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NEW DELHI: A meeting between TMC and Election Commission on Wednesday expectedly ended in acrimony, lasting barely 7-8 minutes and sparking a bitter war of words. EC sources accused party MP Derek O' Brien of "shouting at EC functionaries and not allowing chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to speak", while TMC slammed the CEC for reportedly asking the party delegation to "get lost". The meeting took place against the backdrop of deletion of lakhs of voters in West Bengal and the rejection ...Read More >
TMC MP Derek O'Brien said, "Today, we went to the Chief Election Commissioner. He told us 'get lost' within 7 minutes of the meeting. The meeting started at 10:02 AM and ended at 10:07 AM," he said. "When we told him that you are transferring officials, and how you would want to conduct a free and fair election? And then he said, leave from here... What I saw today is a shame. I challenge the Election Commissioner to release the video or audio of what happened today," he said. "One of our coll ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 8: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation's meeting with the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday to discuss alleged voter disenfranchisement during West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ended in acrimony, with both sides trading sharp accusations. The session, lasting just seven minutes, reportedly saw TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien interrupting proceedings and allegedly shouting at the commissioners. In response, TMC leaders claimed that Chief Election Commiss ...Read More >
New Delhi: A ten-minute meeting between a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation and the Election Commission's top brass turned stormy on Wednesday, with the party alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked them to "get lost". EC sources, however, claimed it was the TMC members who disrupted the meeting and shouted at officials. The acrimony spilled onto X within minutes, with the poll panel issuing a "straight talk to Trinamool Congress", asserting that the West Bengal polls wo ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday had alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told him to "get lost" during a meeting at the national capital in ECI's office. Notably, the delegation comprised Derek along with TMC Rajya Sabha MPs Sagarika Ghose, Menaka Guruswamy, and Saket Gokhale. "What the CEC told us after a seven minute meeting is to 'get lost'. We took two-three minutes to give examples of the removal and posting of officers and the ...Read More >
Murshidabad, April 8: A truck hit the convoy of Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury near Jibanti, Murshidabad, on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Chowdhury was returning to Berhampore after he completed his election campaign in Kandi, ahead of the West Bengal Elections. Several security personnel and staff members were injured in the accident. Further details awaited. Earlier, referring to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India ( ...Read More >
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): A truck hit the convoy of Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury near Jibanti, Murshidabad, on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Chowdhury was returning to Berhampore after he completed his election campaign in Kandi, ahead of the West Bengal Elections. Also Read | Raghav Chadha's Instagram Post Triggers Talk of New Youth-Led Party Amid Ongoing Rift With AAP. Several security personnel and staff members were injured in the accid ...Read More >
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): A truck hit the convoy of Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury near Jibanti, Murshidabad, on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Chowdhury was returning to Berhampore after he completed his election campaign in Kandi, ahead of the West Bengal Elections. Several security personnel and staff members were injured in the accident. Further details awaited. Earlier, referring to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday to raise issues related to SIR in West Bengal saw acrimonious exchanges, with the party leaders claiming the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the poll panel accusing them of "shouting". The meeting, which barely lasted seven minutes, was followed by a terse statement from the Election Commission (EC), saying it gave a "straight-talk" to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on an acrimonious note, with the leaders saying the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the commission accusing them of "shouting." A TMC delegation -- comprising its Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, deputy leader Sagarika Ghose, MPs Saket Gokhale and Menaka Guruswamy -- met the full bench of Election Commission as West Bengal goes to polls amid charges of disenfranchisemen ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday ended on an acrimonious note, with the leaders saying the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the commission accusing them of "shouting". A TMC delegation -- comprising its Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, deputy leader Sagarika Ghose, MPs Saket Gokhale and Menaka Guruswamy -- met the full bench of Election Commission as West Bengal goes to polls amid charges of disen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After a short and stormy meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) came out swinging, calling Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar "a chor, a criminal" and accusing him of a "partisan attitude." According to TMC leaders, the "seven-minute" meeting ended abruptly with the CEC telling their delegation to "get lost."TMC leader Derek O'Brien outlined the details of the encounter, saying the party's delegation included Rajya Sabha MPs Sagarika Gho ...Read More >
New Delhi: The meeting between a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday, April 8, culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting". After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissio ...Read More >
Earlier on Wednesday, a meeting between a TMC delegation and the EC ended in a heated exchange. TMC MP Derek O'Brien said chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told them to "get lost" after seven minutes, while the EC accused O'Brien of shouting and trying to stop the CEC from speaking. The TMC handed letters from Mamata Banerjee and raised concerns about poll officials allegedly linked to the BJP. Tensions between the TMC and the EC have intensified over the Special Intensive Revision (SI ...Read More >
New Delhi: TMC MP Sagarika Ghose On Wednesday hit back at the Election Commission of India (ECI), calling its version of a meeting with Trinamool Congress leaders "false" and "a blatant lie", while alleging that the delegation was met with disrespect. In a post on X, Ghose claimed that the Chief Election Commissioner told them to "get lost", contradicting the poll body's assertion of a constructive interaction ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Referring to the ruling Trinamool Congre ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A meeting between a delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Election Commission (EC) turned tense on Wednesday, with both sides trading sharply conflicting accounts of what transpired.According to sources in the poll body, TMC leader Derek O'Brien allegedly raised his voice during the interaction and told the Chief Election Commissioner not to speak."Trinamool Congress meeting lasted barely a few minutes. EC sources said Trinamool MP Derek O Brien shouted at the Election Co ...Read More >
New Delhi: Referring to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday affirmed that the 2026 State Assembly elections will be free from fear and violence. In an X post, the ECI called for no booth and source jamming on the days of polling in West Bengal. "ECI's Straight-talk to Trinamool Congress. This time, the Elections in West Bengal would surely be: Fear-free, Violence-free, Intimidation-free, Inducement-free and without any Raid, B ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Referring to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday affirmed that the 2026 State Assembly elections will be free from fear and violence. In an X post, the ECI called for no booth and source jamming on the days of polling in West Bengal. "ECI's Straight-talk to Trinamool Congress. This time, the Elections in West Bengal would surely be: Fear-free, Violence-free, Intimidation-free, Inducement-free ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for the rejection, drawing sharp condemnation from the Opposition, which accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "mocking Parliament." The rejections came through virtually identical bulletins issued by both Houses, stating that "after due consideration of the notice of Motion and a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Trinamool Congress on Tuesday alleged an "attempt to loot votes" in West Bengal ahead of assembly polls, and claimed that a large number of Form 6 were being submitted in the state. Addressing a press conference here, TMC Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose referred to a letter written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and said democracy is under "severe threat." "We are here to expose a systematic assault on democracy in Bengal and a systematic attempt ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The BJP on Monday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was a "threat" to West Bengal and democracy, dismissing TMC's claim that her life is in danger as an attempt to "mislead" voters during the assembly election. The party's reaction came a day after Banerjee lashed out at the BJP for suggesting that she "roams around with a bandage" during the polls to gain sympathy from voters by playing the victim card. "I have repeatedly returned from the brink of death. Go ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy accused the Union government of deliberately avoiding a discussion on West Bengal while "repeatedly misleading the House" over pending dues under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), triggering a coordinated walkout from Parliament by opposition parties during the ongoing winter session on Monday. "The Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) avoided speaking on West Bengal as she knew th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Monday said that the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and West Bengal. This comes as the government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the MGNREGA scheme. Sagarika Ghose said, "The Narendra Modi government is renaming the ...Read More >
Professor Francesca Orsini, a scholar of Hindi, was deported from Delhi's IGI Airport. Sources stated she violated her tourist visa conditions. Orsini had been on a blacklist since March 2025. Her deportation has drawn criticism from historians Ramachandra Guha and Mukul Kesavan. They highlighted her contributions to Indian literature and questioned the government's actions. A professor associated with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London was deported fr ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale on Sunday criticised the Delhi govt and the Centre for their inaction that led to the Brahmaputra building blaze. Gokhale stays there with his mother and sister.The complex houses 24 members of Parliament, with staff quarters occupying a few floors of each of the eight-storey buildings. Gokhale said he called the fire brigade at 1.22 pm on Saturday and the first engine came only after 20 minutes.Along with Gokhale, three other TMC RS MPs -- party ...Read More >
Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and a prominent advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi at the age of 80. He spearheaded landmark judicial interventions, enhancing transparency and accountability in Indian politics, including mandatory disclosure of candidate information and the striking down of the Electoral Bonds scheme. Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for ...Read More >
INDIA bloc leaders are set to meet in Parliament to strategize amidst escalating tensions. The opposition has strongly criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged vote theft during past elections, leading to protests and detentions. Rahul Gandhi's accusations have ignited a political firestorm, with the BJP accusing the opposition of undermining the constitution. The leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet in Parliament at 10:15 am on Tuesday to discuss their strategy for the pro ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Congress MP Manickam Tagore targeted the Election Commission of India, accusing former Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and incumbent Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining the democratic process. Tagore alleged that the Election Commission has become a department of the BJP, citing irregularities such as the case of Minta Devi, a first-time voter listed as 124 years old. He demanded a parliamentary discussion on the Special Intensive Rev ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi sharply criticised the Election Commission of India, alleging it has failed to enforce the principle of One Man, One Vote, which he described as the foundation of the Constitution. Gandhi further accused the Election Commission of neglecting its duty, asserting that the Congress party is committed to protecting the Constitution and will continue to do. We are protecting the Constitution. One Man One Vote is the foun ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy continued the attack on the Election Commission over the alleged vote fraud in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and the SIR in vote-bound Bihar, saying that instead of meeting with us, they arrested us. Making a sarcastic remark, Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the Monsoon Session of the Parliament has ended because the opposition demanded discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bih ...Read More >
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