Stormy Mamata battles tempest ahead of Bengal polls
Stormy Mamata battles tempest ahead of Bengal polls
Last Updated: Fri, Dec 18th, 2020, 10:24:15hrs
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday waging a hardy battle with the Modi government that demanded three of her IPS officers on central deputation against her will, and another with mutinous Trinamool Congress leaders led by a regional satrap seeking to thwart her bid for a third term in office.
As the West Bengal chief minister was busy containing the fallout of an internecine feud in her TMC following a rebellion by a redoubtable Suvendu Adhikari, the Centre shot off a fresh letter to her government to immediately relieve three IPS officers for central deputation.
Centre’s blatant interference: Kejriwal backs Mamata
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Updated: Friday, December 18, 2020, 14:12 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 18: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come out in support of West Bengal government and Mamata Banerjee who is waging a hard battle with the Modi government over the transfer of three IPS officers.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal I condemn the Centre s blatant interference in the Bengal administration. Encroaching on the rights of states by attempting to transfer police officers to Centre just before elections, is an assault on federalism and an attempt to destabilize, Kejriwal tweeted on Friday morning.
As the West Bengal chief minister was busy containing the fallout of an internecine feud in her TMC following a rebellion by a redoubtable Suvendu Adhikari, the Centre shot off a fresh letter to her government to immediately relieve three IPS officers for central deputation.
West Bengal: After resigning from Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari quits Trinamool Congress
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Ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections, aggrieved West Bengal politician Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday quit the Trinamool Congress. Over the last few weeks, the heavyweight leader has gradually resigned from all administrative posts. Most recently, on Wednesday, he had submitted his resignation as MLA to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Now, in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said that he was tendering his resignation as a member of the All India Trinamool Congress as well as from all other positions held by him in the party and its associate organisations with immediate effect .
According to party sources, several disgruntled leaders are rallying behind him. Adhikari, the face of the Nandigram movement that added to the political heft of Mamata Banerjee and catapulted her to power in Bengal in 2011, sent his resignation letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee during the second half of the day, party sources said. I am writing to tender my resignation as a member of All India Trinamool Congress as well as from all other positions held by me in the party and its associate organs with immediate effect, Adhikari wrote. Ending his two-decade-old association with the party, the former TMC heavyweight thanked Banerjee for the opportunities given to him, and said would he would always value the time he spent as its member.
Adhikari, the face of the Nandigram movement that added to the political heft of Mamata Banerjee and catapulted her to power in Bengal in 2011, sent his resignation letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee during the second half of the day. I am writing to tender my resignation as a member of All India Trinamool Congress as well as from all other positions held by me in the party and its associate organs with immediate effect, Adhikari wrote.
Ending his two-decade-old association with the party, the former TMC heavyweight thanked Banerjee for the opportunities given to him and said he would always value the time he spent as its member.