He accused the Centre of branding Bengalis as Bangladeshis and called the Budget visionless and baseless
Adhikari, the face of the Nandigram movement that catapulted Mamata Bannerjee to power in 2011, sent his resignation letter to the chief minister by fax
