Mamata And Parkash Badal

• Mamata won't attend swearing-in ceremonies in UP, Punjab due to budget session in Bengal

  Mamata Banerjee is reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in ceremonies of the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, but might now have to miss it since she has to attend the budget session at West Bengal assembly.

• Mamata keeps Congress on edge, will send emissaries to swearing-in ceremonies

  After putting the Congress in an embarrassing position by reportedly committing to go to the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, today changed her mind. The Trinamool Congress was reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in cerem...

• Mamata Banerjee to attend swearing-in ceremonies of Punjab and UP chief ministers

  In what might be seen as a snub to the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister and the UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the chief ministers of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Reports earlier on Saturday suggested that Mamata would decline the invitation from Akali Dal to attend Parkash Sin...

• Parkash Singh Badal invites UPA allies to his swearing-in ceremony

  Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) Parkash Singh Badal, who will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab for a fifth time on March 14, has invited UPA allies - Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Faooq and Omar Abdullah - to attend the swearing in ceremony.