Mamata says she won’t have dinner although party workers got some food. Right now a makeshift enclosure is being set up on the stage by some young men so that she may have some privacy.
Mamata picks up chordless microphone and says, “Please stop it now and go home”
On stage with Mamata Banerjee is MLA Mahua Moitra and four women leaders and ministers. The men have left the stage. Trinamool workers are still shouting slogans. Mamata picks up the chordless microphone and says, “Please stop it now and go home.” She appears annoyed.
Mamata Banerjee changes her shawl and sits on a chair on the newly-constructed stage
Mamata Banerjee changes her shawl and sits on a chair on the newly constructed stage.
Wear black badges and carry black flags to register your protest says Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee tweets: Organise rallies tomorrow between 2-4 PM in every block of the State. Wear black badges and carry black flags to register your protest
We are not afraid. If he wants to impose President’s Rule, we will see. We have to ensure Modi is ousted from power in 2019
Security is being tightened in and around Esplanade. Kolkata Police senior officers say on condition of anonymity that security is being tightened in and around Esplanade since Mamata Banerjee will be frequently visiting the spot.
A temporary room is being built beside the stage set up for Mamata’s dharna
A temporary room is being built beside the stage set up for Mamata’s dharna. “We will hold a meeting of the state cabinet in this room tomorrow morning before we place the crucial state budget at the Assembly,” says Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata tells her leaders that they will take turns in carrying out dharna and spend 6 hours each
Mamata tells her leaders that they will take turns in carrying out the dharna and spend six hours each at Esplanade.
“Narendra Modi and Amit Shah were trying to put pressure on me before I organised the United India rally (in Kolkata). After the rally, they called CBI officers from Kolkata and said, “Kuch to karo,” says Mamata Banerjee.
Have proof that deputy CM of Assam took Rs 3 crore from a chit fund: Mamata Banerjee
“I have definite proof that the BJP deputy chief minister of Assam took Rs 3 crore from a chit fund. Bengal’s BJP leader Locket Chatterjee took a flat and gold bars. Were they touched ? No,” says Mamata.
“Please save India, please save democracy, please save Saare jahan se achha, Hindustan hamara. I am grateful to all regional parties for their support. I request all TMC workers to demonstrate peacefully. Take out processions in all districts tomorrow but don’t cause convenience to the public. BJP may provoke you. But don’t fall it. They may plan President’s rule in Bengal but we will show them our might,” Mamata says at Esplanade.
CBI unnecessarily kept our MP Sudip Bandopadhyay in jail for six months: Mamata Banerjee. “Rajeev Kumar headed the special investigation team that we formed to probe the chit fund. We recovered Rs 300 crore. But CBI unnecessarily kept our MP Sudip Bandopadhyay in jail for six months,” says Mamata Banerjee.
Rajeev Kumar is not a crook. He is the best officer: Mamata Banerjee she added “Rajeev Kumar is not a crook. He is thebest officer. He was never involved in the chit fund scam. From where did CBI gain such audacity to raid a police commissioner’s residence. Law and order is a state subject. Narendra Modi should not forget that. This entire operation is planned by Ajit Doval,” Mamata Banerjee says while addressing the crowd at midnight
A temporary stage has been built at record speed on the road racing Metro Cinema at Esplanade. All Trinamool ministers, senior IAS and IPS officers and hundreds of Trinamool workers are present at Esplanade.
Kolkata Police even deployed a force outside residence of CBI joint director Pankaj Srivastava
Central reserve police force (CRPF) units deployed at the two CBI offices in Kolkata. One is at Nizam Palace in south Kolkata and the other at the CGO complex at Salt Lake.
This was done after CBI asked for security arrangements. Earlier in the evening Kolkata Police deployed huge forces at these two places but removed the men after Mamata Banerjee started her dharna.
Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has summoned the chief secretary, home secretary and director general of police to Raj Bhawan, senior state officials said on condition of anonymity. Top CBI officers in Kolkata had earlier sought an appointment with the governor.
Detention of CBI officers in Kolkata amounts to “constitutional crisis: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Former Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says the detention of CBI officers in Kolkata amounts to “constitutional crisis.” “This calls for promulgation of Article 356,” he said.
A Bhattacharya, Secy Home Affairs, W Bengal writes to state Election Commission
A Bhattacharya, Secy Home Affairs, W Bengal writes to state EC: He has clarified that he (Kolkata Police Commissioner) was absent from meeting on 31 Jan as he had applied for casual leave for personal reasons, he intended no offence or disrespect to Election Commission of India.
Minister of state for personnel Dr Jitendra Singh: “When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat, he set an example by cooperating with all the CBI probes launched against him, though all the allegations against him were unfounded. Here in the case of West Bengal, the cases are supported by reasonable evidence but still the state government has fought with the CBI which show they have something to hide and it also indicates their guilt.”
NSA Ajit Doval is giving instructions to CBI: Mamata Banerjee
I am sorry to say National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is giving instructions to the agency. He is implementing what PM Narendra Modi is asking. He should tell the people that it is not correct, says West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
