TMC's Firad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayor amid rebel MLAs' revolt
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
In a report from Kolkata, a journalist highlights a significant protest staged by a pro-Bangla advocacy group outside the Bangladesh Embassy. The demonstrators expressed intense anger over the 'brutal murder' of a Hindu man and the rising atrocities against minorities, particularly Hindus, in the neighbouring nation. Reporting from the ground, the speaker noted that the group has demanded an immediate halt to all trade and benefits that India provides to Bangladesh in response to the 'heinous incident'. The broadcast also highlighted that similar agitations were witnessed in border areas near Kolkata, where people raised slogans against the Bangladesh government. The report underscores the growing concern over how Hindus are 'surviving there on a day-to-day basis' given the unsafe situation. The protesters are hitting the streets to voice their strong opposition and demand action.
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
A political crisis is unfolding in West Bengal as twenty-three Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members of Parliament are in contact with a rebel faction of the party, according to sources.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge filed his Rajya Sabha nomination at the Vidhana Soudha, accompanied by senior party leaders on Friday.
A day after DMK, now the Shiv Sena UBT is unlikely to attend the upcoming INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for June eight in Delhi, according to sources.