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Goa Congress spokesperson Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik quits, joins TMC

In a big political move, Goa Pradesh Congress Spokesperson Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik has resigned from the Congress party and pledged her allegiance to the state Trinamool Congress."All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Goa In-charge Mahua Moitra presided over the event, and welcomed a diligent people's spokesperson like her, into the party fold," said a press release by TMC on Wednesday.Goa TMC welcomes a fiery advocate like her into the AITC family, and notes that it is with the passion and resolve of women leaders like her that TMC will usher in a 'New Dawn' in Goa, according to the statement.Speaking to the members of the press, Naik noted that her move had been inspired by a single-minded drive to work for her constituency of Sanguem, as per the press release. "I have decided to join @AITC4Goa TMC only after getting firm assurance from them that there will be no compromise on development of Sanguem and also a commitment from the party to stand by Sanguenkars through thick and thin.", .

Goa polls: Sushmita Dev, Sourav Chakraborty appointed as TMC co-in-charges

Trinamool Congress on Monday has appointed Sushmita Dev and Dr Sourav Chakraborty as party co-in-charges in Goa.In a press release, Abhishek Banerjee, National General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress, said, "Our Hon'ble Chairperson Smt. Mamata Banerjee is pleased to appoint Smt. Sushmita Dev (Hon'ble MP, Rajya Sabha) and Dr Sourav Chakraborty (Ex-MLA, Alipurduar) as the State co-in-charges of the AITC Goa unit with immediate effect."West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier appointed Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra as the party's Goa in-charge in November last year.

Time to recalibrate Bengal rhetoric: BJP faces next test in civic polls

The BJP won 77 of the 291 seats it fought on and secured a vote share of 38.13 per cent, a drop from the 44 leads it gained in the Assembly segments through the 18 it won of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in

TMC 'divides Goans on religious lines': 5 leaders quit TMC after joining

Alleging that the TMC tried to divide the people of Goa on religious lines, five primary members of the TMC including former Goa MLA Lavoo Mamledar who had joined the party this year, resigned

TMC does not approve of excesses by partymen, to take swift action: Partha

Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday said the party does not approve of excesses by its workers on opponents after the landslide victory in KMC poll

Govt dismantling democracy, slow-poisoning Parliament: TMC leader O'Brien

O'Brien was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for the remaining part of the session

Trinamool Congress' entry enlivens Goa politics ahead of Assembly polls

The entry of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in Goa ahead of the ensuing Assembly elections jazzed up the colourful politics of the coastal state during the year

KMC election: TMC leading in 99 wards, BJP 2, CPI(M) 2, Congress 1

The counting of the votes for the 144 wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began this morning at 8 am.

2 TMC MPs submit privilege motion notice against ex-CJI, RS member Gogoi

The notice from Trinamool Congress members Jawhar Sircar and Mausam Noor is yet to be admitted by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

On talent hunt: Trinamool eyeing states where Congress has weakened

Is there a strategy behind all these moves? Is the Trinamool Congress the new Congress? And what will this do to broader Opposition unity?

No alliance with TMC for forthcoming Goa Assembly elections: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it will not have an alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections. The AAP is determined to provide a fresh alternative to Goa with good candidates and form an honest and corruption- free government, the party's Goa desk in-charge Atishi said. The Assembly polls in the coastal state are due early next year. I say with full responsibility that there will be no alliance with TMC. So, there is no question of any talks with them. We are determined to give Goa a fresh alternative with good candidates and form a honest corruption free government, Atishi tweeted. She was responding to a tweet by a West Bengal-based writer, who quoted a media report saying the AAP is looking to forge an alliance with the TMC in Goa and that the Mamata Banerjee-led party is yet to decide on the proposal, but the two sides have held a round of discussion on the issue. The AAP has decided to contest the Goa .

Goa polls: TMC announces Rs 5,000 per month cash transfer scheme for women

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday announced to roll out a direct cash transfer scheme for women in Goa if it is voted to power in the state after the Assembly polls due in February next year.

TMC, Congress positions must converge for India's good, says P Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said political approach of his party and that of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress must converge for good of the country.

Mamata desperate to keep her party relevant nationally: BJP's Saumitra Khan

BJP Lok Sabha MP Saumitra Khan slammed Mamata Banerjee's recent remarks during her Mumbai visit and said that she is doing political gimmicks so that the TMC remains a national party.

BJP asks if Sena facilitating migration of businesses from Maha to Bengal

Maharashtra BJP MLA Ashish Shelar has alleged that there seems to be some conspiracy over Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee's visit to the state.

With meetings with NCP, Sena leaders, is Mamata seeking national alliance?

In a seeming attempt at pan-national expansion or alliance with "like minded-parties" ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Mamata is on a visit to Mumbai where she is meeting top NCP, Sena leaders.

TMC to amend party constitution to accommodate leaders of other states

TMC has decided to amend its constitution to accommodate leaders from the other states into the working committee.

Cold War between Congress, TMC raises questions about Opposition unity

Around August 20 this year, the picture seemed positive when TMC chief Mamata Banerjee met Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and both conveyed a message of opposition from 10 Janpath

Mamata's predatory and high risk politics

If she has to displace the Congress, even in its dilapidated state, she will have to do well in the Hindi-speaking belt of North India as well as the non-Hindi belt of southern and western India.

BJP steamrollers TMC, Left; wins 329 of 334 seats in Tripura civic polls

Tripura's ruling BJP pulverised Mamata Banerjee's TMC and the Left, capturing with surprising ease the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 other civic bodies where it now has 329 of the 334 seats.