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First on Saturday morning, the names of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s niece Bristy Mukherjee and minister Srikanta Mahata s brother Khokan Mahata figured in the list. But as time passed since then similar associations with the state s ruling party surfaced in the list of terminated staff.The ....
Post-poll violence has forced Nandigram in East Midnapore to relive the memories it wanted to forget in these 14 years. Only, the political colours have changed. Ill-fated nights of people guarding their villages against impending attacks are back in the aftermath of the May 2 poll results in which chief minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated by her former protégé and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari in a close fight in this constituency, despite Trinamul’s massive victory overall. Fourteen years ago, during the anti-land acquisition movement in the Left Front era, Nandigram’s people would guard their villages against police excesses and political adversaries in a similar manner. ....