Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

"Who Gave Them The Right?": Mamata Banerjee On BJP Leader's Poha Remark

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday January 27, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responded to BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya's bizarre remark linking poha and Bangladeshi labourers, asking who had given the BJP authority to make comments on eating habits and attire

"Time To Put Aside Narrow Differences": Mamata Banerjee Tells Opposition

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday January 27, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the BJP today as her government placed a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Law in the state assembly. With it, there was a message for the opposition Congress and the Left Front: "The time has come to put aside narrow differences and fight together to save the country," M...

Bengal Assembly Passes Anti-CAA Resolution, Fourth State To Do So

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday January 27, 2020

Bengal became the fourth state today to pass a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dubbing the BJP "Brand Ambassador of Pakistan". Similar resolutions have already been passed by Left-ruled Kerala and Congress-ruled Punjab and Rajasthan.

"I Could Not Recognise Omar...": Mamata Banerjee Reacts To Viral Photo

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday January 25, 2020

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah found mention on Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Twitter timeline this evening, after she posted what many believe is a current photograph of the National Conference leader

Educational Infrastructure In Bengal Improved Significantly After 2011: Mamata Banerjee

Education | Press Trust of India | Friday January 24, 2020

Educational infrastructure in West Bengal has improved significantly during the past 8.5 years of the TMC government's rule, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

Subhas Chandra Bose Opposed Hindu Mahasabha, Fought For Secular India: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 23, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose opposed the Hindu Mahasabha's "divisive politics" and fought for a secular and united India.

At Anti-CAA Rally, Mamata Banerjee's "Citizenship" Query To Amit Shah

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday January 22, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reiterated that the National Register of Citizens (NRC), National Population Register (NPR) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not be implemented in the state.

"We Could Be Next": Christian Priests Protest Citizenship Act In Kolkata

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday January 21, 2020

Christians have protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens before, but for the first time on Monday, priests took to the streets of Kolkata in their cassocks to voice their condemnation. They claim that while Muslims have been excluded from the ambit of the amended citizenship law now, it could be the turn...

Mamata Banerjee "Is A Cruel-Hearted Woman", Says BJP MLA Surendra Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 21, 2020

In provocative remarks, Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh has called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a "cruel-hearted" woman and also said if illegal Muslim migrants are allowed to stay in India, there will be Kashmir-like stone-throwers everywhere.

Population Register Exercise "A Dangerous Game", Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 20, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to her counterparts in the northeast and non-BJP states to study carefully the NPR form, its questions and criteria, before arriving at a decision on updating it.

Bengal Will Pass Resolution Against Citizenship Law, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 21, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today appealed to the governments of the northeastern and the opposition-ruled states to study the National Population Register before taking a decision on its implementation. The NPR, seen by critics as the groundwork for the controversial National Register of Citizens, is expected to be carried out across the...

BJP MP Soumitra Khan Calls Eminent Citizens Opposing CAA Mamata Banerjee's "Dogs"

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday January 19, 2020

BJP MP Soumitra Khan on Sunday made derogatory comments against prominent personalities opposing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens or NRC by calling them "dogs" of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, news agency PTI reported.

"Jokers": Congress's Adhir Chowdhury On Mamata Banerjee, Bengal Governor

India News | ANI | Friday January 17, 2020

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over their tussle and described them as "two jokers of circus".

Mamata Banerjee Won't Attend Bengal Governor's Meeting: Official

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 17, 2020

Citing "preoccupations", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend an all-party meeting called by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today to discuss issues pertaining to two bills, a Raj Bhavan official said.

Surnames Do Not Matter In Human Relations, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 16, 2020

Holding that surnames do no matter in human relations, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she does not know the maiden surname of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee's wife.