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Time of India
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Let migrants come back, we'll know who is lying: CM after ‘fake clip' claim
1 2 Kolkata/Bolpur: A Bengali-speaking woman and her child, who were allegedly assaulted in Delhi, had been threatened, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The CM had earlier shared a video on social media, alleging that the woman and her child were assaulted in the national capital for speaking their language. "The migrant workers are being held in detention camps and moved from one police station to another. Just yesterday (Monday), I mentioned the child's situation. I said they were being transferred from one station to another and are likely to be threatened. That's exactly what happened. Now, we want them to return. It will soon be clear who is telling the truth and who is lying," said Banerjee at Birbhum's Illambazar, while attending a govt programme. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata A day earlier, the CM had said at the 'Bhasha Andolan' rally in Bolpur: "I received news that in Delhi, people from a Bengali colony have been asked to leave within a month. I shared a post on social media about how a child was assaulted. The police are taking them from one police station to another so that they can be shown as 'missing'. Then they will say we are sharing fake information. We do not need to fake anything." Delhi Police , however, called the video shared by Banerjee on social media "fabricated" and "politically motivated". by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Libas Purple Days Sale Libas Undo Delhi's deputy commissioner of police (East Delhi) Abhishek Dhania said: "During sustained questioning, the woman admitted that her relative, a political worker from Malda, asked her to make the video. The video was then circulated locally in Bengal and later surfaced on social media." After Bengal BJP raised the issue, Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters: "We will not heed the opinion of experts in fake posts. They are extremely adept at posting videos and images of incidents taking place even outside India to smear Bengal. In this case, the post made by the CM was based on specific input. It has come to our notice that police are under tremendous pressure in BJP-governed states to manipulate facts relating to the illegal detention and harassment of Bengali-speaking people. It needs to be unearthed whether this (the Delhi Police statement) is part of that script." Ghosh also questioned BJP MP Soumendu Adhikari's police complaint against the post, "He, and his party, never stood by people when they were harassed and detained. They never helped them. But now he is trying to prove a political point to his party," he said.
Time of India
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bengal BJP slams TMC over child attack video ‘plot'
1 2 Kolkata: A day after Delhi Police refuted charges of a toddler and his mother being harassed in the capital, Bengal BJP on Tuesday hit out at Trinamool's "plot to further its political agenda". "It is unfortunate that Delhi Police is refuting the post made by the chief minister. It was a very weak script by Trinamool to malign others in the name of attack on Bengali migrant workers. This video clearly states that the allegations of harassment of Bengali migrant workers are fabricated," Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said. BJP's Bengal minder Amit Malviya, in a post on X, tried to link infiltration in Bengal with "foreign-funded lobbies and NGOs hostile to India". While charging govt with "enabling infiltration of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims and Rohingya", Malviya said the state machinery was "shielding them for vote-bank politics". You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata "We expected more mature politics from the CM. The way a kid was used by Trinamool to further its political agenda is shocking. Such plots will be created in the future too, and people of Bengal will be hoodwinked," junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Brain tumor has left my son feeling miserable; please help! Donate For Health Donate Now Undo BJP MP Soumendu Adhikari, state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's brother, filed a complaint alleging that it was a fake video. In the complaint, he alleged that CM Mamata Banerjee was "wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot" by posting the video of a kid and her mother from Chachal in Malda. Banerjee, in her post, had alleged that the kid was beaten up by police. Meanwhile, alleging that Banerjee was attempting to "intimidate" booth level officers (BLOs), Adhikari on Tuesday urged EC to take cognizance of the matter and ensure the integrity of the electoral process. In a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Adhikari alleged that Banerjee had made public statements that constituted a "direct and unwarranted interference" in the duties of BLOs and the broader electoral framework overseen by the EC.
Time of India
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bengal BJP to start forming district panels next month
1 2 Kolkata: Barely a month after electing a new state president, Bengal BJP will begin preparations to form district committees by early next month. Central brass, including those overseeing Bengal, are likely to be in Kolkata during that period. According to Bengal BJP sources, the names of 39 organisational district presidents were announced by April. However, the party waited to form district committees in these. In Bongaon, Barrackpore, Darjeeling, and Ghatal, BJP is yet to nominate a district president. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Bengal BJP netas are likely to meet on Friday to start the process. Morchas will also be formed. Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya earlier indicated that there would be a balance between veterans and newcomers. State BJP netas are also likely to discuss the issue of revising the electoral roll. "Rohingya, illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, double-entry voters and dead voters have to be deleted from the electoral roll. We have spotted fake voters already. We want a proper voters' list before polls are held in Bengal," state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bengali migrant workers identifying Rohingya, claims Samik
Kolkata: With Trinamool upping the ante against BJP-governed states for harassing Bengali migrant workers, Bengal BJP claimed on Monday that migrant workers from the state were identifying Rohingya who had taken shelter there. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "No locals have informed police about Rohingya in other states. It is Bengali migrant workers in those states who have helped police to identify Rohingya. Their livelihoods are at stake due to Rohingya infiltration," Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said. Earlier in the day, BJP West Bengal posted on X: "We sincerely thank Bengalis living in other states and abroad, because without their help it would never have been possible for the local administration to apprehend Bangladeshis and Rohingya." "Whether it is Haryana, New Delhi or Maharashtra, police are getting information about Rohingya from Bengali migrant workers. Minority workers from North 24 Parganas have helped cops to identify illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Minority workers from Bagnan have helped police in Maharashtra," Bhattacharya said. Commenting on BSF's role in preventing infiltration, he added: "India has a porous border with Bangladesh. Infiltration cannot be stopped if there is no combined operation of Centre and state police and if there is no political consensus on the issue." Meanwhile, Bengal BJP netas on Monday pointed out that a systematic revision of the electoral rolls, expected sometime next month, would be able to cleanse the voters' list in the state. "The chief minister of Bengal will not be able to manipulate the voters' list the way she wants to and conduct polls in 2026. She will soon see what happens to Rohingya, fake voters and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh," Bhattacharya said. "People have seen what happened during the panchayat polls. They actually want NRC in Bengal now," he added.
Time of India
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Samik, Suvendu seek Bihar-like SIR, say Bengali culture under attack in state
1 2 Kolkata/Siliguri: Bengal BJP, which held rallies in north Bengal and Kharagpur on the same day Trinamool organised its marquee Martyrs' Day event, alleged that Bengal's culture was under attack in the state. It also said that the electoral rolls in the state should be scrutinised and revised on the lines of Bihar to weed out fake and illegitimate voters. At its march to Uttar Kanya — the secretariat branch in north Bengal — BJP chanted slogans protesting attacks on women. Addressing the rally, state leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said: "We need SIR in Bengal. We will not allow Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims on the electoral list. Trinamool failed to get votes in north Bengal. In south Bengal, it resorted to false voting." Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya alleged that Trinamool had attacked the legacies of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. "It attacked 'Vande Mataram' and now its netas are talking of Bengali pride. When (former Delhi CM) Madan Lal Khurana wanted to make 'Vande Mataram' mandatory at schools, (TMC MP) Saugata Roy opposed that. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Dubai villas | search ads Get Deals Undo It is the same song that inspired thousands of freedom fighters," Bhattacharya said. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata He also claimed Rohingya were being sheltered in a number of districts in Bengal. "Those who attacked Hindus in Bangladesh have entered Bengal now. We will cleanse the electoral rolls... names of illegal voters will be struck off," he said. Bhattacharya also criticised CM Mamata Banerjee for her 'Ram, Baam, Shyam' comment — a veiled attack at an alleged understanding between CPM, BJP and Congress — at the July 21 rally. "She doesn't know how many of her party workers and supporters are approaching us. We have said earlier too that it is time to keep aside political differences and fight to dislodge Trinamool. I am even appealing to those who choose NOTA.. . It is time to be decisive about the future of Bengal," he said.
