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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made on Wednesday and issues related to RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. Later, Bose left for New Delhi. «We have demanded imposition of President's Rule in Bengal,» Sukanta Majumdar told ET. BJP also started a seven-day dharna on the RG Kar issue after the Calcutta High Court granted them permission on Wednesday. Congress, led by WBPCC president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also hit the streets and organised a rally from College Square to Shyam Bazar. Several other rallies have been called in Kolkata by women protesters and citizens.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the decision to implement the new criminal laws from July 1 has been taken in haste and more consultation is required before enforcing them.

ALSO READ: ‘Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary won’t decide': Kharge on remarks against Mamata The development comes a day after Kharge snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's loyalty to the INDIA bloc. While responding to a query on Mamata’s comment that if the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) forms the government after the ongoing Lok Sabha 2024 polls, she will support it from outside, Chowdhury remarked that she could not be trusted and that she might also go with the BJP. Responding to Chowdhury's comment on Mamata Banerjee, Kharge had said, “Mamata Banerjee is with the alliance.

Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's loyalty to the INDIA bloc, several posters and hoardings of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge were defaced with ink in front of the party's state headquarters here on Sunday. Unidentified persons also wrote 'agent of Trinamool Congress' on Kharge's posters and hoardings. Sources in the Congress said that Chowdhury, who is in his hometown Baharampur, expressed displeasure over the incident and asked party workers to lodge a police complaint, which was registered, and the defaced posters were also removed. «The incident might have happened on Saturday night. This is the handiwork of the TMC which wants to create differences between senior Congress leaders and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,» a party leader alleged.

Varun Gandhi has opted out of the Lok Sabha election 2024 from Pilibhit, according to his close associates. Varun was dropped by the BJP and replaced with former Congress leader Jitin Prasada to contest from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit seat in the party’s fifth list of candidates released on March 25. Pilibhit, the seat in Uttar Pradesh that Varun won twice, goes to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19.

West Bengal could also witness a scene similar to the national capital, state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said on Friday, referring to the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Hitting back, the TMC said that such a statement reflected the «BJP's fear of losing» the Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal, the national convenor of the AAP, was arrested by the ED on Thursday night in an excise policy-linked money laundering case. «Last month, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemmant Soren was arrested. Now, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested. It only shows that being a chief minister doesn't grant you any sort of impunity if you are involved in corruption. Similar allegations of corruption have emerged in West Bengal in recent years. So, the state could also witness similar scenes like New Delhi,» Majumdar said.

TMC shared images of the CM lying in a hospital bed. The images shared by TMC showed Mamata Banerjee with a deep cut in the middle of her forehead and blood on her face. The Chief Minister suffered injuries at home and was admitted to Woodburn Ward of the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday claimed that the Trinamool Congress was in a sorry state of affairs owing to internal squabbles and that was being reflected in its choice of candidates for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. The TMC announced the names of its candidates for all the 42 seats in the state, leaving no constituency for its INDIA bloc alliance partners, at its mega rally in Kolkata on Sunday. «TMC is in a sorry state of affairs owing to internal squabbles,» the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president told reporters at a press conference here. Claiming that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is «directionless», the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha said the TMC was having to show off its might through a public meeting which seemed to be more like a corporate show than a political event.

Odisha joined the BJP on Thursday itself. Let's take a look Former Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi, who had resigned from the party a day before, joined the BJP on Thursday and vowed to fight against the TMC regime in the state. "Today, we are happy to welcome Kaustav Bagchi in the BJP," party leader Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme here.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will contest the Lok Sabha polls alone in the state, Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faced backlash for saying that TMC MP Derek O'Brien is a «foreigner» while responding to a reporter's question in Siliguri. Individuals from different sections of society and across political lines slammed the senior Congress leader on social media for his insensitive remark. People for Animals founder Pritish Nandy said that Adhir Ranjan is «single-handedly responsible» for keeping the Congress irrelevant in the state. «The WBPCC President may be that rare seat winner for the Congress in West Bengal but he is single handedly responsible for keeping his party irrelevant in the state.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday apologised to Trinamool Congress' Derek O'Brien for calling him a «foreigner». The Congress leader called Derek O'Brien to apologise to him and also posted on X that «I conveyed my regrets to MR DEREK O'BRIEN for a word inadvertently uttered by me on him as FOREIGNER».

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury skirmish had been broiling for quite sometime, also considering both parties have been rivals since Mamata Banerjee won the first state Assembly Elections. Reportedly Mamata Banerjee was willing to offer no more than two seats to Congress from West Bengal, which was rejected by Adhir Chowdhury, the Congress leader from the state. With Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) as the sworn rival for the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, the INDIA bloc in West Bengal seems like a pipedream, possibly impossible to achieve.

National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Frictions arose between regional rival parties who are allies for the INDIA bloc. The single most significant hurdle in this melee of political parties is the conversation on ‘seat-sharing’.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's comments regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal, sources from the TMC on Thursday said they will give more time to ally Congress to sort out issues, adding the party is committed to the opposition bloc. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) had pushed for a December 31 deadline for seat sharing talks in the last meeting of the INDIA bloc on December 19.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched the party's crowdfunding campaign 'Donate for Desh' in the national capital and asked people to join the fight against unemployment and rising costs. As part of the donation, Kharge donated a sum of ₹1,38,000 from his salary to launch the campaign in the presence of party leaders and general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh and treasurer Ajay Maken. "It is a very happy day that our party leaders have prepared an App.

Parliament Security Breach: A total of 92 Members of Parliament has been suspended for the remainder of the ongoing Winter Session, scheduled to end on 22 December. Ruckus in Parliament ensued after the 13 December Parliament security breach incident, with Opposition MPs seeking a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah. On Monday, in a a rather unprecedented move, 78 opposition MPs were suspended from Parliament within a day, marking the highest number of suspensions from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has penned a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker expressing his reservations regarding the ongoing proceedings of the Ethics Committee concerning Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament, Mahua Moitra. Chowdhury, in his communication, has brought attention to the intricate matter of the Ethics Committee's investigation into the conduct of Mahua Moitra. The committee plays a pivotal role in scrutinizing the ethical aspects of parliamentary members' actions, ensuring accountability and maintaining the integrity of the legislative process. The letter emphasizes concerns raised by Chowdhury, shedding light on the need for transparency and fairness in the proceedings.

Congress has raked up their effort in winning the upcoming assembly elections, being considered the semi-finals before the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been hitting out the grand old party in their election rallies, targeting what the former calls ‘freebies’ or poll guarantees. The saffron party has been alleging that Congress was promising ‘freebies’ in poll-bound states in order to gain votes.

PTI quoted officials as saying. Earlier, multiple opposition MPs, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and DMK's Kanimozhi, have sought action against Bidhuri for his objectionable words against BSP's Danish Ali.

Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, claiming that the latter was ‘getting a little jealous’. The remarks came after the Leader of Congress interrupted BJP MP Nishikant Dubey amid debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill. “I want to ask Adhir Ranjan ji, will only women care for women, can men not speak up for them? What kind of society do you want to build? Women’s welfare, women’s concerns…brothers should be a step ahead.

Parliament starting Monday, the first such session to be held in the new Parliament building, is likely to see near unanimity across parties to bring in the women's reservation bill. At the all-party meeting called by the government on the eve of the session, parties from the ruling and Opposition side pitched for the women's reservation bill. The demand for the women's reservation bill was raised by Trinamool's Derek O'Brien and was supported by almost all parties barring a few including the Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and Jharkhand Mukhti Morcha (JMM), who were demanding reservation within this reservation for women from SC, ST and OBC categories in the proposed bill. Talking to reporters after the meeting, BJD leader Pinaki Misra said, «there was near unanimity at the meeting on the women's reservation bill and it is an idea whose time has come». The women's reservation bill seeks to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies. BJP ally and NCP leader Praful Patel said, «We appeal to the government to pass the women's reservation bill in this Parliament session.» He also said Parliament will shift to the new building on Ganesh Chaturthi on Tuesday.Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told reporters that the government had informed them that it was a regular session of Parliament. «Only the government knows what its intention is.