Topic: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee says Murshidabad violence ‘pre-planned’ by BJP, central agencies, BSF
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused that the recent violence in Murshidabad following the protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act was a “pre-planned” operation, orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), some central agencies, and certain factions within the Border Security Force.
‘Waqf Amendment Act will not be implemented in West Bengal,’ assures CM Mamata Banerjee
During the ‘Navkar Mahamantra Divas’ program, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in the state and assured that she will protect the rights of minority people and their property.
Fate of 25,000 West Bengal teachers at stake, Mamata Banerjee vows support amid court order
In a firm defence of over 25,000 dismissed teachers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pledged to safeguard the jobs of “deserving” teachers following the Supreme Court’s verdict nullifying their appointments due to alleged recruitment malpractices.
“Muslim MLAs will be thrown out,” says BJP’s Adhikari; Mamata asks, “How can you deny their rights?”
Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition and a Hindu nationalist politician, has delivered an Islamophobic remark, stating that Muslim MLAs “will be thrown out of the Assembly” once the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assumes power in the state.
“Steps govt is taking now are too little, quite late”: TMC MP Jawhar Sircar resigns over R.G. Kar rape-murder case
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday resigned as MP from the Upper House over the incident of the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital and criticised CM Mamata Banerjee’s handling of the situation.
West Bengal Assembly passes anti-rape Bill prescribing death penalty for convicts
In the wake of the rape and murder of a junior doctor in a Kolkata hospital, the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed an anti-rape Bill — Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill – that has provisions for stringent punishment including death penalty and faster trial in rape cases.
