Bengal Toll Booths

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a letter to Mamata Banerjee, has said he was "deeply pained" by the Chief Minister's allegations on the army's presence at toll booths in Bengal last month.

West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi today virtually disapproved of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on the deployment of army at toll plazas, saying one should be careful while making allegations against a responsible organisation like the army.

A furious Mamata Banerjee left her Kolkata office after 30 hours on Friday evening amid a row over the presence of army at toll booths across West Bengal. "The centre is trying to bulldoze us, we will fight them legally," Ms Banerjee said. The centre and the army have said soldiers are present at the toll booths as part of a routine vehicle countin...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opened another front in her battle with the centre on Thursday, objecting to the presence of Army soldiers at toll booths on national highways that run through her state, saying the state government's permission should have been sought.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, in a letter to Mamata Banerjee, has said he was "deeply pained" by the Chief Minister's allegations on the army's presence at toll booths in Bengal last month.

West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi today virtually disapproved of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on the deployment of army at toll plazas, saying one should be careful while making allegations against a responsible organisation like the army.

A furious Mamata Banerjee left her Kolkata office after 30 hours on Friday evening amid a row over the presence of army at toll booths across West Bengal. "The centre is trying to bulldoze us, we will fight them legally," Ms Banerjee said. The centre and the army have said soldiers are present at the toll booths as part of a routine vehicle countin...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opened another front in her battle with the centre on Thursday, objecting to the presence of Army soldiers at toll booths on national highways that run through her state, saying the state government's permission should have been sought.