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New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) began its two-day visit to West Bengal on Thursday to meet families affected by the alleged political violence that broke out after the recently-held West Bengal Assembly elections.
Opp shoots letter to PM, demands Rs6,000 per month for jobless
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Opposition leaders, led by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday shot off a joint letter of a 9-point charter of demands to Prime Minister Modi to implement on a war footing, âwithout going into all acts of commission and oÂmÂission by the Central Government that have brought the country to such a tragic passâ.
Noting the Covid-19 pandemic in India has assumed unprecedented dimensions of a human catastrophe, they referred to measures they sought independently and jointly as âabsolute imperativeâ, that were either ignored or refused by the government. âThough it has not been the practice of your office or government, we would appreciate a response to our suggestions in the interests of India and our people,â said the joint letter.
My fight continues as soldier of BJP to restore democracy in WB: Mukul Roy ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 20:52 IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice president Mukul Roy on Saturday said that he would continue his fight as a soldier of the BJP to restore democracy in West Bengal.
Recently, the BJP had lost elections to Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal. She became Chief Minister for a third consecutive term. On Wednesday, Mamata was administered the oath of office by West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar.
TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly elections while BJP won 77 seats.
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If it was ‘anger’ in 2019, it was ‘fear’ in 2021. This is perhaps the decisive factor behind the massive victory of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal assembly elections against a BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP’s phenomenal rise and win in 18 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls could be attributed to the anger among a large section of the Bengal electorate. They were angry with the TMC on many counts grassroots-level corruption, violence in the 2018 panchayat elections, Mamata’s pro-Muslim image, atrocities against Left workers….
Two years later, anger turned into fear amongst Bengalis. The urban middle class was afraid of bringing the Hindu nationalist BJP to power, lest they destroy the liberal culture Bengal boasts of. The rural poor were fearful of losing on the government welfare schemes they have enjoyed under the TMC government. The Muslims were terrified of los