The statement came a day after Home Minister Amit Shah's high-voltage West Bengal visit, which saw 34 TMC members crossing over to the BJP
Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the primary membership of the TMC
Suvendu Adhikari had helped Mamata Banerjee in her anti- land acquisition movement against the Left Front government in Nandigram in 2009 that catapulted her to power in 2011
The TMC has been at the forefront in opposing the farm laws in Parliament. It has also lent its support to the protests by the farmers but has decided not to go with Tuesday's Bharat Bandh call.
"At a party meeting held during the day, Banerjee said that if one leader quits the party, she can create a lakh more such leaders," a senior TMC leader said on condition of anonymity
TMC will stage Dharna on December 8, 9, and 10 against recently enacted farm laws near the Gandhi Statue in Kolkata
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh claimed the TMC govt had failed to draw investors to the state, and asserted that the saffron party, if voted to power, would ensure a new era of industrialisation
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed medical infrastructure has played a "significant role" during the Covid-19 crisis.
A local TMC leader SK Noor said, "BJP workers captured our Purba Alaichak party office by removing all flags
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that if the BJP is thinking of winning the Assembly polls in West Bengal next year, the saffron party is day-dreaming.
The BJP has devised a booth-level strategy with stress on minute details to wrest power from the TMC in West Bengal.
West Bengal to be first test case; power balance in ruling alliance could change equations
Retaliating against Nadda's criticism of "divide and rule" by TMC in Bengal, the Banerjee-led party hit back accusing the NDA government at the Centre of doing so to the people of the country
BJP national president J P Nadda Monday said the execution of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has been delayed due to the pandemic and asserted that the law will be implemented soon
Unlike Ayushman Bharat, where states have a 40% premium liability per beneficiary family, PM-KISAN Yojana is a 100% central assistance scheme. Why then is Mamata Banerjee unsure about joining?
TMC was guarded in its response on the acquittal of all the accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case and said that "those who are not happy with the judgement will get relief in higher courts"
The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned till 10 am. When it reconvened, the opposition lawmakers suspended from the House refused to leave and indulged in sloganeering
Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya accused the TMC government in West Bengal of working for the benefit of the 30 per cent population of the state, who belong to the minority community
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has claimed that the Covid-19 pandemic is over but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is imposing lockdown only to stop BJP from organising public meetings
A majority of TMC MPs above the age of 65 years are likely to skip the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament to avoid the risk of contracting Covid-19