AITC

Numbers Game: Heavy Cross-Voting Favoured Draupadi Murmu

NEW DELHI: Heavy cross-voting in favour of Draupadi Murmu became the distinctive feature of this Presidential election as the Opposition’s candidate Yashwant Sinha drew a blank in three states Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Sikkim. What sets the tongues wagging is an indication that Bengal satrap Mamata Banerjee’s fortress might have been breached. The result of […]

Didi’s Challenge: BJP Won’t Get Single Majority In 2024

KOLKATA: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo Mamata Banerjee sets the tone for the 2024 General Election as it throws down the gauntlet at Bharatiya Janata Party saying BJP won’t get the single majority. “BJP won’t get the single majority, I can challenge and when they will not get the majority other (Parties) will become […]

Vice-Prez Polls: TMC To Dump Cong’s Alva, Keeps Bizarre Silence?

KOLKATA: After taking the lead in bringing the opposition together for fielding a joint candidate in the recently concluded Presidential elections, the enthusiasm of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) appeared to have fizzled out for the Vice-Presidential election. The Mamata Banerjee-led party had maintained a bizarre silence on the issue. It also skipped the […]

Presidential Election: Fearing Cross-Voting Bengal BJP Secured Flock In Hotel

KOLKATA: Leaving nothing to a chance, the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party shifted its 69 MLAs to a private hotel ahead of the Presidential elections on Monday. While sources in the state BJP said that it’s been done mainly to make the MLAs understand the voting procedure, there has been buzz that there […]

Six Congressmen In Touch With AITC, Say Party Sources

KOLKATA: As the party is looking to expand its base across the country ahead of the 2024 General Elections, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) says six from Congress want to join the party. Party sources told The New Indian that three congressmen from the lower house and three from the […]

AITC To Name Babul, Azad, Sangma As National Spokespersons

KOLKATA: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) to induct three new national spokespersons, sources close to the party reveal. “Kirti Azad, Babul Supriyo and Mukul Sangma will be the new spokesperson of AITC,” a party source told The New Indian. Kirti Azad, Babul Supriyo and Mukul Sangma all joined AITC in 2021. Former India international cricketer […]