The Bengali Bhadralok, a common term for the state’s mainly upper caste elite, traditionally voted for the Left parties before switching over to the Trinamool Congress.
The latest officer to join Trinamool Congress is Humayun Kabir, the former commissioner of Chandannagar. He joined the party Monday, 12 days after quitting service.
After being branded ‘band of outsiders’ by the TMC, the BJP in Bengal faces a historical emptiness it is trying to overcome through its digital campaign.
BJP has turned its attention to this one district that it hopes will help party stop a Trinamool poll charge and allow it to counter Mamata Banerjee's 'outsider' jibe.
Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata’s nephew, has emerged as the chief crisis-manager and go-to man for Trinamool leaders — a fact many old-timers find unpalatable.
Addressing a rally in West Bengal through video-conferencing, Home Minister Amit Shah said by the time elections arrive, Mamata Banerjee will be alone in her party.
In its reply affidavit filed in Supreme Court, West Bengal has said that the state CID has investigated all aspects of the complaints filed a charge sheet in the competent court.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Only a minority of bhadraloks are left leaning. Rest are aligned with the upper castes of other states. Bengal has a communal past. BJP should have no worries on that account.
Only a minority of bhadraloks are left leaning. Rest are aligned with the upper castes of other states. Bengal has a communal past. BJP should have no worries on that account.