NDTV

Mamata Banerjee In Supreme Court: Political Optics, Implications For Bengal

"It's not the Election Commission, it's a WhatsApp commission," Mamata Banerjee exclaimed on Wednesday before the Chief Justice of India's bench in the Supreme Court. For the first time in the country ...
The New Indian Express

Mamata, her 'Peoples' Lawyer', makes a flawless SC debut, but why was she left to fly solo?

Right through the thirty or so minutes Mamata Banerjee spent before the Chief Justice of India at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, many fingers must have been tightly crossed, fans hoping and praying ...
Indiatimes

‘Allow me, sir’: Mamata argues against SIR in Supreme Court

FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive ...
NDTV

Mamata Banerjee Calls Poll Body Officials "Liars", Sources Say She Banged Table

Mamata Banerjee threatened to bring lakhs to Delhi over the SIR voter roll issue in West Bengal Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari dismissed her Delhi visit as political drama Election officials urged ...
Hindustan Times

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court highlights: Bengal CM likely to appear before SC on Monday for SIR hearing

Mamata Banerjee in Supreme Court highlights: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued her petition before the Supreme Court of India challenging the special intensive revision ...
The Telegraph

'Poll edge' in Mamata SC show: Congress, CPM grudgingly praise impact

Mamata Banerjee won unlikely admirers on Wednesday when she became the first serving chief minister to argue in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, alleging that Bengal was being "targeted" and its people ...
Hindustan Times

‘Mamata should lead INDIA bloc’: Manmohan's ex-adviser argues, TMC MP agrees

New ideas on who should lead or manage the Opposition's INDIA bloc emerged from former top functionaries of the Congress era on Monday. Sanjaya Baru, who served as media adviser to then-PM Manmohan ...
Indiatimes

'Justice crying behind closed door': Mamata in SC leads charge against SIR

'Justice Is Crying...': Mamata Banerjee Takes EC Head On In Supreme Court Over SIR Row In Bengal A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymala Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi is ...
The Telegraph

I was shouted at: Mamata Banerjee slams 'BJP-minded' poll panel officials over 'hasty' SIR

Before the media conference at Banga Bhawan in the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, Mamata’s anthology of 26 poems titled SIR: 26 in ‘26 was distributed among the attendees Mamata Banerjee during ...
The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee alleges harassment by Delhi police

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday confronted police personnel deployed outside the State guest house, Banga Bhawan, in Chanakyapuri in Delhi, alleging that they harassed the ...
The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Supreme Court was part of ‘scripted drama’: BJP

Describing Ms. Banerjee’s visit to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission as a “scripted drama”, BJP leaders said it was a “flop show” as she returned “empty-handed”. Every single genuine ...
Mint

Supreme Court issues notices to EC over Mamata Banerjee's plea on SIR | Highlights

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday during a hearing in the case related to the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in the ...