Mamata And Maoists

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  BJP More Dangerous Than Maoists: Mamata Banerjee At Rally In Bengal's Purulia

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the BJP of making false promises to the people before the elections and called the party more dangerous than the Maoists.

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  At Trinamool Meet, Mamata Banerjee's Revealing Comment On Congress

  The cautious stance of Bengal's Trinamool Congress about Congress slipped today when Mamata Banerjee took the stage at a party meeting. Talking of the political situation in the state, Ms Banerjee lumped the Congress with the BJP, the Left and the Maoists as the "darkest underbelly of society".

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  Suspected Maoists Arrested Outside Mamata Banerjee's Residence

  Two suspected Maoists - a man and a woman - were arrested near West Bengal Mamata Banerjee's residence at Kalighat area of the city this morning.

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  Mamata Banerjee Got Maoist Leader Kishenji Killed, Says Her Minister

  Six months after her nephew and Trinamool MP publicly said it, a minister in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's government has claimed she got Maoist leader Mallojula Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, killed in 2011.

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  Trinamool Congress' Abhishek Banerjee Has Exposed the Truth on Kishenji's Death: CPI (M)

  The CPI-M today demanded an explanation from the Mamata Banerjee government about the death of Kishenji after the chief minister's nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the government had killed the top Maoist leader in 2011.

• West Bengal panchayat elections begin: Will Mamata Banerjee's 'parivartan' yield votes?

  After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

• Mamata Banerjee alleges CPI(M)-Maoist conspiracy to kill her

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had alleged that the CPI(M) had joined hands with Maoists to kill her in a bid to return to power in the state. Ms Banerjee also charged the Marxists for being hand-in-glove with the Congress and BJP in plotting against her.

• After cartoons, Shiladitya haunts Mamata Banerjee

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has indirectly criticised commissions and committees saying they should first be made accountable before they try and fix the accountability of others.

• Press Council head Markandey Katju calls Mamata 'dictatorial, intolerant, whimsical'

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faced severe criticism from different quarters for arresting a farmer who questioned her publicly. Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju and the BJP have slammed her for her action.

• Mamata Banerjee says Marxists and Maoists plotting to kill her with ISI

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says that Marxists and Maoists are plotting to kill her in league with the Pakistani intelligence, North Korea, Venezuela and Hungary. Banerjee made the sensational charge in an interview to the Washington Post. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) rubbished the allegation.

• Mamata criticises Maoists and cautions intellectuals

  On her first visit as chief minister, to Lalgarh the former Naxal hotbed, Mamata Banerjee today criticised the Maoists' cult of violence and killing but did not offer talks with them. Addressing a rally, she also also hit out at the section of intellectuals in Kolkata for indulging Maoists.

• Setback to Mamata-Maoist talks: 5 of the 6 interlocutors quit

  In what comes as a big setback for peace talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Maoists, five of the six interlocutors appointed by Ms Banerjee have expressed their inability to carry on the talks.

• Mamata Banerjee defends Kishenji killing

  Three days after the death of Maoist leader Kishenji, who was shot dead by security forces, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee broke her silence and has defended the police encounter.

• Wanted Maoist couple surrender, meet Mamata Banerjee

  Responding to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call, a hardcore Maoist couple against whom several cases of murder and violence including the deadly attack on a paramilitary camp in Silda were pending surrendered today before the police.

• Jnaneshwari train disaster: Mamata admits Maoist link

  At least 140 people died in the Jnaneshwari train disaster last year. Six bogies of the train derailed and were then hit by a goods train in May, 2010.