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Sribhumi (Assam) [India], March 31 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev launched a sharp attack against the BJP and the Election Commission over the reported deletion of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal, calling it an "environment resembling Emergency". Speaking to ANI, Sushmita Dev accused the BJP of deleting voters' names from the list in order to defeat the TMC government in the West Bengal Assembly elections. She sai ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Monday that West Bengal's demography was being changed by the ECI under directions from the BJP in Delhi. This was being done by the BJP submitting a large number of Form 6 illegally on one day. Abhishek claimed that over 30,000 Forms 6s were submitted on a single day at the CEO office. The same thing happened in Maharashtra. In 4 months, 40 lakh voters were added. In Delhi, 5 lakh new voters were added, he alleged. In a t ...Read More >
Kolkata, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal and protested against what he alleged were large-scale irregularities in voter registration, accusing BJP operatives of acting in connivance with the Election Commission. Speaking to media persons after meeting the CEO at the office in Kolkata, Banerjee raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities in voter regi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal and alleged that a large number of Form 6s were being submitted by the BJP to make residents of other states voters of poll-bound West Bengal. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Banerjee said people deserve to know what was happening to the state's electoral rolls. "We have credible information that about 30,000 Form 6s were submitted to the CEO's office in six to seven hours today, in ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 30 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday levelled serious allegations of voter fraud, claiming that a "theft" involving voter registration forms had been exposed and raising concerns over the integrity of the electoral process ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters here, Banerjee said that he had shared a video on social media purportedly showing boxes of Form 6 used for ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) Alleging attempts to interfere with the democratic rights of voters in West Bengal, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday voiced concerns over the alleged large-scale submission of Form 6 applications from other states and sought an explanation from the Election Commission. "What we are witnessing is deeply concerning. There are growing indications of a coordinated attempt to interfere with the democratic rights of the people of Bengal, with the BJP at ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) Alleging attempts to interfere with the democratic rights of voters in West Bengal, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday voiced concerns over the alleged large-scale submission of Form 6 applications from other states and sought an explanation from the Election Commission. "What we are witnessing is deeply concerning. There are growing indications of a coordinated attempt to interfere with the democratic rights of the people of Bengal, with the BJP at ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP of creating rift between communities in the name of religion and caste and never talking about development. Addressing an election meeting in support of the party candidate at Jhalda in West Bengal's Purulia district, the TMC national general secretary said the BJP MP from Purulia, Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, and party MLAs from Jhalda, Purulia, Kashipur, and Para (SC) should explain to voters what they have done fo ...Read More >
Kolkata, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Monday, announced special programmes ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal to reach out to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state. The Trinamool Congress in the state will conduct a special campaign in the 84 Assembly constituencies which are majorly inhabited by SCs and STs. The ruling party will arrange a special vehicle for this campaign in which three to fo ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 2 (ANI): Congress on Monday carried out a protest march from Bankshall Court to the West Bengal State Election Commission in Kolkata, against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding an explaination over the alleged removal of voters' names from the list. Congress leader Ashutosh Chatterjee questioned the Election Commission's (EC) silence on the alleged removal of genuine voters' names from the electoral rolls and said that there w ...Read More >
The groups, comprising senior lawmakers from across political parties, aim "to deepen dialogue and exchanges with legislatures across continents and to complement traditional diplomacy with sustained parliamentary interaction," a Lok Sabha communique said on Monday. The idea behind the initiative, the communique said, "is to allow lawmakers to speak directly to their counterparts abroad, share legislative experience, and build trust through regular engagement and exchange best practices to furt ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The BJP alleged on Wednesday that it was Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad who was vaping in the Lok Sabha, days after former Union minister Anurag Thakur raised the issue in the House and got a written complaint lodged with the speaker against an unnamed TMC lawmaker. Hitting back at the saffron party, TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said it should release the entire video footage of the incident first, before levelling such allegations. "The TMC MP a ...Read More >
Kolkata Dec 17 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Centre's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it an "anti-Bengal" move and accusing the BJP of systematically erasing the state's cultural and historical legacy. Reacting to the Union Cabinet's approval of a Bill to rename MGNREGA as Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), the TMC national general secretary said the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) TMC's Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said the party would take appropriate action only if credible and complete video evidence emerges to substantiate allegations that a party MP smoked an e-cigarette inside Parliament. His remarks came amid a political row after BJP MP Anurag Thakur lodged a written complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla last week, seeking action against a Trinamool Congress lawmaker for allegedly using an electronic cigarette inside t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said that the West Bengal government acted promptly after the chaos that erupted during an event involving Argentine football star Lionel Messi, asserting that action has already been initiated and further steps will follow against anyone found guilty. Banerjee, the party's national general secretary and the Diamond Harbour MP, made the assertion while speaking to reporters after returning to Kolkata from Delhi, where had go ...Read More >
Asked about the Messi incident, Banerjee said that the state government has taken action. New Delhi: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has taken action following the chaos during an event involving Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, adding that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had apologised within an hour of the incident. Talking to media in the Parliament complex, Banerjee also said they were not satisfied with the mann ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday backed the remarks of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee defending the Bengal government after chaos erupted at Lionel Messi's event in Kolkata, stating that he was only highlighting the Bhartiya Janata Party's non-accountability and hypocrisy. Speaking to ANI, she showcased support to Banerjee, saying, "He said that the TMC govt had taken action and the state Sports minister who was responsible has resigned. The CM ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 5 (PTI) Once a minister in Mamata Banerjee's first cabinet and today one of TMC's most controversial dissidents, MLA Humayun Kabir has again seized Bengal's political spotlight, this time by planning to lay the foundation of a "Babri Masjid-style" mosque on December 6, the anniversary of the shrine's demolition. For the TMC, his suspension on Thursday was less an act of discipline and more an inevitability. For Kabir, it was the cue he had been rehearsing for months. At 62, Kabir ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 4 (ANI): The Second phase of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has started in 12 States and Union Territories on Tuesday, with Booth Level Officers (BLO) distributing enumeration forms door-to-door. The BLO in Rashbehari Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Kolkata said that they have been instructed to get the enumeration forms filled within a month. BLO Rajesh Singh told ANI, "This is the 160-Rashbehari Assembly constituency. We have ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Tuesday termed the special intensive revision exercise a "con job organized by the Extremely Compromised (EC) body" and claimed his party will win the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections. The TMC has been very vocal against the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest rally in Kolkata on Tuesday, calling it "silent invisible rigging" by the BJP-led Centre and the Elect ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's electors' roll has been turned into a political game of narratives - spreading rumours and uncertainty, leading to panic, even alleged deaths by suicide. In a move that can further heighten tensions, West Bengal's ruling and principal Opposition parties are both reportedly planning two separate rallies in the state on Tuesday to amplify respective narratives around the process of SIR. Incidentally ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee convened a massive virtual meeting on Friday to brief party functionaries about their roles in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list, a process that has triggered political controversy in West Bengal. Party sources said the meeting, to be addressed by Banerjee, the de facto number two in the party, is expected to witness participation of nearly 15,000 leaders and workers from across the state. The ...Read More >
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], October 29 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday used strong words to express her objection to the announcement of the second phase of Special Intensive Revision of voter list and called it an "affront to democracy" and "only a way to commit fraud" in the elections. The Congress MP emphasised the need to put up a united front to oppose the SIR. "We are strongly opposed to it. It's only a way to commit fraud and cheat in elections. We have seen that ...Read More >
After the announcement of SIR in Bengal on Monday by ECI, an all-party meeting has been called by the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (WB- CEO) office on Tuesday at 4PM, where all national and state-level political parties will be participating. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress leadership said that they will abide by the Constitution and there is no place for violence. However, they will not allow a single legal voter's name to be deleted from the electoral list and take the movement to Delh ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the Bharatiya Janata Party with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near Kolkata, who reportedly left behind a note blaming the National Register of Citizens for his death. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Hanuman Temple during Chhath Puja celebrations, in Kolkata, October 27, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Barrackpore police commissionerate Muralidhar Shar ...Read More >
Kolkata: An all party meeting took place at the state election commission office with West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal. After the meeting the representatives of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and CPI (M) said that they have questioned the authority of Election Commission of India (ECI) to determine the citizenship status of any individual. Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said, "TMC will not sit quiet if any genuine voters name is deleted. We will protest at the nationa ...Read More >
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 28 (ANI): Congress MP Imran Masood on Tuesday refuted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Phase-2, which will be conducted across 12 states and Union Territories, alleging that the Election Commission is constantly decreasing its credibility. "The Election Commission is constantly decreasing its credibility... It is very unfortunate if the credibility of the institution that is supposed to protect democracy is questioned in this manner," Masood said. T ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 28 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee reiterated that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was a way to exclude voters from the voting list and deprive them of their voting rights. He said that if the voting rights of genuine voters are snatched in West Bengal then one lakh people will gherao the office of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, Abhishek Banerjee said, "Chief Election Commi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the BJP with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near Kolkata, who reportedly left behind a note blaming the NRC for his death. Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Muralidhar Sharma said after visiting the spot that 57-year-old Pradeep Kar was found hanging at his residence in Panihati in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday morning. A suicide note was found in ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Tuesday that there is nothing wrong with the demand for a Dalit Chief Minister. "What's wrong with holding a Dalit convention? Earlier, the high command had asked us to postpone it for certain reasons, and we had agreed. In the interest of the party, the Dalit community has always stood with the Congress," he said. The state Home Minister pointed out that to maintain this unity, the party needs to hold such conventions fr ...Read More >
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