Delhi protest: Mamata Banerjee and other Trinamool Congress leaders detained from South Avenue bus stop
Mamata Banerjee and other MAITC leaders were scheduled to join todayโs protest at Jantar Mantar. However, they were denied permission to leave
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Mamata Banerjee and other MAITC leaders were scheduled to join todayโs protest at Jantar Mantar. However, they were denied permission to leave
A day after the BJPย announced candidature of former Trinamool Congress MP Rukmini Mallick alias Koel Mallick to Rajya Sabha, the actor turned politician on Monday formally joined the saffron party. Ms. Mallick filed her nomination papers for the Upper House in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in presence of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari andย State BJP president.
The nomination of former Trinamool Congress MPs to Rajya Sabha has sparked a debate about โTrinamoolisation of the BJPโ with a section of party leaders saying that the party was accommodating those who faught against the BJP before the party came to power in WB.
The leaders of some key BJP allies โ JD(U), Shiv Sena and the TDP โ have also been retained as heads of different Parliamentary committees
Ajit Maity, who is associated with the Mamata Banerjee backed faction of Trinamool Congress, said that his arrest is for political reasons
The Election Commission has temporarily frozen the All India Trinamool Congress name and โFlowers and Grassโ symbol ahead of the West Bengal bypolls. Reacting to the order, Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee said, โDemocracy has no place for dictatorship.โ Both rival factions have been asked to submit alternative names and symbols.
The accused, identified as Ripon Sheikh and Sanjib Mondal, were apprehended by Usthi Police Station personnel on September 20, 2026, a senior police officer said
As per the ECI directive both the factions have sent alternative names and symbols to the Commission
LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal criticised the ECI for freezing the name and symbol of the Trinamool Congress which was set up by Mamata Banerjee 28 years ago
Speculations over Mamata contesting bypolls put to rest as the party announces candidates โ Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) from Nandigram andย Rabiul Alam Chowdhury from Rejinagar
The remarks came amid a dispute between the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress and the Ritabrata faction