Bengal: Post-Poll Intimidation Leads to Hundreds of BJP Workers Still Living Away From Home
While BJP's own house is in disarray in Bengal, its grassroots-level workers have been forced to live in party offices or relatives' houses face with alleged TMC violence.
The house of BJP worker Ramananda Koyal, at Diamond Harbour block 2. Koyal has alleged his house was ransacked by TMC workers. Photo: By arrangement.
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Kolkata: Giridhari Bagdi, the president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for Labpur âAâ mandal committee in Birbhum district, has been living in hiding, in an undisclosed location outside Birbhum, since May 2, when the results of the assembly elections were announced.
Continuity of Government Is a New Challenge for the Kerala Left
Contestation â of policies, practices, socio-cultural mores, and of course state power â ought to be the rule, and meaningful consensus can only ever be a temporary cessation.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Council of Ministers during the swearing-in ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Photo: Twitter/CMOKerala
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The swearing-in of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government on May 20 has marked a new chapter in Keralaâs electoral history. For the first time in four decades, the south Indian state has broken with its tradition of alternating power between two opposing coalitions, i.e., the LDF (Left Democratic Front) led by the CPI(M) (Communist Party of India [Marxist]) and the UDF (United Democratic Front) led by the Congress party. The emphatic re-election of the Left government has defused what might have been the single most important factor in Keralaâs electoral politics, namely, anti-incumbency.
If Pinarayi Vijayan was duly rewarded as an individual for the LDF's unprecedented victory in Kerala, then why was the same principle not applied to its erstwhile health minister, K.K. Shailaja?
How the Women of Bengal Carried Mamata Banerjee to Victory
While the TMC chief had spent her term as West Bengalâs chief minister empowering the female electorate, the BJP used misogyny and charted its own downfall.Â
TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vists Kalighat Temple after trends show her partys win in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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It was heartening for many of us to witness the massive mandate with which Mamata Banerjee beat the countryâs biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.
Mamata Banerjee Sworn-In as Bengal CM for Third Time
Banerjee took the oath in Bengali language.
TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee takes oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time consecutively during her Swearing-in-Ceremony, at Governor House in Kolkata, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term after a massive win in the state assembly elections.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered her the oath of office and secrecy at a low-key ceremony at Raj Bhawan held amid the raging COVID pandemic.
Fake News and Communal Incitement Add Fuel to Post-Poll Fire in West Bengal
While all the opposition parties claim that their cadres have been attacked by TMC workers, the BJP has unleashed a social media storm of misleading posts, unverifiable pictures and inflammatory rumours.
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In the past 48 hours, social media platforms have been packed with pictures and videos of the post-poll violence in West Bengal. More than 14 people have reportedly been killed and all the political parties in the state including the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have claimed that their cadres have been attacked.
Although the Left and Congress party members have also alleged retributive violence against their cadres by workers of the victorious TMC, the BJP is desperately trying to communalise this political violence by blaming it on Muslims and âinfiltratorsâ. Many BJP supporters, leaders and pro-BJP journalists have been sharing misleading posts, unverifiable pictures and inflammatory rumours with a communal slant. There is a stark contrast between the reactions of the BJP leaders and the leaders of the other parties.
West Bengal: Of 19 Turncoat MLAs Contesting From BJP, 13 Lost
BJP workers had been unhappy that so many new entrants had been given tickets to begin with.
West Bengal BJP office wears a deserted look after party's defeat to TMC in state assembly polls, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Defecting from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not been a good decision for most of the stateâs turncoat MLAs, it seems from the election results. Of the 19 sitting MLAs from the TMC, the Left and the Congress who joined the BJP since 2019 and contested on a BJP ticket this time, only five have managed to win.
âCongratulations, Didiâ: How the TMCâs Victory in West Bengal had J&K Jubilant
Still smarting from the sting of the events of 2019, many Kashmiris are happy whenever the BJP suffers a defeat, wherever that defeat might be.
Major Nagar area wears a deserted look during 84-hour lockdown imposed in Jammu and Kashmir by administration in a bid to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases, in Srinagar, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Srinagar: On Sunday, May 2, when the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress was declared to have won the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, cheers were raised more than 2,000 km away by the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Nandigram | 'How Can EC Reverse Result after Announcement?': Mamata to Move Court
Banerjee made public a purported SMS from the Nandigram Returning Officer to a CEO official, expressing fear and intimidation.
Mamata Banerjee. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Monday that the returning officer of Nandigram feared for his life and thus did not give a recounting order.
Addressing a press meet, Banerjee reiterated that she will move court over the election result in Nandigram where she lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari.
Banerjee made public a purported SMS from the Nandigram Returning Officer to a CEO official, claiming that he had expressed fear that if he ordered recounting he would face serious consequences, and may even have to die by suicide.