Sandeshkhali has hit the headlines after a section of women there accused TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan's aides of sexual harassment
Several women in the region have accused the local Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion
The BJP leader alleged that West Bengal government is giving "protection to rapists and weakening police"
Majumdar said he was scheduled to visit Sandeshkhali this afternoon to meet the agitators
'We are pleased to announce the candidature of @sagarikaghose, @SushmitaDevAITC, @MdNadimulHaque6 and Mamata Bala Thakur for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections', the party posted on X
He also said the BJP talking about 370 seats for itself and 400-plus for the NDA was more of "bravado and rhetoric" than a practical assessment on the ground
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Thursday accused the government of making a "mockery" of Parliament by extending the ongoing session by one day
However, during the dharna she held demanding release of central funds due to the state, Banerjee said that she will be visiting Delhi on February 5 regarding the meeting on 'one nation one election'
Banerjee said that her party would go "all out" for the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that if all opposition parties come together then the BJP government in the Centre would surely be toppled
Banerjee made the remark during a dharna in Kolkata, which began earlier in the day to demand the state's "dues" from the Centre for various social welfare schemes
Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Director on Wednesday in a money laundering case after he resigned as Jharkhand chief minister
The Yatra commenced with only a few vehicles as Gandhi rode a red SUV from Nabagram in the same district
According to TMC sources, the dharna marks the third major agitation over the issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls
"Just remember Bengal will show the path to win Delhi (Lok Sabha polls). We will win Delhi. We will fight alone in Bengal and defeat the BJP," she asserted
The Trinamool supremo without naming any party or leader said that there were some who appeared only during elections like Cuckoos in spring
Television visuals showed Gandhi alighting from the vehicle after reaching a designated halt and inspecting the damaged windowpane
Banerjee's remarks came after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented across the country in a week
The West Bengal chief minister also asserted that she will not follow any diktat of the BJP to worship any particular god
Thakur claimed that people who have migrated into the country after 1971 have the right to vote but he has heard from some quarters that such people are being deprived of their voting rights
In the states, we can fight, like in Kerala, where we fight with the leftists. We keep fighting with each other, but if we do not fight at the national level, we will have to find some similar formula