Mamata Banerjee to follow Kejriwal model in election manifesto
Mamata sought suggestions and opinions from MPs, MLAs and the lower-tier workers as well to ascertain the specific issues to be showcased in the manifesto ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
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KOLKATA: Taking a lesson from the campaign style of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has asked her party functionaries to initiate preparations for 2021 manifesto highlighting the development projects implemented by the state government.
Mamata sought suggestions and opinions from MPs, MLAs and the lower-tier workers as well to ascertain the specific issues to be showcased in the manifesto ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
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West Bengal Assembly Polls 2021: Will quit Twitter if BJP s seat tally crosses double digits, says Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor, whose Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) is working with Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, said BJP’s rise in the state was being hyped by a section of supportive media .
File image: Political strategist and politician Prashant Kishor
Political strategist and politician Prashant Kishor said on December 21 that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will struggle to cross double digits in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections.
In a tweet, Kishor, whose Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has been hired by Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, said BJP’s rise in the state was being “hyped AMPLIFIED by a section of supportive media”.
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Kutch, Gujarat, that farmers are being misled by some political parties on the three new farm laws. Modi said, farmers are being fooled into believing that others will occupy their land if the laws are implemented. These reforms, the PM said, are exactly the same that farmersâ outfits and the opposition had been asking over the years.
Modi said, those in the opposition who are misleading the farmers today, were trying to push these same reforms when they were in power, but they could not take a decision. Today, when the country has decided to take a historic step, they are misleading the farmers, he added.