Mamata Banerjee to start campaign for Bhabanipur bypoll with party workers’ meet tomorrow

Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee will start her campaign for the Bhabanipur bypoll with a workers’ meet tomorrow. Mamata Banerjee will only address TMC workers from all wards in the constituency at an auditorium at around 3 pm tomorrow. The TMC on Sunday announced it…

Nearly 200 BJP workers return to TMC; shave their heads, sprinkle Gangajal to atone

Around 200 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in West Bengal’s Hooghly district returned to the Trinamool Congress after ‘purifying’ themselves with Gangajal. The party workers claimed that it was a mistake to join BJP. They shaved their heads and sprinkled Gangajal to “atone” for their mistake and returned…

Centre withdraws VIP security cover of Mukul Roy

The Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal politician and MLA Mukul Roy, who recently re-joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a brief stint with the BJP, has been withdrawn, official sources said on Thursday. They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to…

Mukul Roy returns to TMC, Mamata says he has come back home

Mukul Roy, who had joined the BJP with much fanfare, returned to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday. He was felicitated by TMC MP and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee at the TMC headquarters. The party also welcomed Mukul Roy’s son, Subhranshu Roy, who had too joined the…