Again holding the Congress responsible for the failed seat-sharing arrangement, Banerjee said excessive demands from the section of its leaders ultimately prompted her to take a decision of moving alone in West Bengal.
WB CM Mamata Banerjee was returning to the State capital from an official engagement in East Burdwan, when she suffered a minor head injury as her car halted suddenly to avoid collision with another vehicle.
This conversion, as the ED informed the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, took place between the financial years 2012-13 and 2022-23.
Mahua Moitra was expelled after the House adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to advance his interests
The report was mentioned in the agenda of the list of business of Lok Sabha for the opening day of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. However, it could not be taken up.
The Trinamool Congress leadership has indicated that Moitra will need to handle this issue on her own, and they will wait for the Ethics Committee of Parliament's decision before expressing their stance.
Why would one of India's most respected or educated businessman sign a letter like this on white paper unless a gun was put to his head to do it?" said Moitra in a statement earlier.
Meanwhile, the Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, who is currently in Darjeeling in north Bengal, now has decided to cut-short his tour there and return to Kolkata on Sunday afternoon only.
Banerjee, who along with other TMC leaders, is holding an indefinite sit-in outside Raj Bhavan here since Thursday, has said they will continue the demonstration till Governor CV Ananda Bose meets the protesters.
In an oral observation during the hearing, the Calcutta High Court said that Abhishek Banerjee should provide documents sought by the ED from him by October 10
Trinamool Congress member Kakoli Ghosh-Dastidar invoked famous song 'catch me if you can' dedicated to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali to dare the BJP to match the 40 per cent reservation for women.
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said his microphone was turned off suddenly in middle of speech during the discussion on 75 years of Parliament in Rajya Sabha