Although, the West Bengal chief minister had congratulated the winners, she had stopped short of naming either Congress or Gandhi
As per latest trends, the BJP is trailing in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to the Congress
She compared the country with the human body and said that December 6 is observed in West Bengal as 'Sanhati Dibas'
According to the law, the CBI - constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946 - has jurisdiction over Delhi but requires the consent of other states to enter
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose speciality is the flip-flop - known as a U-turn in the UK and a backflip in Australia - has done it again, though this time with very little consequence
In her last few visits to Delhi, she made it a point to meet the leaders of regional and Opposition parties as part of her efforts to cobble up support for the 'federal front'
Mamata takes charge of tribal development ministry
In her bid to form an alliance against the Narendra Modi-led BJP and allies, Mamata Banerjee has met Sonia Gandhi, Kejriwal, rebel BJP leaders, K Chandrasekhar Rao and Sharad Pawar, among others
Erstwhile TMC leader Mukul Roy, who joined the BJP last year, also attacked Banerjee over the law and order situation in the state
Some sources claimed Banerjee broached the subject of forming a "federal front" without the Congress with Pawar
Mayawati alleged the BJP tried to create a rift between the two parties (SP and BSP) by indulging in malpractices to defeat her party candidate
After the meeting with Banerjee, Patel told reporters that the idea of having a federal front in the future was discussed between them.
For National Health Protection Scheme, the states will have to scrap their own similar existing programme
Without us Congress cannot function in Delhi. Let the state Congress leaders ask their party leaders in Delhi: Mamata said
Pawar and Banerjee, both of whom are former Congress leaders, are unwilling to accept Congress President Rahul Gandhi as their leader
While Swami Vivekananda's birthday is on January 12, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23
Banerjee termed attempts to allegedly portray Nathuram Godse as a patriot a 'calculated motive' to thrust on the people the ideals of the political party
Banerjee's comments came in the backdrop of a brutal killing of a labourer from the state in Rajasthan last week
Banerjee said after the administrative meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna
"Last year Q2 GDP growth was 7.5 per cent and this year it is 6.3 per cent. This Govt only bhashan, no action," she added