Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Mamata Banerjee

CMs of states ruled by BJP rivals decry PM’s VAT remark, lay accounts on table

She claimed that her government was giving a ₹1 reduction on VAT on petroleum products, which has cost ₹1,500 crore to the State exchequer.

13 Opposition leaders express concern over hate speech, communal violence

Expressed deep concern over the recent incidents of anti-Muslim violence and hate speeches, leaders of 13 Opposition parties on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to speak out against those who "propagate" hate.

Mamata Banerjee writes to non-BJP leaders: “Time for unified and principled opposition”

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to several opposition leaders "expressing her concern over BJP's direct attacks on democracy."

‘Returning gift after UP win’. Opposition slams Union for cutting provident fund interest rates

Opposition including Congress, TMC, CPI(M) and TRS said that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s proposed reduction in interest rates on savings was an anti-people and anti-worker step.

“Not popular mandate, but machinery mandate.” Mamata on BJP’s UP win

"The BJP did not win by popular mandate, but (by) machinery mandate. A fractured Opposition went to its advantage," Mamata told reporters.

Mamata faces attack by BJP workers in Varanasi, says “defeat is imminent”

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that she was attacked by BJP workers on her visit to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.