Bhabanipur bye-polls: Mamata Banerjee did not disclose 5 criminal cases, BJP says in complaint to EC

A Trinamool Congress leader said that the West Bengal chief minister was only required to declare pending cases if her name was mentioned in the chargesheet.

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· Sep 14, 2021 · 07:13 pm

West Bengal: Bombs allegedly hurled at BJP MP Arjun Singh’s house, legislator seeks NIA probe

The legislator said that the blasts were an attempt to intimidate him a day after he was appointed the BJP’s in charge of the Bhabanipur bye-election.

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· Sep 08, 2021 · 12:35 pm

Bhabanipur bye-polls: Congress not to field candidate against Mamata Banerjee

Party chief of the West Bengal unit Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that contesting the bye-polls ‘may indirectly help the BJP’.

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· Sep 08, 2021 · 08:27 am

Bye-polls to Bhabanipur seat, where Mamata Banerjee will contest, to be held on September 30

Banerjee needs to win the seat to continue as the chief minister as she lost Nandigram to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.

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· Sep 04, 2021 · 02:25 pm

Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court appoints retired judge to oversee SIT probe

The SIT will investigate cases other than those related to murder, rape and crimes against women.

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· Sep 03, 2021 · 05:31 pm

ED summons TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, his wife for questioning in money laundering case

Mamata Banerjee said the BJP leaders used central agencies to target her party when they couldn’t compete with it in politics.

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· Aug 28, 2021 · 04:29 pm

Mamata Banerjee criticises UPSC for asking ‘politically motivated’ question on Bengal poll violence

She alleged that the BJP has politicised the central forces.

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· Aug 12, 2021 · 08:34 pm

Post-poll violence: NHRC is on a ‘witch hunt’, West Bengal government tells Calcutta High Court

The government described the rights body’s report on the violence as false and biased.

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· Jul 28, 2021 · 10:38 am

West Bengal government failed to properly investigate post-poll violence, says Calcutta HC

Meanwhile, the state government said that the NHRC panel’s report on post-poll violence was a politically motivated one.

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· Jul 22, 2021 · 01:39 pm

Case against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari after he claims to have access to police officer’s call records

Amidst the Pegasus spyware row, Adhikari said he has details of calls between East Midnapore superintendent of police and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee.

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· Jul 20, 2021 · 11:03 pm

Nandigram result: HC issues notice to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari on Mamata Banerjee’s plea

Meanwhile, Adhikari moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of Banerjee’s petition out of West Bengal.

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· Jul 14, 2021 · 07:45 pm

Nandigram poll results: Calcutta HC judge recuses himself, fines Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh

In her plea, Banerjee cited ‘likelihood of bias’, claiming that Justice Kausik Chanda was associated with the BJP during his days as a lawyer.

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· Jul 07, 2021 · 12:51 pm