New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): In a heated argument in Lok Sabha, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday 'categorically rejected' TMC MP Nusrat Jahan's claim that Indian soil is not fit for the bullet train technology and said that she is questioning the capabilities of Indian scientists.

Kolkata Jan 20 PTI TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday sought to downplay party MP Kalyan Banerjees veiled attacks on him on the issue of leadership stating that both of them agree to the fact that Mamata Banerjee is their undisputed supremo His remarks came amid perceived power struggle in the party and apparent differences between the generation-next leaders and a section of the old guards Veteran TMC leader and MP Kalyan Banerjee had last week said that he doesnt consider anyone else as his leader but Mamata Banerjee while criticising Abhishek over a recent COVID-related suggestion Kalyan Banerjee asserted that Mamata Banerjee is his only leader There is no problem with that as Mamata Banerjee is my only leader too There is no dispute whatever Kalyan Banerjee has said is right Abhishek told reporters at a press meet in Goa The TMC top leader who is also the nephew of Mamata Banerjee insisted that the comment by Kalyan Banerjee goes on to prove that there is no high command culture in the party And if he Kalyan Banerjee speaks against me it proves there is democracy in the TMC Abhishek said while replying to questions from a Bengali news channel Kalyan Banerjee when contacted declined comment on Abhisheks statement He is the honourable national general secretary of All India Trinamool Congress I follow the instructions of Didi Mamata Banerjee in true spirit I have nothing else to say he told PTI Speaking about his Diamond Harbour model for tackling COVID-19 -- one which faced flak for the sample test figure cited -- Abhishek during the press meet said that self examination at home is not accounted for in the official records There are a few things which you need to understand Results obtained through self-test kits dont get recorded I wanted to stress on self examination If you conduct an RT-PCR test it takes 24 hours to get the report As this Omicron variant has a higher transmission rate we decided to stress on the use of self-test kit the TMCs Diamond Harbour MP explained The parliamentarian also said that of the 53000 single-day tests he had talked about 20000 were RT-PCR and related examinations and the rest 33000 were done with self-kit at home Asked if the Diamond Harbour model would be replicated in others parts of the state he asserted that the West Bengal government was working proactively to contain the COVID situation According to TMC leaders close to the MP the Diamond Harbour model emphasises on maximum number of tests in a single day strict implementation of COVID-safety protocol banning of political social and religious meetings for the time being a dedicated control room and WhatsApp number for coordination in every panchayat and municipality among other facilities Talking about the recent arrest of an INTTUC leader following work disruption at Exide plant in Haldia he said the party has zero tolerance towards such incidents If someone tries to malign the party it will not be tolerated no matter who the leader or worker is the TMC leader added PTI PNT RMS RMS

Kolkata Jan 19 PTI BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya who has been tweeting about the alleged rift between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Diamond Harbour MP of running a parallel administration in his Lok Sabha constituencyTMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh described Malviyas wild claim as a desperate bid to deflect peoples attention from the growing feud within the BJPs state unitInstead of incessantly writing to the PM Mamata Banerjee must check on the parallel Government being run from Diamond Harbour the senior BJP leader tweetedMalviya who is also the co-incharge of the state BJP was apparently referring to the letter written by the CM to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Centres rejection of the states tableau from the Republic Day parade in New DelhiMalviya said in his Twitter post After WB Health Department ran down Abhisheks claims a daily update on his constituency is sent to media to highlight how poor Covid management in rest of WB is He was alluding to the updates about RT-PCR tests and positivity rate in Diamond Harbour for the past couple of days shared by Abhishek Banerjee the nephew of Mamata Banerjee and de facto number two in the TMC hierarchyEarlier Malviya tweeted If both WB Health Department by Mamata Banerjee and data put out by Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for 12th January are correct then Bengal tested 18589 people across 41 LS constituencies of which 21004 tested positive 113 per cent positivity rateIs Mamata downsizing Abhishek On January 16 he had said Mamata Banerjee wiser from Mulayam Singh jis bitter experience has moved in swiftly to downsize her ambitious nephew by fielding party MP Kalyan Banerjee to take him on and then using WB Health Dept to run down his claims Kalyan Banerjee had voiced reservations about Abhisheks comments that he was in favour of a two-month ban on political and religious meetings in the state due to a spike in Covid-19 cases TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh claimed that Malviya was trying to divert peoples attention from the alleged feud in the state BJP between Union minister Shantanu Thakur and general secretary organisation Amitabha ChakrabortyVeteran TMC MP Sougata Roy said I dont think there is a reason to comment on the tweet of a leader like Amit Malviya It does not merit much attention PTI SUS NN NN

New Delhi : In the beginning of the session, Lok Sabha has passed the bill to repeal the farm laws. On this Rakesh Tikait has said after withdrawal now focus on other issues faced by farmers. Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 passes in Lok Sabha amid sloganeering by opposition MPs as per TOI. The Lok Sabha passed the decision amid Voice Voting. Speaker Birla adjourns Lok Sabha till 2pm. After the Lok Sabha passed the bill to repeal the farm laws, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said, “This is done.

New Delhi : In the beginning of the session, Lok Sabha has passed the bill to repeal the farm laws. On this Rakesh Tikait has said after withdrawal now focus on other issues faced by farmers. Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 passes in Lok Sabha amid sloganeering by opposition MPs as per TOI. The Lok Sabha passed the decision amid Voice Voting. Speaker Birla adjourns Lok Sabha till 2pm. After the Lok Sabha passed the bill to repeal the farm laws, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said, “This is done.

New Delhi : In the beginning of the session, Lok Sabha has passed the bill to repeal the farm laws. On this Rakesh Tikait has said after withdrawal now focus on other issues faced by farmers. Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 passes in Lok Sabha amid sloganeering by opposition MPs as per TOI. The Lok Sabha passed the decision amid Voice Voting. Speaker Birla adjourns Lok Sabha till 2pm. After the Lok Sabha passed the bill to repeal the farm laws, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said, “This is done.