Two ministers of the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal visited the trouble-torn areas of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, even as fresh protests erupted in some pockets. BJP Mahila Morcha workers take part in a candle light march demanding justice for the women in Sandeshkhali in Kolkata on Saturday. (ANI) {{^userSubscribed}} …
Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates tortured tribals for voting against the party in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali and forcibly took MNREGA wages from them, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has learned, reported PTI. TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh is on the run following the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali. (File) {{^userSubscribed}} …
WB Governor CV Ananda Bose interacts with women protesters, amid allegations of sexual assault and land grab, at Sandeshkhali, in North 24 Parganas district on Feb 12. (PTI File) Thursday saw a protest by women, who claimed that Shahjahan Sheikh’s brother Sirajuddin, ‘Raja’ of the region, grabbed their land in Jhupkhali, near Sandeshkhali. They also …
West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali has been on the boil with massive unrest for over 10 days as women protestors are seeking justice against alleged sexual assault committed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh and his supporters. Protesters thrash TMC leader Ajit Maity.(ANI) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Read here: BJP denies association with man held for …
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma believes that Sandeshkhali would be the “downfall” of his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress. The state BJP leaders have already been accusing the police and the administration of working hand in glove with the perpetrators as they exploited women and usurped their lands. West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali …
The West Bengal Police on Wednesday released a video alleging that it was BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who used the ‘Khalistani’ slur against a Sikh police officer during a face-off between BJP workers and police near violence-hit Sandeshkhali. The Bengal Police asserted that it would initiate legal action even as the BJP hit back, saying …
Kolkata: A BJP leader’s “Khalistani” slur for a Sikh police officer in Bengal snowballed into the next big political controversy after a video of the resulting confrontation made it to social media today. State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Sikh body SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) and the Congress have slammed the BJP. Accusing Bengal’s …
A Sikh IPS officer, who was deputed at Dhamakhali to prevent senior West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from visiting restive Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, got agitated after a group of activists of the saffron party allegedly hurled the ‘Khalistani’ jibe at him. BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, accompanying Adhikari, claimed that the police …
Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a special investigative team (SIT) probe into the violence in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan also asked the petitioner Alakh Alok Srivastava …
The issue has been at the centre of a political firestorm. A Trinamool Congress block president, who had been missing since women in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali levelled allegations of sexual harassment and rape against him and another party member, has been arrested. Police said Shibu Prasad Hazra was arrested on Saturday and sections of rape …