Congress In Bengal

Will Ensure Direct Cash Transfer To Underprivileged In Bengal If Elected: Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 31, 2020

Slamming the TMC government in West Bengal for not doing anything for migrant workers who returned to the state during the lockdown, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Adhir Chowdhury Wednesday said the party will ensure direct cash transfer to every poor in the state if elected to power.

Mamata Banerjee "Most Secular": Ex-Leader From Asaduddin Owaisi's Party

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday November 24, 2020

Mamata Banerjee is "the most secular leader" in the country, a number of ex-AIMIM leaders said Monday as they joined the Trinamool Congress in Bengal and promised that neither the BJP nor AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi would make political gains

Left, Congress In Bengal To Protest Against Hathras Case On October 6

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 4, 2020

The Left and Congress will be organising state-wide protests on October 6 against the alleged gang rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, besides incidents of rape and murder in West Bengal.

Somen Mitra Was "Youngest Older Brother" Who Bridged Past, Future Of Congress In Bengal

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 30, 2020

Somen Mitra, Bengal's stalwart Congress leader and state unit chief since September 2018, died in the early hours today, leaving behind his wife and son and innumerable political followers. He was 78.

Opinion: Bengal Will Be Run By People Of Bengal, Not Outsiders

Opinion | Derek O'Brien | Sunday July 26, 2020

July 21 is an emotional anniversary in the history of the Trinamool Congress. On this day in 1993, Mamata Banerjee, then the President of the Youth Congress in Bengal, led a protest march in the heart of Kolkata. The protestors were brutalised by the police. Innocent, idealistic young activists were shot dead and Mamata Banerjee herself was beaten ...

Selfie Rush With Trinamool's Nusrat Jahan Makes Stage Crash At Rally

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 8, 2019

The rush for selfies caused a stage collapse at a rally of the ruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal's Jhargram today. Popular Bengali actor Nusrat Jahan had gone to the area to campaign for the Trinamool candidate Birbaha Soren.

Aiming To Become Best Alternative To Trinamool Congress In Bengal: AAP

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 27, 2018

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it is aiming to emerge as the "best alternative" to the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and increase its organisational strength at the grassroots level in the state over the next six months.

Opinion: Congress' Loyalty Pledge To Gandhis Gives Away Its Desperation

Opinion | Derek O'Brien | Wednesday May 25, 2016

The recent state elections have been analysed by the pundits in the media to a significant degree. There is little left to say, but the common theme seems to be the decline of the Congress.

CPM Politburo Decision Soon On Ties With Congress In Bengal

India News | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday February 17, 2016

Should the Left and the Congress come together and put up a united front against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal? That's the question the CPM's Central Committee -- party's highest executive body -- will discuss over the next two days in Delhi.

CPI(M) Not Ruling Out Alliance With Congress In Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 13, 2016

CPI(M) Politburo member Mohammed Salim today said his party has not ruled out the prospect of an electoral alliance with the Congress ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal and has already spoken out the desire of the masses to oust the ruling Trinamool Congress regime.

Trinamool is BJP's B-team, says angry Congress in Bengal

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday January 5, 2012

Hitting back at the Trinamool Congress for alleging it was colluding with the Marxists, the West Bengal state Congress leadership on Wednesday termed its alliance partner as the 'B-team' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left Front.

Looking to revive Congress in Bengal, Rahul tours state again

India News | NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday September 14, 2010

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to West Bengal, his second tour of the state this month. He is expected to renew his attack on the Left Front government in the state, where Assembly elections are due next year.Gandhi started his tour with a visit to Shantiniketan in Birbhum district. This will then be followed by meetings in Ba...