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View: The real poriborton Bengal needs is freeing grassroots politics from party grip SECTIONS Share Synopsis In the fast-changing political dynamics of the state, there is a consensus that the systematic rigging and violence during the 2018 panchayat election was a watershed moment that triggered political change. It was after this that the thick social base of the Left decided to shift over to the BJP as the former was considered incapable of taking on the repressive power of the incumbent re...

The real poriborton Bengal needs is freeing grassroots politics from party grip April 3, 2021, 11:03 PM IST The writer is a political analyst associated with Peoples Pulse While pollsters and political pundits are busy speculating about various electoral outcomes in Bengal, there seems to be one thing they all seem to agree on — the colossal weakening of the incumbent Trinamool Congress in recent years. ​The argument that pro-Trinamool analysts are ...

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What issues do you think will be determining this West Bengal election? Prasenjit? Prasenjit Bose: We should look at the BJP’s surprise performance in the 2019 election in which, for the first time, it crossed the 40% vote share threshold and won 18 seats. Although one could see it coming up in a big way, the extent of its surge was not expected. You should start from there. Has the BJP gained further momentum since then? Or has the TMC been able to retrieve some ground, which it appeared to ...

Many of those familiar with the academic and political language of an earlier age may find one feature of the ongoing agitation in the neighbourhood of the national capital interesting: the easy replacement of the...

The data suggests that the endurance and determination of the protesting farmers in the areas that experienced the full thrust of the Green Revolution are backed by deep pockets — which may explain why tractors are being used with such recklessness.

ET Politics and Nation NEWS | Powered by As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent past SECTIONS As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent pastBy Share Synopsis Last month, BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy was attacked allegedly by TMC goons. Stone-pelting and open fight followed soon after. While it made national headlines, Bengalis would have slotted it under routine pre-el...

From feudal lords to BJP-RSS: Naxal movement changed enemies in 50 years From feudal lords to BJP-RSS: Naxal movement changed enemies in 50 years BJP And RSS Have Replaced Feudal Lords For The Maoist Struggle To Create A Class-less Society, Insist Senior Leaders Of The Naxalite Movement. PTI | Updated on: 29 May 2017, 11:27:20 AM Kolkata: BJP and RSS have replaced feudal lords for the Maoist struggle to create a class-less society, insist senior leaders of the N...

Neerja Chowdhury Senior Political Commentator THE one thing that can be said with certainty about the 2021 West Bengal elections is that the battle is going to be between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Left and the Congress that are forming an alliance may get squeezed out. Often, a triangular fight goes to the advantage of the ruling party, for it tends to divide the anti-incumbency vote. This, however, looks difficult in West Bengal. There is a large concentr...