Prime Minister Modi calls BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy, amid reports of TMC return
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This development comes a day after Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee visited Apollo hospital to see the BJP leader s wife who is under Covid treatment. Mukul Roy s wife is in critical condition with ECMO support as she is being treated in a private hospital for COVID-19 infection.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up BJP National Vice-President Mukul Roy on Thursday enquiring about Roy s wife s health, amid speculations about Roy being wooed by Trinamool Congress.
This development comes a day after Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee visited
Is BJP s Mukul Roy returning to TMC? Here s what we know so far
PTI
Kolkata: Sparking new speculation Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee visited Apollo hospital to meet Bharatiya Janata Partyâs national vice-president Mukul Royâs wife, who is suffering from COVID-19.
According to hospital sources, Abhishek spoke to the doctors and took stock of Mukul Roy s wife s health.
No sooner did the nephew of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeâs nephew visit the hospital than the speculation started as after Abhishek left the hospital, Mukulâs son Subhrangshu said that he was âdelightedâ over the visit of Abhishek Banerjee.
Updated: May 5, 2021, 08:26 AM IST
Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third term in a low-key ceremony on Wednesday (May 5). According to a government official, invitations for the programme have been sent to her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, leader of Opposition of the outgoing House Abdul Mannan and CPI(M) veteran leader Biman Bose.
Chief ministers of other states and leaders of other political parties have not been invited for the programme keeping in mind the current COVID-19 situation in the country, he said. It has been decided to keep the oath-taking ceremony of Mamata Banerjee a very simple one because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Banerjee will be the only leader who will be taking oath tomorrow. The programme will be a very brief one, he said.
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The swearing-in of Mamata Banerjee as chief minister at Raj Bhavan will be a low-key programme given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Chief ministers of other states and leaders of other political parties have not been invited for the programme keeping in mind the current COVID-19 situation in the country
Kolkata: The swearing-in of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee as chief minister at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday morning will be a low-key programme, scheduled to be held at around 10.45 am, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said that only a few invitees will be present at the programme because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Mamata Banerjee To Take Oath As Bengal Chief Minister For 3rd Time Today Mamata Banerjee To Take Oath As Bengal Chief Minister For 3rd Time Today The oath ceremony will take place with Covid protocols in place at the Throne Room at the Raj Bhavan, says Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress.
Mamata Banerjee won a landslide victory in the Bengal election to secure a third straight term.
New Delhi:
Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as Bengal Chief Minister for the third time in what is pitched as a low-key ceremony at the Governor s House in Kolkata in the shadow of Covid and post-poll violence in parts of the state.