A day after the CPI(M)’s humiliating rout in the civic polls, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee advocated a change in the party leadership.

Journalist-turned-MP Kunal Ghosh from Trinamul Congress on Monday continued his tirade against his party and its leaders. On Monday, he attacked several state ministers. Without mentioning the name of a party leader, Mr Ghosh said that the person who had been repeatedly demanding his resignation was doing so in order to cover his own sins.

Rattled by the banner of revolt raised by the three party MPs ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha election, the Trinamul Congress is determined to deal it with an iron hand. This was made clear by all-India party general secretary and MP Mukul Roy on Saturday.

There is no possibility of a leadership change in the West Bengal CPI(M) although of late, such a demand has been made by several leaders inside the party.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday once again urged the industrialists to invest in micro, small and medium enterprises in the state. She coined a new slogan to launch her industrial drive: “shilpo korun Bangla gorun” (Set up industry, build Bengal).

The Trinamul Congress has snubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s overture and ruled out any alliance with the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Party MP and spokesperson Derek O’Brien said Sunday that Trinamul will go it alone in the polls.

The Trinamul Congress on Sunday snubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s overture and ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Congress ahead of next year’s LS elections. Party MP and spokesperson Derek O’Brien said Sunday that the Trinamul Congress will go it alone in the polls. TMC general secretary Mukul Roy too endorsed these sentiments.

A new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief could not be elected on Wednesday because the GJM leaders stuck to their guns and boycotted the crucial meeting which was convened for this purpose.

Taking the battle to the enemy camp, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday emphatically said in Kalimpong that she was ready to lay down her life but would never allow the division of

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung on Thursday threatened to further intensify the Gorkhaland agitation to protest the police crackdown in the Hills. The renewed agitation includes total shutdown on Saturday and Sunday, sustained street protests and hunger strike by the arrested GJM leaders and workers in jails.