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Amidst the prevailing pandemic, a heartening biography of a medical messiah from the Bengal’s hinterland lifts up one’s spirit. outlookindia.com 2021-04-24T16:41:33+05:30
“Some died in neglect, others in the midst of every attention. No remedy was found that could be used as a specific; for what did good in one case, did harm in another. Strong and weak constitutions proved equally incapable of resistance, all alike being swept away, although dieted with the utmost precaution. By far the most terrible feature in the malady was the dejection which ensued when anyone felt himself sickening, for the despair into which they instantly fell took away their power of resistance, and left them much easier prey to the disorder; besides which, there was the awful spectacle of men dying like sheep, through having caught the infection in nursing each other.”
The reasons behind Mamata’s decline in Bengal
Between 2009-11, Mamata courageously challenged the Left Front. Today, her party is using every weapon from the CPM armoury to spread terror to retain power
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In West Bengal, every important political party is in the election fray. However, each one of them is fighting for a distinct objective. While the Congress and Left together are struggling for their sheer existence, the ruling Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is struggling to regain popular confidence. The BJP, on the other hand and after five rounds of polling, is struggling to further consolidate its edge. This election has become not just interesting but truly historic as well, thanks to several ‘first-time-in-history’ factors.
Congress s senior observer in West Bengal BK Hariprasad (left).
With Congress’s in-charge of West Bengal Jitin Prasada contracting COVID-19, the party sent senior leader BK Hariprasad as the senior observer to the state for the ongoing assembly elections. Claiming that the Congress will spring a surprise in the state polls, he defended party’s senior leader Rahul Gandhi for not campaigning in the first four phases of the elections saying it was the state unit of the party’s strategy. He said in case the Samyukta Morcha, which includes the Left, Congress and the Indian Secular Front (ISF), wins the maximum number of seats in a hung assembly, party president Sonia Gandhi will talk to the MLAs and the PCC before taking a call on seeking the support of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) for government formation. Excerpts from the interview:
India s West Bengal state assembly elections are being held in eight phases this year, with half of them already conducted. The next phase will be held on 17 April and.