Tanmay Chatterjee
Tanmay Chatterjee has spent more than two decades covering regional and national politics, internal security, intelligence, defence and corruption. He also plans and edits special features on subjects ranging from elections to festivals.
Articles by Tanmay Chatterjee
Resentment grows in Bengal BJP over promotion of former TMC minister Rajib Banerjee
On January 30, days after he resigned from the cabinet and the TMC, Banerjee drew attention when he and a team of turncoat legislators under his leadership were flown to Delhi in a chartered plane so that they could join the BJP at the residence of Union home minister Amit Shah.
Published on Oct 08, 2021 10:03 PM IST
Four TMC candidates for Bengal bypolls on Oct 30 file nomination papers
Amongt the four West Bengal seats on which bypolls are being held, Dinhata in north Bengal is expected to see the most-fierce contest between the BJP and TMC. The BJP won 7 of the region’s 8 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 and 30 of the 54 assembly seats.
Published on Oct 08, 2021 01:39 AM IST
A year on, assembly poll defeat to steal sheen from Bengal BJP’s Durga Puja
After the BJP ended up winning only 77 assembly seats in the keenly watched March-April assembly polls, many in the saffron camp are now apparently trying to distance themselves from the puja at EZCC campus in Kolkata’s Salt Lake
Published on Oct 07, 2021 10:05 AM IST
Tripura MLA Ashish Das shaves head in Kolkata, says it’s act of penance before joining TMC
KOLKATA/AGARTALA: Ashish Das, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Tripura who has been in touch with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for months, on Tuesday shaved his head, took a dip in the Ganga and offered prayers at a temple close to chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s home, saying he was performing an act of penance before joining West Bengal’s ruling party
Updated on Oct 06, 2021 01:58 AM IST
By Tanmay Chatterjee and Priyanka Deb Barman
Bengal governor withdraws assembly speaker’s power to administer oath
The acrimonious relationship between the Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee and governor Dhankar has been in the news since his appointment in July 2019
Updated on Oct 05, 2021 01:37 AM IST
By Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
With the corporatisation of the OFB, uncertainty and fear run high among workers
Corporatisation means a different structure altogether, comes with financial and commercial implications, and needs to be effectively sold to the roughly 80,000 employees of the 41 factories who are nervous about what comes next.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 04:40 PM IST
Mamata wins bypoll on Bhabanipur seat by massive margin
With a turnout of around 57%, it was the lowest showing at poll in Bhawanipore in 10 years, according to ECI.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 01:48 AM IST
By Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee logs record win in Bhawanipore bypoll; BJP loses on 2 more seats
Tibrewal ended the race with only 26,428 votes against 85,263 that Banerjee secured, marking a 71.9% share of the 1,18,580 votes (including 705 postal ballots) cast on September 30. At around 57%, this was the lowest voter turnout at Bhawanipore in 10 years. Tibrewal’s defeat triggered rumblings in the BJP with several leaders questioning the decision to field her.
Updated on Oct 04, 2021 12:07 AM IST
Intense, multifaceted campaign plays out in Bhawanipore
Although bypolls will be held in two other constituencies of the state — Samserganj and Jangipur — it is Bhawanipore where all the action is happening
Updated on Sep 27, 2021 04:51 AM IST
At Bhawanipore, campaign is multifaceted in Banerjee vs Tibrewal contest
The most ferocious campaign is happening in Bhawanipur. Vote for Bhawanipur will take place on September 30 along with Samserganj and Jangipur assembly seats.
Updated on Sep 26, 2021 07:53 PM IST
What does Sukanta Majumdar’s appointment mean for the BJP in West Bengal?
While some veterans commented off-the-record, rebels such as Krishna Kalyani, legislator from Raiganj in North Dinajpur district in north Bengal did not stay silent. Majumdar represents the Balurghat seat in the adjoining South Dinajpur district
Updated on Sep 22, 2021 06:30 PM IST
BJP’s new Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar equates TMC to Taliban
Referring to the post-poll violence incidents in the state, Majumdar alleged that many BJP supporters were killed by members of a minority community. He didn’t name the community
Published on Sep 22, 2021 12:41 AM IST
Mamata’s mosque visit insult to Islam, says Bengal BJP’s new boss; cleric rebuts
Sukanta Majumdar, the BJP’s surprise choice to replace Dilip Ghosh, said the Mamata Banerjee government” was imposing a Taliban-like regime in Bengal and vowed to evict the TMC from power at any cost in the assembly elections five years later.
Updated on Sep 22, 2021 12:41 AM IST
By Tanmay Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
Dilip Ghosh replaced as BJP’s Bengal chief, Sukanta Majumdar takes over
Dilip Ghosh was named national vice-president of the BJP; Baby Rani Maurya was also appointed national vice-president of the party
Published on Sep 21, 2021 12:22 AM IST
By Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Tanmay Chatterjee
9 yrs after arrest over CM Banerjee’s cartoon, Kolkata professor fears new case
The CJM ordered that the case will be heard again in November to consider “whether any case under Section 500/509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or any other law can be made out against the accused”.
Published on Sep 19, 2021 05:09 PM IST
Kishore Datta, Bengal’s 4th advocate general since 2011, resigns like the rest
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government appointed senior lawyer Gopal Mukherjee as the state’s top law officer on Tuesday
Published on Sep 14, 2021 05:41 PM IST
CAA, NRC may drive Mamata Banerjee’s northeast expansion plan
Though all set to test her party’s strength in the BJP-ruled Tripura and Assam, before forging a national alliance against the saffron camp in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will have to chalk out a different strategy for the two northeastern states
Updated on Sep 03, 2021 01:50 PM IST
CBI, SIT to probe Bengal post-election violence: High court
The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered separate probes by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police into alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal this year
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 11:49 PM IST
By Joydeep Thakur and Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
CBI, SIT to probe Bengal post-election violence: HC
- The investigation of SIT will also be monitored by the court and overseen by a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
Updated on Aug 19, 2021 11:32 PM IST
Average age of India’s population should reflect in CPI(M): Yechury in Bengal
Several members of the CPI(M) central committee are more than 75 years old. Prominent among them are Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, 76, Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose, 81, and prominent Kerala leader S Ramachandran Pillai, 83.
Published on Aug 13, 2021 01:18 AM IST
Eyes on 2023, TMC wants to revamp Tripura unit by Dec 31
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee has created a travel roster for six TMC leaders from Bengal. Each one of them will spend three days in Tripura and leave the state when the next person marked in the roster arrives.
Published on Aug 10, 2021 10:29 PM IST
How money-for-plastic project to save Sunderbans is helping Bengal villagers
The project was launched on World Environment Day on June 5 and collection of plastic started from June 11 in Sunderban villages in Bengal.
Published on Aug 08, 2021 05:09 PM IST
Submit report, orders Calcutta HC after Suvendu Adhikari aide arrested again
The West Bengal government on Tuesday approached the two-judge bench of the Calcutta high court challenging the immunity from arrest granted by Justice Mantha.
Published on Aug 04, 2021 01:18 AM IST
Babul Supriyo has second thoughts after meeting JP Nadda, says will stay MP
Babul Supriyo said he was firm on his decision to quit politics but has decided to stay as Lok Sabha MP in view of his “constitutional responsibility”
Published on Aug 02, 2021 11:17 PM IST
By Tanmay Chatterjee
CPI(M) to discipline former leader’s daughter for article on Mamata Banerjee
CPI(M) leaders have been facing a major embarrassment since Wednesday when Jago Bangla started printing a four-part series on women empowerment in Bengal politics written by Ajanta Biswas.
Published on Aug 01, 2021 08:16 AM IST
Second hearing held on BJP’s plea for Mukul Roy’s disqualification
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, attended the hearing. “The anti-defection law has not been enforced in Bengal in the last 10 years. We have faith in the speaker,” said Adhikari
Published on Jul 30, 2021 05:55 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee’s national plans pose new challenge to CPI (M)
Cracks have emerged in the Left Front as its constituents have blamed the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M)’s election strategy, especially the decision to forge an alliance with the cleric Abbasuddin Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front, for the latest electoral debacle
Published on Jul 30, 2021 01:49 PM IST
CBI can probe ex-TMC leader Vinay Mishra in smuggling cases, says Calcutta HC
The coal smuggling case, became politically sensitive after CBI questioned TMC’s powerful general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee and her sister Maneka Gambhir in the run-up to the West Bengal state elections this year
Updated on Jul 28, 2021 09:46 PM IST
Bengal prepares list of police officers for UPSC to select DGP nominees
The states are supposed to send names to the UPSC so that three nominees can be shortlisted based on their seniority, experience, service record, and years left in service
Published on Jul 21, 2021 11:36 AM IST
Calcutta HC judge criticises acting chief over case transfer ‘modus operandi’
The case was transferred days after justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya on Friday directed the central project coordinator in charge of the virtual hearing to explain why technical glitches have become a regular feature
Published on Jul 20, 2021 09:25 AM IST