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Didi, the torch-bearer for opposition unity? Anil Anand Mamta Banerjee was sworn as West Bengal chief minister for the third consecutive term after sweeping the Assembly election despite being pitted against heavy odds mostly in terms of formidable rival BJP. She was sworn-in in the backdrop of sporadic incidents of violence which the BJP leaders alleged targeting of their workers by the Trinmool Congress cadres as an act of “revenge”. Revenge for victory? The charges were already flying thick and high even before she could take oath with the ever-aggressive BJP leaders not only boycotting the swearing-in ceremony to protest against what they decided as the “murder of democracy”. The double-shade backdrop- Ms Banerjee humbling the mighty BJP and the party acting as a bad loser to resort to their usual pressure building tactics within no time, and secondly she emerging as the front-ranking leader in the opposition grouping to script their future politics- makes the ....
: Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 10:43 PM IST West Bengal Assembly polls 2021: BJP leaders fly to Delhi; TMC holds review meet to finalise candidates West Bengal Assembly polls 2021: BJP leaders fly to Delhi; TMC holds review meet to finalise candidates Kolkata: With the first phase of Assembly polls scheduled this month, the last date to file the nomination for the first phase will be on March 9. Ahead of finalising the candidate s list, the TMC and the BJP seem very busy. The saffron camp leaders flew to Delhi while the TMC has scheduled a closed-door meeting with all the district presidents of the party. After holding two days of closed-door meetings at the Hastings office, the saffron camp on Wednesday evening flew to the national capital to submit the probable names of the candidates to the central leaders before announcing the final list. ....
West Bengal: TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh to be interrogated by ED again on March 8 ANI Photo Kolkata: After being interrogated for nearly six hours, the TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) again on March 8. According to ED sources, Ghosh had earlier given several comments on many heavyweight leaders and today it just got cross-checked. Soon after coming out of ED office at CGO complex in Salt lake, without naming two defected leaders of BJP, Ghosh said that he will fight till the end to ensure punishment for the defected leaders. If the two leaders think that since they have joined the BJP, they will be saved from punishment then I will say that I will fight till the end to get them punished, slammed the TMC spokesperson. ....
West Bengal: TMC, BJP battle heats up on Twitter West Bengal: TMC, BJP battle heats up on Twitter Kolkata: The war of words between the ruling TMC and the BJP on Saturday was seen on Twitter after the saffron camp mocked Mamata Banerjee s slogan âBangla nijer meyekeyi chayeâ (Bengal wants its daughter). A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) had declared the poll dates, poll strategists Prashant Kishor who is looking after the poll strategy of the ruling Trinamool Congress took to Twitter and wrote that Bengal is determined to show âright cardâ to the TMC in the upcoming Assembly polls. ....
Those who follow India closely are aware that a political churn is taking place in the country. Secularism as an ideology has taken a different meaning and the debate around it is not as much between the majority and minority communities now but within Hindus in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to lead an ideology that finds its ardent supporters and detractors across India. In state after state, one sees regional leaders with more than three to four decades of grass roots-level experiences and long established political careers joining the BJP and declaring support for Modi. While critics claim that many of them are “surrendering to the BJP” because some of them face financial or criminal cases, it may not be the case with all. In Gujarat, some of those who have crossed over from Congress to the BJP enjoy solid credibility and have been championing people’s causes for decades. ....