Kolkata: The Congress yesterday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee.
“The comments she made about the prime minister are absolutely unacceptable and unwarranted. They are a result of her personal vendetta against the Congress and the PM,” state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya said here. “We condemn her remarks and sincerely hope and wish that she will not bring in personal vendetta into politics,” Bhattacharya added.
Banerjee told CNN-IBN on Wednesday that Manmohan Singh was not a “grassroot man”.
Bhattacharya also attacked Banerjee for saying that Pranab Mukherjee was elected the Indian president only because of her.
“All the time she vehemently opposed Mukherjee’s candidature. But when she realised Mukherjee’s win was inevitable, she said she was supporting him but with a heavy heart,” he said.
Sohrabuddin case shifted to Mumbai
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday moved the trial in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case to Mumbai and also revoked its order restraining former Gujarat minister for state of home Amit Shah, an accused in the case, from entering the state.
In its order, a bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea against bail to Shah by the Gujarat High Court was dismissed, but the plea for transferring the trial was allowed. Sohrabuddin was killed by a Gujarat Police team on November 25, 2005, in a staged shootout. Two days later, his wife Kausar Bi was killed.
Flood situation in Assam improving
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam showed signs of improvement yesterday with some respite from the rains and water starting to recede in many places, officials said. The toll has risen to 19, while another 10 people are missing.
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