Assembly elections: Counting of votes for all states, UT to take place on May 2, says EC scroll.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scroll.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In an interesting political development AAP made a strong debut in the Gujarat civic polls, winning 27 of 93 seats in Surat and thereby displacing Congress to grab the second position here after BJP. While.
In Bengal, catchy election slogans reflect changing political culture
The CPI(M) has released a parody of the popular Bengal song ‘Tumpa Sona’ while the BJP deployed a version of the Italian protest song ‘Bella Ciao’. Feb 23, 2021 · 09:00 am The BJP s Amit Shah and the Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee. | BJP Bengal/Twitter, All India Trinamool Congress via Twitter
West Bengal’s political swing from Left to Right can be tracked through the slogans heard on its streets. A state that in the 1960s used to chant “Tomar naam aamar naam Vietnam” (your name and my name is Vietnam) in solidarity with communist guerillas in the South-East Asian nation fighting American aggression has now embraced the religious slogan that expresses support for the Bharatiya Janata Party, “Jai Shri Ram”.
Bengal elections: How Mamata Banerjee makes it tough for BJP, Cong-Left in polls indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How chant of Jai Shri Ram became a subaltern war cry in Bengal February 20, 2021, 10:57 PM IST
Well-known journalist and political commentator Swapan Dasgupta has worked for many leading Indian publications, including The Times of India. He thinks the Right is an endangered community in India s English-language media. Right & Wrong is one of the few voices of the community. LESS. MORE
The forthcoming West Bengal Assembly election promises to be one of the most bitterly contested battles in recent times. The BJP, once a fringe player in the state, has mounted a sustained offensive against Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (AITC), with the once-powerful CPM playing spoiler. Although the outcome of this election will not have a direct bearing on national politics, it has the potential of recalibrating regional politics.