MLA Tapasi Mondal’s party switch—which she blamed on the BJP’s ‘divisive agenda’—saw a spate of communally charged comments from Suvendu Adhikari. Mamata’s lieutenants hit back in kind.
Bengal’s Left parties landed 0 seats in 2019 & 2024 Lok Sabha polls as well as 2021 assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi-style yatras by young Communists may be their only hope in Bengal.
Suvendu Adhikari, leader of Oppn in Bengal assembly, denies allegation that he called IPS officer Jaspreet Singh 'Khalistani' when BJP delegation was stopped from entering Sandeskhali.
Mamata inducted 8 ministers — 5 cabinet ministers, 1 minister of state with independent charge, and 2 MoSes — and dropped 4 in a ministerial reshuffle Wednesday.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Let us for once dispel any coyness regarding politicians having any spiritual scruples. Ms Banerjee was screaming about muslim infiltration across the swiss cheese border between India and Bangladesh when she was a BJP ally. Now she is ready to “tolerate their tantrums as long as they give milk” (votes). Mr Adhikari couldn’t have enough of iftaars when he needed Muslim votes but now cannot tolerate the sight of Muslim MLAs. It’s plain and cynical politics. Personal religiosity holds no water under the bridge of political expediency. The apogee of Bengalee civilization is long over. Bengal is doomed. Now it’s just a matter of who will get to perform the last rites.
Let us for once dispel any coyness regarding politicians having any spiritual scruples. Ms Banerjee was screaming about muslim infiltration across the swiss cheese border between India and Bangladesh when she was a BJP ally. Now she is ready to “tolerate their tantrums as long as they give milk” (votes). Mr Adhikari couldn’t have enough of iftaars when he needed Muslim votes but now cannot tolerate the sight of Muslim MLAs. It’s plain and cynical politics. Personal religiosity holds no water under the bridge of political expediency. The apogee of Bengalee civilization is long over. Bengal is doomed. Now it’s just a matter of who will get to perform the last rites.