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Mahisyas and the new caste question in West Bengal politics
Mahisyas and the new caste question in West Bengal politics
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has promised OBC reservation for the Mahisya caste in its manifesto for the West Bengal assembly elections. BJP president JP Nadda too had made the same promise during a campaign speech. The election campaign has once again restored the centrality of Mahisyas to politics in Bengal.
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UPDATED: March 18, 2021 18:40 IST
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has promised OBC reservation for the Mahisya caste in its manifesto for the West Bengal assembly elections. BJP president JP Nadda too had made the same promise during a campaign speech. The election campaign has once again restored the centrality of Mahisyas to politics in Bengal. (Photo: PTI file)
Exclusive: Mamata’s big caste gamble in TMC manifesto
Exclusive: Mamata’s big caste gamble in TMC manifesto
Sources have told India Today TV that the TMC manifesto would include a promise to include four key caste groups under the Other Backward Classes category.
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UPDATED: March 16, 2021 20:29 IST
West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee addressing a poll rally in her wheelchair | PTI photo
The Trinamool Congress is all set to finally release its manifesto on Wednesday after the event got postponed last week due to party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s injury in Nandigram.
While the TMC manifesto will stress on social sectors, sources have told India Today TV that Mamata Banerjee will make a major announcement to include four key caste groups under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee. (File photo)
KANTHI: Lashing out at BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said that the former West Bengal minister will lose by over 50,000 votes in any seat he contests in his home turf Medinipur.
Addressing a public meeting around 5 km from Adhikari family residence Shantikunj here, the TMC youth wing chief contested claims that Purba Medinipur district is the Adhikari s fortress and asserted that the BJP will lose the upcoming assembly elections due in April-May. West Bengal will re-elect Mamata Banerjee as the chief minister for the third time with the TMC winning more than 250 seats and trouncing the BJP, he said.