"A blanket distribution program was arranged without seeking police permission, during which a stampede situation happened. 3 people died in it & 5 were injured. We'll investigate the matter & take action," said Asansol Commissioner of Police (CP) SK Neelakantam.
Asansol Tragedy: As many as three people died while five others were injured in a stampede that happened during a blanket distribution programme attended by LoP Suvendu Adhikari in Asansol on Wednesday.
As many as three people died while five others were injured in a stampede that happened during a blanket distribution program attended by LoP Suvendu Adhikari in Asansol.
Several rebel TMC MLAs and leaders will join the BJP along with Suvendu at a public meeting presided over by Home Minister Amit Shah in Medinipur over the weekend, sources said. The rest are likely to wait and watch for now.
In his short resignation letter dated December 16, addressed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu said he was “thankful for all the challenges and opportunities that has been afforded to me”. Suvendu was a member of the party’s steering committee and state committee, and a leader of its trade union front. Last month, he had quit the Cabinet where he held three important departments.
West Bengal: Exodus from Trinamool continues as another MLA quits party
About a dozen TMC MLAs and heads of elected bodies are believed to be preparing to resign and walk with Suvendu to the BJP. Updated: December 18, 2020 9:02:54 pm
Suvendu s step is likely to open the floodgates for an exodus from the TMC to the BJP at multiple levels across the state. (Picture used for representational purpose)
A day after former transport minister
Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the Trinamool Congress, the party’s Barrackpore MLA, Shilbhadra Dutta, quit and sent his resignation to party supremo Mamata Banerjee.
In his resignation letter, Dutta wrote, “I am tendering my resignation as a member of All India Trinamool Congress as well as from all others positions held by me in the party and its associate organisation with immediate effect.” Dutta had earlier refused to meet the party’s election strategist Prashant Kishore and his team.