'Misbehaved, thumped table and left': EC hits back at Mamata's fiery attack on poll chief over SIR | India News

‘Misbehaved, thumped table and left’: EC hits back at Mamata’s fiery attack on poll chief over SIR | India News

Mamata Banerjee, CEC Gyanesh Kumar (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.ECI sources claimed the Trinamool Congress leader “raised false allegations, misbehaved, thumped the table and left” during a meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…

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‘Desperate, politically motivated’: Suvendu Adhikari writes to EC; rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on SIR | India News

‘Desperate, politically motivated’: Suvendu Adhikari writes to EC; rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegations on SIR | India News

NEW DELHI: West Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday hit out at chief minister Mamata Banerjee, strongly rejecting her allegations about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, Adhikari highlighted that Mamata Banerjee’s letter to the EC “appears to be a desperate…

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'Treated as infiltrators': Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary meets PM Modi; flags 'violence against migrant workers' | India News

‘Treated as infiltrators’: Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary meets PM Modi; flags ‘violence against migrant workers’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at his residence in Delhi and raised the issue of attacks on Bengali-speaking people, especially in BJP-ruled states.Chowdhury, a former West Bengal Congress chief, urged the Prime Minister’s intervention to help stop such attacks.He claimed that such incidents could flare up…

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'Only two reasons': Priyanka Gandhi targets government over Vande Matram debate; brings in 'Bengal election' | India News

‘Only two reasons’: Priyanka Gandhi targets government over Vande Matram debate; brings in ‘Bengal election’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Prime Minister and claimed that the Centre wanted the discussion on Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha to serve its poll prospects in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.During her address in the Lok Sabha, Priyanka said that there…

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