Surya Kanta Mishra

Assam and West Bengal Assembly polls record high voter turnout amid clashes and police firing

High voter turnout was recorded in the assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal where an estimated 79 per cent and 75 per cent of the voters cast their ballots on Monday till around 4.30 pm amid sporadic clashes and police firing that resulted in the death of an elderly voter.

EC failed to play its role in some parts of West Bengal: CPM's Surjya Kanta Mishra

The Election Commission failed to play its expected role in ensuring peaceful and fair assembly polls in some areas of West Bengal in the first phase, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra alleged on Monday.

CPI(M) lashes out at PM Modi over probes into Saradha scam, Khagragarh blast

Attacking PM Modi, CPI(M) leader Surya Kanta Mishra has raised questions over the progress of CBI probe into the Saradha scam and NIA probe in the Khagragarh blast.

Congress stages walkout, accuses covert Left-TMC pact

Defending the speaker's decision to accept the no-confidence motion of the Left, Leader of Opposition and senior CPI-leader Surya Kanta Mishra said it was moved before Congress moved theirs.

Cops should question Mamata on Saradha scam, says CPM

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra today demanded that all those named by arrested Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, be interrogated in connection with Saradha Group ponzi scam.

Mamata wants to increase bargaining power: Left on Federal Front

Terming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call for a Federal Front as a 'ploy' to increase her bargaining power with Congress and BJP before the 2014 polls, the Left parties feel it cannot be successful without a common minimum programme.

Mamata's reign similar to semi-fascist rule of 1970s: Left leader

CPI-M leader Surya Kanta Mishra said the rule of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was similar to the "semi fascist regime" in the state in the 1970s.