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Mamata Suffers Major Injury Admitted To Hospital

By LokMarg 14th March 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained injuries on her forehead on Thursday, according to the Trinamool Congress.

As per the party, its Chief sustained a ‘major injury’ on her forehead.

The All India Trinamool Congress shared photos of Banerjee on a hospital bed with a deep cut in the middle of her forehead and blood on her face.

“Our chairperson Mamata Banerjee sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers,” the party said in a post on X.

“Please keep her in your prayers,” the TMC added.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

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BJP Thinks Everyone Wearing Turban Is Khalistani: Mamata

By LokMarg 20th February 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the party thinks that every person wearing a turban is a “Khalistani”.

This came after a confrontation between protesting BJP workers and the police at Dhamakhali, in which a senior police official lost his cool when some protesters allegedly called him “Khalistani.”

“Today, the BJP’s divisive politics has shamelessly overstepped constitutional boundaries. As per @BJP4India every person wearing a turban is a Khalistani,” the Chief Minister said in a post on ‘X’.

The Chief Minister also attached a video of the verbal spat in which the police officer was seen sternly protesting against the BJP workers for labelling him “Khalistani” for wearing a turban.

Condemning the incident, Banerjee said, “I vehemently condemn this audacious attempt to undermine the reputation of our Sikh brothers and sisters, revered for their sacrifices and unwavering determination to our nation. We stand firm in protecting Bengal’s social harmony and will take stern lawful measures to prevent any attempts to disrupt it.”

Meanwhile, responding to National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma’s demand for resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after visiting Sandeshkhali village, Bengal Minister Shashi Panja said that she always has her agenda prepared whenever he visits the state.

“Whenever the National Women’s Commission president comes to Bengal, she always has her agenda prepared. She says that everything going on here is out of control and the Chief Minister should resign. She does not say the same thing for Manipur or Madhya Pradesh, nor visit Sakshi Mallik in Delhi…She does not even have the power to recommend President’s rule in Bengal…She is not impartial,” Panja said speaking to ANI on Tuesday.

On police preventing West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari going to Sandseshkhali to conflict-ridden Sandeshkhali, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader said, “Section 144 was in force. This was not to stop leaders from visiting but to normalise the law and situation there. The Court has given Leader of Opposition the scope to visit…Even Ministers from our state did not visit as Section 144 was in force.”

Speaking on TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan who is still absconding, the Minister said, “ED had gone to his doors to question him on the food scam case. He is on the run now. He has been asked to come to the ED.”

Commenting on a journalist’s arrest in Sandeshkhali, Panja said that there were reports that he used to present false news and disturb law and order in the area.

“There are charges that he used to report false news and sensationalise it to disturb law and order in the area. So police has the power under Section 144 to arrest him. Maybe he was arrested as he was disturbing the law and order situation of the area,” she said.

Meanwhile, commenting on NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma’s statement, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh compared her to Mata Kaikeyi from Ramayana.

“BJP is fond of Ramayana. Rekha Sharma is like Mata Kaikeyi from Ramayana. Mata Kaikeyi is known for dramatising situations and shed tears. This is being done by her….How can she impose President’s Rule here? How can she challenge someone who has been MP seven-times, central Minister four-times and Chief Minister thrice,” Ghosh said speaking to ANI.

Responding to the incident where a police officer in Dhamakhali was called Khalistani by the BJP, Ghosh said, “How can a Sikh IPS officer be called Khalistani? This is wrong. The police should have removed them at that time. But since it is Bengal, the police officer controlled his emotions. This is Bengal’s police, not Delhi’s.”

On LoP Suvendu Adhikari’s visit to Sandeshkhali, Ghosh took a jibe at the BJP saying that a “film shooting” is going on in the troubled island since the TMC is not strong in the region.

“There is a film shooting going on in Sandeshkhali. There are many extra artists, members from the film unit at the place where shooting is going on. The Trinamool Congress is weak in this particular pocket. The MLAs elected from there were from CPIM,” Ghosh said.

On CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat visiting Sandeshkhali, Ghosh said that she had gone there on a “fashion parade” and questioned her absence during violence committed by the earlier Left Front government in the state.

“Brinda Karat had gone there on a fashion parade. Where was she when there was a Left Front government in Bengal for 34 years? Where was she when there were gang rapes and mass murders?” Ghosh said. (ANI)

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Cong Won’t Be Able To Win Even 40 Seats In LS Elections: Mamata

By LokMarg 2nd February 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the Congress party on Friday, saying she doubted whether Congress would be able to secure even 40 seats in the upcoming general elections.

Speaking at a public event in West Bengal, CM Mamata said, “I doubt if you (Congress) will win 40. I was offering two seats and would have let them win. But they wanted more. I said okay, contest on all 42 then. Rejected! There has been no conversation with them since.”

The CM further expressed her disappointment after learning about the Congress Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra programme in West Bengal through unofficial channels, despite being an INDIA bloc member.

“They have come to do a programme in Bengal but did not even inform me as an INDIA bloc member. I got to know through administrative sources. They had called Derek to request that the rally be allowed to pass through,” the CM said.

Further, the TMC supremo challenged the Congress to defeat the BJP in UP, Banaras, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh if they had the courage.

“If you have the courage, defeat the BJP in UP, Banaras, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh,” CM Banerjee said.

West Bengal Chief Minister and ruling TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday asserted that her party would form the government at the Centre along with like-minded regional partners after the Lok Sabha elections.

Speaking at a public event in West Bengal, CM Mamata, however, ruled out an alliance with the CPI (M), claiming that it perpetrated killings of opposition activists during their rule in the state.

“I can assure you all that we will form the government in Delhi. As to how or in what manner we form the government at the Centre is something we will decide after the (Lok Sabha) elections through talks with like-minded regional parties,” the TMC supremo said. (ANI)

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They Will Throw You Out: Mamata On BSF Giving Separate ID Card

By LokMarg 29th January 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Border Security Force (BSF) has been providing separate identity card to the people in the border areas and asked people to refrain from taking the card as they could be kicked out of the country under the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Banerjee’s remarks came after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would be implemented across the country in a week.

“The BSF is oppressing the people. The BSF wants to give a separate identity card to the people in the border areas. Remember, do not take the separate identity card that the BSF wants to give by entering the border area; say that I have an Aadhaar card or that I have a ration card; say that I will not take your card. If you take that card, you will come under the NRC, and they will throw you out,” Mamata Banerjee said.

“Please enrol your name in the voters’ list. So that Delhi cannot get a chance to throw out you of the state,” said Mamata Banerjee said.

Further, she targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not mentioning Sita and Lord Ram’s mother, Kaushalya, saying, “Mother and sister are the pride of society; they(women) will cook and do everything that is necessary so that the country and society can be protected.”

“You have forgotten Mother Sita. You do not say the name of Mother Sita; you do not say the name of Kaushalya, the mother who gave birth to Lord Rama. How is a child born without a mother? Without a wife, how can a husband move forward? Do you not remember Sita’s ‘Agni Pariksha’, her entry into the Patal lok? Mother and sister are the pride of society; they will cook and do whatever is necessary when needed so that the country and society can be protected,” CM Banerjee said.

The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians, who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014. Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country. (ANI)

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BJP Again Crying CAA For Votes: Mamata

By LokMarg 29th January 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday saying that the party has again started crying “CAA CAA” for the sake of votes as Lok Sabha elections are approaching.

“We have fought against the NRC. Rajbanshis are citizens of India. They have again started shouting CAA, CAA for the sake of votes,” Mamata Banerjee said at a public distribution program in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar on Monday.

Banerjee’s remarks came after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented across the country in a week.

The West Bengal Chief Minister said that her government has acknowledged all colonies as “permanent addresses,” and all residents who get the benefit of various state government benefits are citizens of the country.

“All of you are citizens. We have given permanent addresses to all colonies. They get ration, go to school, get scholarships, get Kisan Bandhu, Shikhashree, Oikoshree, Laxmir Bhandar. How could they get these benefits if they had not been citizens? Had they been able to cast votes if they were not citizens?” Banerjee questioned.

Hitting out at the central government for misusing central agencies, Banerjee said, “Do you remember the Sitalkuchi case? The CISF has earlier shot four people to death. They shoot people as if they are zamindars. If anyone oppresses you in your village, fire an FIR first. They instil fear and conduct elections through agencies.”

Various reports have claimed that four people were killed in West Bengal’s Sitalkuchi after being fired by CISF during the assembly elections in 2021.

Accusing the BJP of misusing the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation, to harass political opponents, Banerjee said, “They call leaders and say that if you do not come with us, we will send ED to your houses. What will the ED do? What will the CBI do? They are here today by they may not be there tomorrow.”

The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants – including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians – who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014. Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent Presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country. (ANI)

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INDIA Bloc PM Will Be Decided After 2024 Polls: Mamata

By LokMarg 18th December 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the Prime Minister candidate of the opposition alliance – INDIA bloc will be decided after 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

“After elections, everybody will decide,” the Trinamool Congress leader told reporters here in the national capital, a day ahead of the bloc’s scheduled meeting.

Queried by reporters on what should be the role of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the general elections, Mamata Banerjee said she cannot speak about alliance partners.

“I cannot say anything about another political party,” she noted.

However, she said she was ready for joint campaigning and she was willing to rally for any India bloc parties.

In her press conference, she also delved into the recent Parliament security breach incident and attacked the central government on the overall security of the country.

“If they cannot protect the new Parliament, how will they protect the country? It’s a deep question,” Mamata Banerjee said.

She demanded an “impartial investigation” into the unfortunate incident.

The next meeting of the leaders of the INDIA bloc will be held on December 19 in the national capital.

Taking to ‘X’, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, “The 4th meeting of the leaders of INDIA parties will be held on Tuesday, December 19th, 2023, in New Delhi at 3 p.m.”

Seat sharing for the Lok Sabha polls, which are just four months away, is likely to be at the top of the agenda for the next INDIA bloc meeting and will be crucial for Congress, particularly as the party lost Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, the Hindi heartland states.

The first meeting of the joint opposition convened in Patna on June 23 and the second meeting was held in Bengaluru on July 17-18. The third meeting happened in Mumbai on August 31-September 1.

INDIA or ‘Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance’ is a group of opposition parties, including the Congress. The parties have come together to take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is led by PM Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and prevent it from winning a third straight term at the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

In the Mumbai meeting, the opposition parties adopted resolutions to collectively contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections while announcing that seat-sharing arrangements would be finalized as soon as possible through a spirit of give-and-take.

The theme chosen by the INDIA bloc for the elections is “Judega Bharat, Jeetega India” (India will unite, India will win) to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government. (ANI)

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Mamata Meets Amitabh, Says, ‘I have got the Opportunity To Meet ‘Bharat Ratna Bachchan’

By LokMarg 30th August 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and the entire family at his residence in Mumbai.

She hugged veteran actor Jaya Bachchan and posed with everyone in the family including Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Aaradhya Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan and Navya Naveli Nanda.

After meeting the megastar, she addressed the media and told them, “I am very happy today because I came to Mumbai so many times but this is the first time I have got the opportunity to meet what I say in my language Bharat Ratna Amitabh Bachchan. I had a great conversation with Amitabh ji, Jaya ji, Abhishek ji, Aishwarya Rai, her daughter Aaradhya, Shweta. I love this family. They are the number one family in India and they have a lot of contributions also. He is a legend and we respect him and his family. They are the number one family in India and they have a lot of contributions also. I also invited him to attend Durga Puja and International Film Festival.”

There is no discrimination between women and men we are human beings. Whatever discussion will be done in INDIA meet only. We are citizens of the India family so we want to save our country. On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan I wished all our scientists and ISRO.”

On the LPG price cut, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, “They are decreasing the price during elections…”

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday arrived in Mumbai ahead of the INDIA alliance’s third meet to be held on August 31- September 1.

The meeting will discuss the alliance strategies for the Lok Sabha election and the seat sharing in the states. (ANI)

Mamata Attacks Centre Over EC Appointments Bill

By LokMarg 12th August 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the central government over the introduction of the Chief Election Commissioner Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Banerjee said that the Bharatiya Janata Party bows down to anarchy.

“Amidst calls to bow down to the judiciary, the @BJP4India instead bows to anarchy! The CJI’s role in the 3-member committee for selecting the CEC is crucial. We strongly oppose replacing the CJI with a cabinet minister in the EC selection. The discomfort suggests their vote manipulation could suffer”, said the Bengal CM on Twitter.

Further, she added that India must question this blatant disregard for the judiciary.

“Are they aiming to turn the Judiciary into a minister-run kangaroo court? We pray to the Judiciary for India. My Lord, save our country”, said Banerjee.

Notably, a Bill to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, with opposition parties strongly opposing its introduction.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023.

The Bill also deals with the procedure for the transaction of business by the Election Commission.

The Bill proposes that the Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President on the recommendation of a panel comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will chair the panel.

The Bill, if it comes into effect, will negate the Supreme Court’s March 2023 judgment that held that the appointment of Election Commissioners will be done by the President on the advice of a panel comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of India.

However, in its judgement, the apex court had held that the procedure underlined by it would hold till a law is enacted by Parliament.

The proposed bill has evoked a sharp reaction from opposition parties.

Congress leader KC Venugopal said the bill aims to make Election Commission a “puppet in the hands of the Prime Minister”.

“A blatant attempt to make the Election Commission a total puppet in the hands of the Prime Minister,” he said in a tweet.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet that the bill shows that “the Prime Minister will change any decision of the Supreme Court that he does not like by introducing a bill in the Parliament”.

In response to Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader Amit Malviya said that the government is within its rights to bring the bill.

“The SC judgement had suggested a transient method for appointment of the CEC, in the absence of a statutory mechanism. The govt is well within its right to bring in a bill for the same,” he said in a tweet. (ANI)