Trinamool Attacks Amit Shah

Union minister Amit Shah's visit to Bengal on Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary as the Centrally-run Visva Bharati evicts another Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, became the lead point of Trinamool Congress attack on the BJP today.

Soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Trinamool Congress shot back with a lengthy rebuttal.

Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for party workers to flaunt and attack its opponent - BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was responsible for the recent attacks on her nephew and Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other party workers.

Attacking the central government over the border clashes between Assam and Mizoram, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday said all eyes are on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was in the northeast a few days ago.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah "lacked the courtesy" to enquire about the health condition of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who sustained injuries in Nandigram during a poll campaign the day before.

Claiming that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had attacked its ''Parivartan Yatra'' rally in North 24 Parganas district, the BJP's West Bengal unit on Sunday complained to the Election Commission and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing the state police of bias and not providing enough security to the participants.

In a dual attack on the BJP - her key opponent in the upcoming state polls - and her former colleagues who recently switched sides, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that party was now the "Bharatiya Junk Party" which inducts "rotten" members from other parties.

Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's triumphant parade in the town of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took on the BJP on Tuesday at a campaign rally for next year's elections in Bolpur. Attacking the party for "divisive politics", she said the BJP can "buy a few MLAs" but it cannot buy out the Tr...

Criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the recent attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy, Home Minister Shah on Sunday said the centre has the right to summon state police officers responsible for providing him security for central deputation, and asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to go through the rules before pointing fingers...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's two-day visit to poll-bound West Bengal, waging a war of attrition against the ruling Trinamool Congress, has evoked stinging responses from the party's online front. In a bunch of tweets, Trinamool's official Twitter handle and some party leaders, have attacked and mocked Mr Shah over the past few days, focusing on ...

Mamata Banerjee's party's tussle with the BJP over the attack on its chief JP Nadda's convoy rolled on to Saturday with the Trinamool Congress accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "indirectly trying to impose emergency in Bengal... by terrorising IAS and IPS officers of the state".

The centre has summoned Bengal's top police and administrative officers over Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's report to Home Minister Amit Shah detailing "deteriorating law and order" in the state after an attack on party chief JP Nadda's convoy on Thursday. The Home Ministry has summoned the state's Chief Secretary and police chief on Monday.

A security official of Eastern Coalfield Ltd in West Bengal's Asansol suffered a heart attack during a search by the CBI in a case of illegal mining and theft. The official, Dhananjay Roy, was rushed to hospital, where he died. He was one of several people whose properties were raided by the CBI today in connection with the case.

An embarrassing controversy has erupted over a statue the BJP believed to be of iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda and which featured prominently during Union Minister Amit Shah's visit to Bengal's Bankura district on Thursday

Union minister Amit Shah's visit to Bengal on Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary as the Centrally-run Visva Bharati evicts another Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, became the lead point of Trinamool Congress attack on the BJP today.

Soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Trinamool Congress shot back with a lengthy rebuttal.

Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for party workers to flaunt and attack its opponent - BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was responsible for the recent attacks on her nephew and Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other party workers.

Attacking the central government over the border clashes between Assam and Mizoram, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday said all eyes are on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was in the northeast a few days ago.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah "lacked the courtesy" to enquire about the health condition of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who sustained injuries in Nandigram during a poll campaign the day before.

Claiming that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had attacked its ''Parivartan Yatra'' rally in North 24 Parganas district, the BJP's West Bengal unit on Sunday complained to the Election Commission and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing the state police of bias and not providing enough security to the participants.

In a dual attack on the BJP - her key opponent in the upcoming state polls - and her former colleagues who recently switched sides, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that party was now the "Bharatiya Junk Party" which inducts "rotten" members from other parties.

Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's triumphant parade in the town of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took on the BJP on Tuesday at a campaign rally for next year's elections in Bolpur. Attacking the party for "divisive politics", she said the BJP can "buy a few MLAs" but it cannot buy out the Tr...

Criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the recent attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy, Home Minister Shah on Sunday said the centre has the right to summon state police officers responsible for providing him security for central deputation, and asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to go through the rules before pointing fingers...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's two-day visit to poll-bound West Bengal, waging a war of attrition against the ruling Trinamool Congress, has evoked stinging responses from the party's online front. In a bunch of tweets, Trinamool's official Twitter handle and some party leaders, have attacked and mocked Mr Shah over the past few days, focusing on ...

Mamata Banerjee's party's tussle with the BJP over the attack on its chief JP Nadda's convoy rolled on to Saturday with the Trinamool Congress accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "indirectly trying to impose emergency in Bengal... by terrorising IAS and IPS officers of the state".

The centre has summoned Bengal's top police and administrative officers over Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's report to Home Minister Amit Shah detailing "deteriorating law and order" in the state after an attack on party chief JP Nadda's convoy on Thursday. The Home Ministry has summoned the state's Chief Secretary and police chief on Monday.

A security official of Eastern Coalfield Ltd in West Bengal's Asansol suffered a heart attack during a search by the CBI in a case of illegal mining and theft. The official, Dhananjay Roy, was rushed to hospital, where he died. He was one of several people whose properties were raided by the CBI today in connection with the case.

An embarrassing controversy has erupted over a statue the BJP believed to be of iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda and which featured prominently during Union Minister Amit Shah's visit to Bengal's Bankura district on Thursday