Mamata Banerjee Dharna

Saving democracy? The post-truth world of Mamata's politics, why her claims ring hollow and hypocritical

Mamata Banerjee's protestations in favour of "democracy, Constitution or public institutions" are not only hollow and hypocritical, but that she poses a unique danger to polity.

BJP claims moral victory as Supreme Court directs Kolkata Police chief to appear before CBI in Shillong

Banerjee has been on a 'dharna' since Sunday night over the CBI's attempts to interrogate the police chief.

Mamata's dharna proves interference in bureaucracy has become integral to Indian politics, sets unhealthy precedent

The situation in West Bengal right now, with Mamata Banerjee's dharna against CBI action, raises the question of how politics and bureaucracy are intertwined today.

Arun Jaitley calls Mamata, Opposition 'Kleptocrat's Club', says Bengal CM's 'acrobatics' show kind of governance she can provide

In a Facebook blog titled The Kleptocrat's Club, Arun Jaitley wrote: "Mamata Banerjee's disproportionate over-reaction to the CBI wanting to interrogate the Kolkata Police Chief has flagged several issues for a public discourse. The most important being that a Kleptocrat's Club now aspires to capture the reigns of India."

Mamata vs CBI: Is Bengal chief minister really 'saving democracy' or undermining it to save her political career?

Mamata Banerjee has accused the Centre of attempting a "constitutional coup" against the West Bengal government and has sat on an "indefinite dharna" ostensibly against the "Gabbar-style" attitude of the CBI and the Narendra Modi government. This reference to "Gabbar" — the reel bandit from the iconic film Sholay — tells us a lot about Mamata's style of politics and her calculation behind the dharna, which she has meaningfully termed a "Satyagraha".

Mamata Banerjee's 'Save Democracy' dharna reeks of hypocrisy; West Bengal CM's stand aimed to further her PM ambitions

Mamata Banerjee is playing the victim card and trying to portray herself as the valiant fighter who is going all out in her fight against the Centre to establish herself as an alternative a national alternative to Narendra Modi

Mamata vs Centre: Support pours in from Opposition parties across country even as West Bengal CM calls protest 'non-political'

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's indefinite dharna against the Centre, in Kolkata, kept political participants busy through Monday as effects rippled through the Parliament, the Election Commission of India's office, the Kolkata High Court and even the Supreme Court.

Mamata vs Centre updates: Corruption will never stick to Mamata Banerjee's white saree, says Derek O'Brien

Mamata vs CBI updates: Trinamool Congress Party leader Derek O'Brien said on Monday that the most corrupt people in this country are Amit Shah and Narendra Modi. "Corruption will never stick to the white saree that Mamata Banerjee wears," he said.

Will the Mamata Banerjee versus Centre battle end up uniting opposition parties against BJP even more?

From Rahul Gandhi to Omar Abdullah, from Arvind Kejriwal to Sharad Pawar, the length and breadth of India's regional political forces seem to have latched on to the lucrative pre-poll situation presented by Mamata's protests following a CBI team's visit to question the Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for his alleged involvement in a chit fund scam.

Mamata Banerjee holding protest to ‘save herself’ from CBI, says Prakash Javadekar; claims breakdown of order in West Bengal

The situation in West Bengal is an Emergency imposed by Mamata Banerjee, not by us, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday.