Images, clips of alleged murders, arson, and ransacking of property and party offices have gone viral. BJP alleges 9 of its workers were killed, Trinamool claims 3 cadres were murdered.
Central BJP leaders say that polarisation didn’t work, and believe Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was helped by the Bengali versus non-Bengali narrative.
From 1939, RSS and its outfits have only grown in West Bengal. The 2021 election is where Hindu nationalists of BJP see their first realistic chance of coming to power.
There are 408 tea gardens in North Bengal — 84 on Darjeeling hills & 324 in Terai & Dooars. The labour force is key to elections in 16 assembly seats in region, 13 of which vote today.
The Commission's order said Ghosh made highly 'provocative and inciteful' remarks which could adversely impact law and order and adversely affecting the election process.
Addressing an election rally in Coochbehar district's Sitalkuchi Friday, Shah exuded confidence that Banerjee will lose to BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram constituency.
The TMC forces were led by ‘Bengal Tiger’ Mamata Banerjee, mounted on her trusty wheelchair, the BJP by the king of polls, Amit Shah, aboard a saffron chariot.
In interview to ThePrint, BJP's Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari, once a close Mamata aide, says people have lost faith in her, claims she only played appeasement politics.
Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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