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If any political party wins or loose, why the writer of this article got upset as a Political observer? At least , political observer should be more than happy if a vote bank, which has been exists since independence purely on hardcore religious basis and doing en mass voting for its own interest, now fragmenting because of alternates available.Also note that religious votebank can never ever be secular, so whatever is happening it is for betterment of society and country.
TMC is much worse than Congress. The corruption and violence in W Bengal is out of control.
Anyone rooting for them to win should listen to the new interview on the Wire. And the Wire is no BJP fan.
It is difficult to understand why ZAINAB SIKANDER believes that TMC is a “secular” party, and that it should have the “birth right” to all Muslim votes. Does this exclusive “claim’ to the votes of a “block’s” members, who have been cuddled assiduously (as is believed by a sizable population) by Didi make her indeed a “secular” or “religion blind” politician? The fact that religious groups voting as a “block” in her favor itself make make her a ‘religious partisan” (in the perception of one and all of the state) – not exactly a “secular” person. Is it ZAINAB SIKANDER ‘s contention that “Non-secular” as a “description” cannot be applied to “minority’ groups themselves even if they act as vote-bank or blocks, and even when they are so large as to form close the one third of the total population? Obviously, religious fanaticism by the sizable (plus 30% of population) is Kosher, but the same of the majority group members of which cannot fail to watch the shenanigans of Didis and blatant acts of “appeasement’ of one specific block which gets to decide her political future. She forgets that BJP’s rise in WB is the widely expected reaction to the way DIDI has managed the religious issue in her state, in a region that has seen religious tension for ages, and even the partition of the erstwhile British -time Bengal does not seem seem to have ended the tension, something we see today in an ugly form from all sides.
The ideology based politics gave away place to ‘Power at any cost’ politics in post Emergency General Elections for the first time and for the second time before 1989 General Elections, in our country.
Now it is of no use to talk about electoral politics, based on principles.
It hurts me that we no longer have any relevant parties. What do you think?after BJP leaves will we have the same aggressive infra/diplomacy/ reform prioritising party every again. For example look at Maharashtra sharad pawar almost cancelled the hyperloop. Because he did not belive that India could be first in anything or even in the states where Congress or non bjp party are the once with more unemployment . The point is that the opposition is not being as much optimistic or more spending on things other than wellfare of the people which causes the people to think that the opposition is in turn the one which does not have a plan and thus looses confidence in it . I love all the parties that make this amazing country possible and I hope that in future they all are at the same level of optimism as the BJP.
That is what happens when everyone competes for the same shrinking pie. Unless someone comes up with a way to change the narrative from Hindu vs Muslims to genuine “Sabka Vikas” you will see this pattern repeat in other states like Bihar, UP, Delhi etc. Voting for Owaisi is no solution either Zainab because as long as the BJP is strong enough to gather 30%+ vote share, no vote “katua” will help!
If TMC and Owaisi are keen giving direct fight to BJP in West Bengal, they should collaborate with left partiesand Congress, by giving them honourable number of seats. But this will make Mamta dependent on others. And she cannot do this. It is contarary to her nature and style. She is as much arrogant and aristcrate, as was Indira and now Modi. So the triangular contests are there to be.
India will not own the narrative of working with leftist means secular
We have seen enough of divide and rule politics and minority appeasement to lowest level by Congress.
And parties like TMC has no moral grounds. They can go to any extend to rule a state
The Congress has ironically become the party that is now causing maximum advantage to the BJP to cut the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s legs in West Bengal by allying with Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front (ISF), whose secular credentials seem questionable.
By your standards, when all your colleagues say that TMC has been pandering to the extreme elements in Muslim community, is it a secular party. Request you to see the 2005 video of Mamta Banerjee crying and screaming about the same issue but I guess any hypocrisy will do to beat BJP. No wonder.
You mean TMC has done good by deviding congress. Ha ha ha . … Every one is working for himself. BJP is also a cheater lead by liers. 15 lakh dunga, 35 ltr petrol kar doooongaaaa. HGa haha hhhhh.
If any political party wins or loose, why the writer of this article got upset as a Political observer? At least , political observer should be more than happy if a vote bank, which has been exists since independence purely on hardcore religious basis and doing en mass voting for its own interest, now fragmenting because of alternates available.Also note that religious votebank can never ever be secular, so whatever is happening it is for betterment of society and country.
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The way press talks about secularism and all other communal and caste parties as if they are the saviors of india is amusing.
TMC is much worse than Congress. The corruption and violence in W Bengal is out of control.
Anyone rooting for them to win should listen to the new interview on the Wire. And the Wire is no BJP fan.
It is difficult to understand why ZAINAB SIKANDER believes that TMC is a “secular” party, and that it should have the “birth right” to all Muslim votes. Does this exclusive “claim’ to the votes of a “block’s” members, who have been cuddled assiduously (as is believed by a sizable population) by Didi make her indeed a “secular” or “religion blind” politician? The fact that religious groups voting as a “block” in her favor itself make make her a ‘religious partisan” (in the perception of one and all of the state) – not exactly a “secular” person. Is it ZAINAB SIKANDER ‘s contention that “Non-secular” as a “description” cannot be applied to “minority’ groups themselves even if they act as vote-bank or blocks, and even when they are so large as to form close the one third of the total population? Obviously, religious fanaticism by the sizable (plus 30% of population) is Kosher, but the same of the majority group members of which cannot fail to watch the shenanigans of Didis and blatant acts of “appeasement’ of one specific block which gets to decide her political future. She forgets that BJP’s rise in WB is the widely expected reaction to the way DIDI has managed the religious issue in her state, in a region that has seen religious tension for ages, and even the partition of the erstwhile British -time Bengal does not seem seem to have ended the tension, something we see today in an ugly form from all sides.
YELLOW DISEASED THE PRINT MURDABAD
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The ideology based politics gave away place to ‘Power at any cost’ politics in post Emergency General Elections for the first time and for the second time before 1989 General Elections, in our country.
Now it is of no use to talk about electoral politics, based on principles.
It hurts me that we no longer have any relevant parties. What do you think?after BJP leaves will we have the same aggressive infra/diplomacy/ reform prioritising party every again. For example look at Maharashtra sharad pawar almost cancelled the hyperloop. Because he did not belive that India could be first in anything or even in the states where Congress or non bjp party are the once with more unemployment . The point is that the opposition is not being as much optimistic or more spending on things other than wellfare of the people which causes the people to think that the opposition is in turn the one which does not have a plan and thus looses confidence in it . I love all the parties that make this amazing country possible and I hope that in future they all are at the same level of optimism as the BJP.
That is what happens when everyone competes for the same shrinking pie. Unless someone comes up with a way to change the narrative from Hindu vs Muslims to genuine “Sabka Vikas” you will see this pattern repeat in other states like Bihar, UP, Delhi etc. Voting for Owaisi is no solution either Zainab because as long as the BJP is strong enough to gather 30%+ vote share, no vote “katua” will help!
If TMC and Owaisi are keen giving direct fight to BJP in West Bengal, they should collaborate with left partiesand Congress, by giving them honourable number of seats. But this will make Mamta dependent on others. And she cannot do this. It is contarary to her nature and style. She is as much arrogant and aristcrate, as was Indira and now Modi. So the triangular contests are there to be.
Expecting logical thinking from Rahul is a near impossibility . He has no idea of the consequences of his actions
India will not own the narrative of working with leftist means secular
We have seen enough of divide and rule politics and minority appeasement to lowest level by Congress.
And parties like TMC has no moral grounds. They can go to any extend to rule a state
The Congress has ironically become the party that is now causing maximum advantage to the BJP to cut the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s legs in West Bengal by allying with Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front (ISF), whose secular credentials seem questionable.
By your standards, when all your colleagues say that TMC has been pandering to the extreme elements in Muslim community, is it a secular party. Request you to see the 2005 video of Mamta Banerjee crying and screaming about the same issue but I guess any hypocrisy will do to beat BJP. No wonder.
You mean TMC has done good by deviding congress. Ha ha ha . … Every one is working for himself. BJP is also a cheater lead by liers. 15 lakh dunga, 35 ltr petrol kar doooongaaaa. HGa haha hhhhh.
Wake up ZAINAB SIKANDER . Enough of dreams 😛