Tag: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Tussle Between Governor, Mamata Banerjee Shameful Episode: Adhir Ranjan

June 29, 2024 admin

“The CM should provide evidence to back her claims,” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said (File) Kolkata: The tussle between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor CV Ananda Bose was tarnishing the image of West Bengal, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on the defamation suit filed by Bose against Banerjee…

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Denies Quitting As Bengal Congress Chief

June 21, 2024 admin

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it was surprising that the media made up stories that he has resigned (File) Kolkata: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury rubbished reports that he has resigned as the president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. According to the Congress’ constitution, presidents of all state units have become temporary chiefs…

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Congress’ Adhir Ranjan On INDIA Olive Branch

May 16, 2024 admin

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Congress’ Adhir Ranjan (File). Kolkata: The Congress’ Bengal boss, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Thursday weighed in on the ‘is she, isn’t she’ debate over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s membership of the INDIA opposition bloc. Responding to her “… will provide outside support (if the group wins the election)”…

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Adhir Ranjan’s “We Have Negrito” Quip Lands Congress In More Trouble After Sam Pitroda’s South Indians look like Africans Remark

May 9, 2024 admin

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the Congress’ Bengal chief (File). New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s “we have Proto Australoids… Mongoloid… Negrito (in India)” comment – referring to now-outdated racial and anthropological groupings of humankind – triggered a fresh row Thursday, a day after Sam Pitroda’s “North Indians look like white (people)… South Indians look…

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Months After Seat Talks Failed, Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s Question To Mamata Banerjee

April 21, 2024 admin

“The relationship between Mamata Banerjee and the BJP is well known,” he said (File) Kolkata: Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not contesting in partnership with the INDIA bloc partners in her state, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury questioned why the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo had not put any condition…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 20, 2024

March 20, 2024 admin

Lokpal orders CBI probe into charges against Mahua Moitra The Lokpal has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe the allegations made against former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra and submit a report on its findings within six months. “After careful evaluation and consideration of the entire material on record, there remains no doubt regarding…

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2 Poll Commissioners Picked, Congress Says 6 Names, 10 Mins Before Meet

March 14, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been chosen for the two vacant posts in the top panel of Election Commission of India, Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told the media this afternoon. Mr Chowdhury was part of the panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to select two…

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Adhir Ranjan Challenges Mamata Banerjee To Contest From Berhampore Seat

March 11, 2024 admin

“She can employ all available resources to secure a victory,” he said (File) Murshidabad (West Bengal): West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming polls and defeat him. He went a step further, daring her and her…

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No Socialist, Secular In Constitution Copy. Amid Row, Law Minister Says

September 20, 2023 admin

The opposition has called it an “attack” on the Constitution. New Delhi: The absence of the words “socialist, secular” in English copies of the Constitution distributed to MPs yesterday has provoked a massive controversy a day after the special session officially moved to parliament’s new building. The opposition has called it an “attack” on the…

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Claims That Socialist, Secular Removed From New Copies Of Constitution,

September 20, 2023 admin

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it is a matter of concern. New Delhi: The leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, raised concerns over the alleged attack on the constitution by saying that new copies of the Constitution that were handed to the politicians on the opening day of the new Parliament…

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