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Mamata Banerjee

Latest news and updates about current Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and. memes, party news and comments made by the CM herself.

Opinions

As regional leaders and Rahul Gandhi ready their excuses, 23rd May all set to be a nail-biting Soap Opera

Karan - 20 May, 2019

As the final phase of 2019 elections come to an end and the Exit Polls are out, it is important to look at the changes that India’s society has undergone over the last couple of years.

News Reports

As Exit Polls predict 0-1 for AAP, the party starts finding excuses to float the ‘elections should be cancelled’ theory

Jhankar Mohta - 20 May, 2019

The AAP leader was responding to West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee's Tweet, who also for obvious reasons, did not appear pleased after the exit polls predictions.

News Reports

TMC may start massacre after polls as revenge, urge EC to keep central forces in WB till MCC is in place: Nirmala Sitharaman

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman urges Election Commission keep Central Armed Forces in West Bengal until MCC in place fearing revenge violence by TMC

Politics

TMC should not behave like a crying baby: Babul Supriyo slams TMC for complaint against PM’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

Supriyo said that TV channels should have the freedom to decide what they want to cover and that the amount of media coverage a person gets depends on how important the person is.

Politics

No difference between TMC and a terrorist organisation: Chandra Bose calls TMC goons as ‘Jihadi brigade’

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

Earlier CK Bose had claimed of being heckled by the TMC goons who stopped him when he was going to file nomination from South Kolkata.

Politics

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee sends a defamation notice to PM Modi over his Diamond Harbour speech

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

In the two-page notice, Abhishek Banerjee has demanded an unconditional apology within 36 hours from Modi, failing which he would "initiate appropriate proceedings".

Politics

Bombs hurled and journalists assaulted in Bengal, but TMC writes to EC complaining against PM Modi’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

The TMC has written to the Election Commission of India alleging that the PM's visit to Kedarnath and the media coverage of it is a 'gross violation of the model code of conduct'.

Media

MK Venu calls ‘aggressive’ chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ provocative in The Wire, justifies Mamata Banerjee’s reign of violence

Editorial Desk - 18 May, 2019

Propagandist MK Venu, in his recent article for The Wire, has defended, even justified, the great violence that Mamata Banerjee has unleashed in West Bengal in her bid to retain power in the state.

News Reports