TMC Distances Itself From Goli Maaro Slogan Raised in Party Meeting
Describing the slogan as excessive exuberance on the part of some young supporters, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated that the party does not endorse it.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Photo: PTI
Politics20/Jan/2021
Kolkata: A day after a few TMC supporters chanted the slogan ‘Bangal ke gaddaro ko, goli maro saalo ko’ (shoot the traitors of Bengal) during a rally here, the ruling party in Bengal on Wednesday distanced itself from the rhetoric, and rebuked the activists who raised it.
Describing the slogan as “excessive exuberance” on the part of some young supporters, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated that the party does not endorse it.
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Ahead of Supreme Court verdict on farm laws, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday slammed Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and urged her to revisit her speeches delivered in favour of reforms in the agriculture sector.
Ahead of Supreme Court verdict on farm laws, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday slammed Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and urged her to revisit her speeches delivered in favour of reforms in the agriculture sector.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday fired an intense jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Member of Parliament, Abhishek Banerjee
‘A regime contemptuous of checks and balances’: Rajdeep Sardesai on the first year of Modi 2.0
An excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai’s new ‘Afterword’ to his book ‘2019: How Modi Won India’. Sanjaay Kanojia/AFP
If a week is a long time in Indian politics, a year can be an eternity. The first anniversary celebrations of the Narendra Modi 2.0 government in May 2020 had none of the “band, baaja, baarat” razzmatazz that is such an intrinsic part of the Modi style of political marketing. India was in lockdown mode and the rising cases of Covid-19 across the country meant that public celebrations would not be possible.