Amit Malviya ridicules Mamata Banerjee’s ‘blame-game' for deaths in Kolkata after cloudburst

IANS | September 24, 2025 3:15 PM

Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) After a midnight cloudburst caused heavy rain and waterlogging in Kolkata on Tuesday, the BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s special observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya on Wednesday, ridiculed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s blame-game over the 7 electrocution deaths in the city caused by submerged electrical wires.

Submerged Kolkata after one night’s rain exposes poor disaster management: Bengal LoP

IANS | September 23, 2025 2:09 PM

Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday, blamed the Kolkata civic authorities for "gross inefficiency" after a single night of heavy rain left the city and its adjoining areas submerged. At least seven people have been electrocuted after coming in contact with live wires in flooded localities.