Mamata Banerjee lauds Rahul Gandhi's train rideSeptember 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has lauded Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's train ride as part of his party's austerity drive. Mamata Banerjee, who inaugurated the newly spruced up terminal of New Delhi railway station in the capital along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday, lauded the austerity act.
No problem if we don't get anything: MamataMay 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, whose party is one of the biggest partners in the victorious UPA, said Thursday she is keen on a stable central government and wouldn't mind even if the Congress doesn't give her party 'anything'. 'Even if they don't give us anything we don't mind that,' Banerjee told reporters here after a meeting with Congress leaders over distribution of ministerial berths in the new United Progressive Alliance government.
Allies appoint Sonia Gandhi as UPA chairpersonMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi was Wednesday formally named chairperson of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi proposing her name and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee seconding it.
Sonia Gandhi re-elected as UPA chairpersonMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday re-elected as the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which is all set to form the next government at the Centre. During a meeting of the UPA, held at Gandhi's residence 10, Janpath, she was re-nominated the chairperson of the UPA.
President invites Manmohan Singh to form governmentMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil invited the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to form the new Government at the centre after he claimed that he had the support of 322 members of Parliament.
We will not bargain: MamataMay 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - While ruling out any bargaining for cabinet portfolios, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday said her party wanted the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to work peacefully and complete the five-year term. 'Let the government work peacefully and continue for five years.
Willing to be on board UPA government: Trinamool CongressMay 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - After the electoral drubbing to the ruling Left front in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress Sunday reiterated that it wants early assembly elections held in the state. It also said it was confident that the Congress would have the party 'on board' in the new United Progressive Alliance government.
PM, Sonia congratulate Mamata on 'historic' winMay 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have congratulated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for her 'historic' victory over West Bengal's ruling Left Front in the Lok Sabha polls. 'The prime minister rang me up yesterday (Saturday).
Sonia, Rahul's absence will not hinder alliance: MamataMay 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Sunday said the alliance with the Congress will not be jeopardised by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and its general secretary Rahul Gandhi's inability to jointly campaign with her before the third phase elections in West Bengal. 'Why they are not coming, I cannot say,' she told a journalist during a meet-the-press at the Kolkata Press Club here.
Sonia-Mamata chemistry regales election gatheringApril 27th, 2009 LALGOLA - Campaigning jointly for the first time since the 2001 West Bengal assembly elections, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee left a marked impression on their audience in a West Bengal town Monday. In a display of unity that brought back memories of the Rajiv Gandhi era, a beaming Banerjee was seen whispering to Gandhi on stage at the rally in Lalgola in Murshidbad district in support of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is contesting the Jangipur seat in the district.
Sonia, Mamata to share dais in West BengalApril 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will share the campaign platform with Congress president Sonia Gandhi April 27 at a rally in West Bengal's Jangipur, from where External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha. This was decided at a late Saturday meeting between Mukherjee and Mamata at the former's south Kolkata residence.
Here, there, Mamata Banerjee everywhereApril 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was an unusual sight. Residents of South Kolkata were startled to find hundreds of Mamata Banerjees walking in a procession, canvassing for votes for the Trinamool Congress chief.
Like Mamata, unlike Sonia!March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of Trinamool Congress workers came all the way from Nadia district in West Bengal and held a demonstration before the spartan single-storey residence of party chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, asking for poll nominations. This prompted a top party leader to say: 'Just because 'didi' (Banerjee) is so approachable and lives in a shabby house, you had the guts to come here.
BJP pits women's wing chief against Mamata in Kolkata SouthMarch 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday fielded a woman candidate against Mamata Banerjee for the Lok Sabha's Kolkata South seat after Trinamool Congress snapped ties with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to team up with the Congress in West Bengal. BJP sources here said the party's state Mahila Morcha (women's wing) president Jyotsna Banerjee has been nominated for the prestigious constituency.
Pranab, Mamata meet for alliance talksMarch 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal state Congress president Pranab Mukherjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday night held talks to forge an alliance between the two parties for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Senior Congress leader K.
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