Mahua Moitra

"Embarrassed": Top Bengal Voices On Trinamool MP Criticising NRI Doctors

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday May 4, 2020

A group of eminent personalities from West Bengal has hit out at Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra for criticising NRI doctors, who had recently written an open letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee voicing concern over the "misreporting" of COVID-19 situation in the state.

Opinion: Time Running Out For Financial Package For India

Opinion | Mahua Moitra | Sunday April 5, 2020

Ten days into the COVID-19 lockdown and I'm hoping beyond hope that the next time the Prime Minister warns us he's coming on television, he will ditch the "motivational" announcements and grandstanding and finally announce a proper economic stimulus package.

"Get Real": Opposition Disses PM's 'Light Candles' Call Amid Lockdown

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday April 3, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to light candles on Sunday, 9 pm, to fight the darkness of coronavirus today drew instant reactions from opposition leaders, who accused him of empty symbolism and "curating a feel-good moment" without announcing concrete economic measures.

"Mix Of Fairy Tale, Mediocrity": Trinamool's Mahua Moitra On PM's Speech

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Thursday February 6, 2020

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s nearly two-hour long speech in Lok Sabha this afternoon was a "mix of fairy tale and mediocrity".

"Betrayed The People": Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Slams Centre On Economy

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday February 4, 2020

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra today roasted the ruling BJP government over its alleged failure to revive the country's economy, accusing its leaders of "betraying" the very ideals of transparency and good governance that they once claimed to champion.

"Mark Out, Disenfranchise, Annihilate": Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Shreds CAA

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday February 4, 2020

Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra delivered another scorching speech in parliament on Monday, denouncing the BJP over what she called its "betrayal of the citizens" who believed in the party's slogan of "Sabka saath sabka vikas (development for all)" and voted for it. "You betrayed them by questioning the citizenship of the very citizens who voted ...

UIDAI Shelves Plan to Hire Social Media Monitoring Agency to Track Online Conversations

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday December 18, 2019

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told the Supreme Court on Tuesday it has withdrawn the controversial tender seeking to invite bids for a social media monitoring agency to deal with misconceptions about Aadhaar.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra Moves Top Court Challenging Amended Citizenship Act

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 13, 2019

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has challenged the amended Citizenship Act, according to which members of non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan facing religious persecution.

"I'll Heal, What About Bengal?": BJP Candidate After Shocking Attack

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday November 26, 2019

A senior BJP leader was heckled, slapped, pushed and kicked into bushes by the side of a road in Islampur amid bypolls to three assembly seats in West Bengal on Monday. Jay Prakash Majumdar, also the party candidate for the Karimpur assembly seat, was visiting polling stations when the incident occurred near a local school around 10:30 am.

Zee News Editor-In-Chief Summoned In Trinamool MP's Defamation Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 4, 2019

A Delhi court summoned the editor-in-chief of Zee News, Sudhir Chaudhary, as an accused on Monday in a defamation complaint filed by TMC MP Mahua Moitra against him and the television news channel in connection with a show aired by it on one of her speeches delivered in Parliament.

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Stay Order Over Mahua Moitra's Defamation Complaint

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 17, 2019

The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside an order staying proceedings in a defamation complaint filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra against Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary in connection with a show on her June 25 speech in Parliament.

Mahua Moitra Summoned In Defamation Case By TV Channel, Complaint Stayed

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 25, 2019

The cross defamation complaints filed by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and Zee News witnessed hearing before two separate courts in New Delhi wherein summons were issued to the parliamentarian and proceedings on her complaint against the TV channel were stayed.

"Centre's Propaganda Machinery Targets Opposition": Mahua Moitra

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday July 24, 2019

The opposition today raised many objections to the government's changes to a counter-terrorism law, which seek to designate individuals as terrorists and allow the National Investigation Agency to go to any state to investigate terror cases.

"Can't Have Cart Before Horse": Mahua Moitra Attacks Aadhaar Over Privacy

India News | ANI | Thursday July 4, 2019

Opposing the Aadhaar Bill 2016 in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha lawmaker Mahua Moitra said that the bill violates the Supreme Court judgment and lacks transparency.

"My Speech Came From Heart": Mahua Moitra On Plagiarism Allegations

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 3, 2019

Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress lawmaker whose comments in parliament on "seven signs of fascism" went viral last week, has hit out at allegations on social media that her debut speech was plagiarized.