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Latest news and updates about current Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and. memes, party news and comments made by the CM herself.

Entertainment

AIB co-founder Rohan Joshi, who wanted entire Pawar family dead, deactivates his Twitter account

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2020

AIB co-founder Rohan Joshi has deactivated his account after screenshots of his abusive tweets against politicians went viral .

Politics

Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, Jagan and Himanta Biswa: How Congress ignored key regional leaders and eventually lost those states

Jhankar Mohta - 13 July, 2020

Choosing loyalists over popularity and calibre has cost Congress dearly. Losing key regional leaders has decimated the party to ruins in many states.

Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Is the West Bengal government recruiting only Muslims in its latest recruitment drive?

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2020

The WhatsApp message claims that only Muslims have been employed by the West Bengal government for a particular post.

News Reports

West Bengal: News channel owner Sheikh Safiqul Islam, his wife Alima Khatun and journalist Suraj Ali Khan arrested after the channel exposed corruption

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

Web Channel Arambagh TV owner Sheikh Safiqul Islam, his wife Alima Khatun and journalist Suraj Ali Khan were arrested on 29 June

News Reports

“Opening doors and windows help virus escape”: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee shares her wisdom on fighting Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2020

Responding to remands of air-conditioners from doctors, Mamata Banerjee advised them to keep doors and windows open

News Reports

West Bengal: TMC suspends 18 panchayat members over corruption in disbursement of cyclone Amphan funds

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2020

"We are rectifying the discrepancies in fund allocation. Every affected family will receive the monetary relief,” TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was recently quoted as saying.

Politics

‘We give better quality rice than the Centre,’ says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee while announcing free ration for people

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2020

Mamata Banerjee govt was previously criticised over the ration distribution during the coronavirus lockdown.

News Reports

After PM Modi extends free foodgrains for poor till November, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces free ration for people till June 2021

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2020

The announcement from Mamata Banerjee that West Bengal will extend free ration to poor till June 2021 cannot be viewed in isolation with the state polls that are scheduled to happen in 2021

News Reports