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As Congress, Left Front unite for Bengal elections, this is how they fared in previous polls Both the parties will be up against the ruling Trinamool Congress and an aggressive BJP, which made clear inroads in Bengal during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Updated: December 25, 2020 4:10:41 pm Congress President Rahul Gandhi with CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury at Jantar Mantar on Thursday. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) In a bid to claim its long-lost ...

11 opposition parties issue joint statement against Govt: who is spreading untruths? The joint statement came on a day the Congress high command gave its Bengal unit the go-ahead for entering into a seat-sharing deal with the Left parties for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bengal. Updated: December 25, 2020 7:57:33 am A delegation of Opposition leaders comprising Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, and TKS Elangovan called on President Ram Nath K...

No place for ideologies? Aaya Ram Gaya Ram culture takes centrestage in Bengal ahead of 2021 polls The states politicians, till the previous decade, ridiculed the culture of switching sides at the drop of a hat. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Newly inducted BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari with Amit Shah during the latters rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo | PTI) By PTI KOLKATA: Once a reviled practice in West Bengal, the Aaya Ram Gaya Ram culture of frequently changing political allegiance ha...

Aaya Ram Gaya Ram culture takes centrestage in Bengal ahead of polls India Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 17:22 [IST] Kolkata, Dec 22: Once a reviled practice in West Bengal, the Aaya Ram Gaya Ram culture of frequently changing political allegiance has taken centrestage in the state ahead of the assembly elections due in April-May next year. The states politicians, till the previous decade, ridiculed the culture of switching sides at the drop of a hat. Mamata Banerjee However, since the...

Once Reviled, Aaya Ram Gaya Ram Culture Takes Centrestage in Bengal Ahead of Assembly Polls FOLLOW US ON: Once a reviled practice in West Bengal, the Aaya Ram Gaya Ram culture of frequently changing political allegiance has taken centrestage in the state ahead of the assembly elections due in April-May next year. The states politicians, till the previous decade, ridiculed the culture of switching sides at the drop of a hat. However, since the TMCs ascendance to power in 2011, lawmakers of the C...

Will the TMC Be Badly Hit by Desertions to the BJP? Several of the leaders who have jumped ship had seen their popularity and influence wane it recent times. Home minister Amit Shah with Suvendhu Adhikari as he joins the BJP. Photo: PTI Politics21/Dec/2020 Kolkata: On Saturday (December 19), while welcoming Suvendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight, into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally in West Midnapore district, Union home minister Amit Shah said that a string...

Deep Dive | The long trail of political violence in West Bengal Deep Dive | The long trail of political violence in West Bengal Murderous physical attacks on political rivals or clashes between protesters and the police are as bad as it gets in West Bengal. advertisement In West Bengal, the reasons for confrontation have always been strictly political. (Representational Image) The political culture in West Bengal invariably plays out in the colours of confrontation. Every rally, from a street ...

Opposition plans to meet next week on farmers issue   Thu, Dec 10 2020 05:49:36 PM New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS): With the protesting farmers rejecting the governments proposals on the farm laws, the opposition is planning to call a meeting of all political parties opposing the measures to devise a joint strategy to pressurise the government, sources said. The opposition has claimed to have support of 25 political parties but on Tuesday, the delegation to meet the President comprised of only five ...

Opposition plans to meet next week on farmers issue IANS   With the protesting farmers rejecting the governments proposals on the farm laws, the opposition is planning to call a meeting of all political parties opposing the measures to devise a joint strategy to pressurise the government, sources said. The opposition has claimed to have support of 25 political parties but on Tuesday, the delegation to meet the President comprised of only five people - Congress Rahul Gandhi, NCP supremo S...

Grants as a package as part of this health care bill. could you explain, from your understanding so far of the health care bill, what happens to the poor, the elderly, the young, and the sick, if bloc grants go to states instead of being part of a national package in the health care bill? >> well, so bloc grants is a word nobody understands, and republicans like that, because what it really means is massive cuts in medicaid funding. so under the republican plan that came out of the house, they i...