Bengal Congress Chief Somen Mitra

The opposition Congress in West Bengal was hit by dissidence as senior Congress leader Sikha Mitra, wife of former state unit chief Somen Mitra, on Monday accused the state leadership of sidelining her and threatened to leave the party.

West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra, who died on Thursday, will go down in history as a leader who could make friends with rivals with the consummate ease of a political craftsman but failed to prevent a debilitating split in the party and presided over its gradualdecline.

Somen Mitra, Bengal's stalwart Congress leader and state unit chief since September 2018, died in the early hours today, leaving behind his wife and son and innumerable political followers. He was 78.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday said former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar "might get killed" so that he doesn't name influential people in the Saradha chit fund scam.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra submitted a letter of resignation from the post taking responsibility for the party''s poor show in the Lok Sabha election, according to a press statement released Tuesday.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the state, saying had she not pursued the policy of "blatant minority appeasement", the BJP would not have gained footing in Bengal.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday said that party president Rahul Gandhi has "agreed" with their views of not forging any alliance with the Trinamool Congress in the state in the coming parliamentary elections

Taking a stand contradictory to Congress party's high command over the CBI controversy, West Bengal state party president Somen Mitra today asked why Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is avoiding interrogation by the central investigating agency in the chit fund scam.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra has said that it would be better for his party to go solo in the state in the next Lok Sabha election as the ruling TMC "lacks honest intentions" as an anti-BJP force.

The opposition Congress in West Bengal was hit by dissidence as senior Congress leader Sikha Mitra, wife of former state unit chief Somen Mitra, on Monday accused the state leadership of sidelining her and threatened to leave the party.

West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra, who died on Thursday, will go down in history as a leader who could make friends with rivals with the consummate ease of a political craftsman but failed to prevent a debilitating split in the party and presided over its gradualdecline.

Somen Mitra, Bengal's stalwart Congress leader and state unit chief since September 2018, died in the early hours today, leaving behind his wife and son and innumerable political followers. He was 78.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday said former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar "might get killed" so that he doesn't name influential people in the Saradha chit fund scam.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra submitted a letter of resignation from the post taking responsibility for the party''s poor show in the Lok Sabha election, according to a press statement released Tuesday.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the state, saying had she not pursued the policy of "blatant minority appeasement", the BJP would not have gained footing in Bengal.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra on Saturday said that party president Rahul Gandhi has "agreed" with their views of not forging any alliance with the Trinamool Congress in the state in the coming parliamentary elections

Taking a stand contradictory to Congress party's high command over the CBI controversy, West Bengal state party president Somen Mitra today asked why Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is avoiding interrogation by the central investigating agency in the chit fund scam.

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra has said that it would be better for his party to go solo in the state in the next Lok Sabha election as the ruling TMC "lacks honest intentions" as an anti-BJP force.