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CBI is acting at the behest of a political party: Partha Chatterjee

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Partha Chatterjee, Secretary General of Trinamool Congress, today questioned the credibility of the CBI during a press conference. He said, “CBI has lost all its credibility. It is acting at the behest of a political party.”

He added,”CBI swung into action after we declared we will hold protest against land ordinance. It is acting politically before elections.”

He also observed that before the last by-polls at Bongaon and Krishnaganj, CBI had tried to do the same thing. He also questioned the timing of the phone call to the All India General Secretary of the party just before municipal polls.

He further added, “Trinamool is a transparent party. We have nothing to hide.”

Trinamool Congress releases Manifesto for Kolkata Municipal Polls

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Trinamool Congress today released the Manifesto for the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Polls. The Manifesto is a reflection of the road map for the next five years. One of the highlights of the manifesto is there would be social accountability, development, progress, peace, no burden of taxes and secularism.

Before the launch, Secretary General of the party, Partha Chatterjee addressed the press highlighting the achievements of the KMC in the last five years. “We will make it (the city) green and clean,”  he said.

From simplification of taxes, to lighting of streets to launch of free WiFi, KMC under the guidance of Mamata Banerjee has done a spending job, he said. He added that the drainage system has improved a lot in the last five years.

 

Partha Chatterjee also said, “Under the leadership of Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, we seek blessings from people based on the work done in five years. We appeal to all sections of the society to come forward and shower us with votes to carry forward the surge of development.”

He urged the people to vote for Trinamool candidates in all the 144 wards of Kolkata.

Click here to download the Manifesto.

British House of Lords delegation meets WB CM

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A delegation of British parliamentarians today called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, besides having an interaction with Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and members of the state Legislative Assembly to strengthen links between Indian and British legislators.

The 10-member British delegation, consisting of members from the House of Lords and the House of Commons and led by Baroness D’Souza, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, began its visit to the city with an interactive session with elected representatives from the Legislative Assembly.

The Chief Minister later said in a Facebook post that she received a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Delegation of eight UK MPs representing various political parties and officials led by Baroness D’Souza CMG, Lord Speaker, at the state secretariat Nabanna.

“We had a very useful discussion on a wide range of topics. They wanted to know about the priorities of the state government like empowerment of women, paid maternity leave for women employees, reservation of seats for women in local bodies and urban and rural development initiatives,” she said.

“The delegation expressed keen interest about our ‘Kanyashree’ scheme. I am so happy that the scheme for our girl child has generated so much interest all over the world,” the CM said, adding, “They also wanted to know about the constraints we face in carrying out development work.”

“I mentioned to them about the legacy of huge debt left over by the previous government and our repayment burden as the major hurdle to development work and how hard we are working to overcome this obstacle,” Ms Banerjee said.

Here is what the West Bengal Chief Minister tweeted: 

 

 

Organisational changes in Trinamool Congress

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Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee presided over a meeting of Presidents of various district committees, heads of frontal organisations and senior leaders at her Kalighat office today.

Keeping in mind the growing national importance of the party several organisational changes were made in the meeting.

Party Secretary General Partha Chatterjee addressed the press after the meeting to make the following announcements:

  • Trinamool has appointed Subrata Bakshi as All India General Secretary.
  • Derek O’Brien, Firhad Hakim and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar have been elevated to a new body which will function as the National Secretariat of the party.
  • Subrata Mukherjee has been given the charge of Tripura. Suvendu Adhikari will oversee organisational activities in Assam. Derek O’Brien will oversee the party’s organisation in North Eastern states and Kerala.
  • Dinesh Trivedi has been appointed as one of the new Vice Presidents of the party.
  • Derek O’Brien and Kalyan Banerjee will keep in touch with like-minded parties and oversee functions in Parliament.
  • Municipal elections were discussed today. We have formed committees for the same.
  • We started the membership drive on January 1, 2015. Scrutiny committees will operate at district and State level.
  • There will be no membership fees for family of martyrs. People can become primary members of the party by paying a fee of Re 1.
  • One can also become a Associate or active member of the party by paying Rs 50000, which will be renewable every 5 years.
  • All applications for membership will be submitted to District Scrutiny Committees, who in turn will forward them to State Scrutiny Committee for final approval.
  • District Committees have been asked to prepare list of candidates for upcoming municipal polls, which will be submitted to State Committee. Mamata Banerjee will give final approval for the the candidate list.

Peaceful polling in the Bengal bypolls

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Bypolls for Bongaon Parliamentary Constituency and Krishnaganj Assembly Constituency were held today at Bongaon and Krishnaganj. The poll lasted from 8 AM to 5 PM today. The Bongaon seat had fallen vacant due to the death of Kapil Krishna Thakur and Krishnaganj seat was vacant due to the demise of Sushil Biswas.

 

The Trinamool candidates for the constituencies were:

Bongaon – Mamatabala Thakur

Krishnaganj – Satyajit Biswas

The polling percentage in the four constituencies till 5 p.m. was as follows:

Bongaon – 73%

Krishnaganj – 78%

AITC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee met the press after the polling. He said:

We thank the voters of Krishnaganj and Bongaon for their enthusiasm: Partha Chatterjee addressing a press conference. Despite the smear campaign and propaganda by the Opposition, today’s polls were peaceful. Opposition has realised that people have reposed their faith on Mamata Banerjee’s developmental agenda. Opposition has comprehended TMC will win. So they are making false claims now. People will support Mamata Banerjee’s agenda of development, peace and prosperity. 78% turnout in Krishnaganj and 73% polling in Bongaon so far. We congratulate people. We thank the voters of Bongaon and Krishnaganj.

TMC RS MPs to meet Vice President on Feb 6

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 A delegation of Trinamool Congress will meet Vice-president and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari to take up the issue of MPs being “targetted” by the CBI in the Saradha scam.

“It was decided at the TMC core committee meeting, which was held a few days ago and presided over by party supremoMamata Banerjee that an eight-member delegation of our Rajya Sabha members would meet Hamid Ansari who has given a date on February 6 to meet him,” TMC national spokesman and RS MP Derek O’Brien told PTI here today.

“We want to share with the Vice-president, who is Chairman of Rajya Sabha our concern that TMC RS members were being targeted politically by using CBI as the BJP is in minority there (RS) and TMC has taken the lead role in the opposition there,” O’Brien said.

TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee had alleged after the party’s core committee meeting on Saturday that BJP, which does not have majority in Rajya Sabha, was arresting TMC MPs on various pretexts and a delegation of the party would meet Ansari.

 

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Trinamool to protest against anti people ordinances: Partha Chatterjee

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Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee today announced at Trinamool Bhavan that the party will protest against the anti-people Ordinances which have been imposed by the ruling party. The party will organise protest meetings on 7, 8, 14, 15 February between 3-4 PM without causing inconvenience to the public.

“BJP could not get Bills passed in the Parliament. They are imposing anti-people Ordinances now on the nation. We will not accept the Central Government’s land policy. They have issued Ordinance in every important sector”, he said.

He added, “We ask everyone to unite against the BJP’s undemocratic tactics. People of Bengal will reject the politics of hate and divisiveness practised by BJP. We will protest in every block. We urge everyone who is against communal politics to join our protest meetings.”

Trinamool forms committees for upcoming municipal polls

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Trinamool Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee presided over a meeting of the extended Core Committee today, where Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs were also present. After the meeting Partha Chatterjee, Secretary General and senior leader Subrata Mukherjee addressed the press at the Kalighat office.

Partha Chatterjee said that a resolution was passed at today’s meeting to congratulate all the LS and RS MPs who are doing a commendable job in the Parliament. He said,” We will protest against the manner in which BJP Govt is targeting TMC in Rajya Sabha due to lack of majority. The Party will send a delegation led by Derek O’Brien to meet the Vice President on this issue. We will raise the issue of electoral reforms in Parliament.”

New committees have been formed for the upcoming municipal elections. The ongoing membership drive will be extended to every block level. A new booklet with facts will be published against the smear campaign of vested interest groups.

Subrata Mukherjee, senior leader, reiterated Trinamool’s commitment to preserve the secular nature of the land of Bengal. “We accept BJP’s challenge. We will not allow politics of communalism. We will give our lives instead. They are practicing the politics of forced conversions. We will counter them. Indian Constitution is a Secular Constitution. We will not tolerate communal politics.BJP is inciting politics of hate, violence and communalism in Bengal”, he said.

BJP Burdwan rally a big flop show: Partha Chatterjee

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Partha Chatterjee, Secretary General, All India Trinamool Congress, today addressed a press conference at Trinamool Bhavan.

Here is what he said:

  • Today’s BJP rally at Bardhaman was a flop-show. Main speaker’s speech lasted only a few minutes.
  • People who have no capacity to bloom shapla, are talking of lotus blooming in Bengal.
  • I hope Amit babu has understood it is difficult for lotus to bloom in Bengal.
  • The political culture of Bengal has no place for bad utterances like “Bhaag Bhaag”.
  • Mamata Banerjee has a long history of struggle and people’s movements in Bengal. BJP has no such history.
  • BJP’s campaign is based on only propaganda. They want to uproot TMC from power through missed calls.
  • If Rahul Sinha cared about Bengal, he would speak out against Center’s negligence towards the State.
  • The way Mr Rahul Sinha used the name of a particular community, in a derogatory manner, is deplorable.

Questions have arisen about the conduct of CBI: Partha Chatterjee

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Secretary General of the party, Partha Chatterjee today addressed a press conference at Trinamool Bhavan. He said CBI is being used a political tool for vengeance by BJP.

“BJP is doing politics of vindictiveness. CBI is being used as a political tool. In the name of investigating a chit fund scam, CBI is carrying out political vengeance,” he told reporters.

“We have faith in judiciary. What CBI is doing is not right. We protest against their politicisation. Questions have arisen about the conduct of CBI,” he added.

Partha Chatterjee also informed that the party has appointed Shri Upen Biswas as an advisor for all CBI-related matters. “Upen Biswas will advise the party regarding CBI. Party will take action as per his advise,” he said.