Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal has defended his team amid widespread criticism for the handling of the RG Kar rape-murder case. Most severe has been the Calcutta High Court's observations.
State police and central agencies have traded FIRs on murder, criminal conspiracy, and more in last few weeks. Experts blame ‘political control’, warn it’s weakening the steel frame.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
It took a lot for Ms. Shreyasi Dey to finally take a stand against TMC and Ms. Mamata Banerjee. Even a cursory glance through Ms. Dey’s Twitter (X) profile shows that she has been a supporter of the TMC and Ms. Banerjee all along. Her reporting on the Sandeshkhali incident was particularly egregious.
One may even opine that she is a member of TMC.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta’s oft quoted “un-hyphenated journalism” leaves much more to be desired.
To be fair, consider any police force in the country. How closely it follows political guidance in sensitive cases. How many Julio Ribeiros does one see nowadays.
It took a lot for Ms. Shreyasi Dey to finally take a stand against TMC and Ms. Mamata Banerjee. Even a cursory glance through Ms. Dey’s Twitter (X) profile shows that she has been a supporter of the TMC and Ms. Banerjee all along. Her reporting on the Sandeshkhali incident was particularly egregious.
One may even opine that she is a member of TMC.
Mr. Shekhar Gupta’s oft quoted “un-hyphenated journalism” leaves much more to be desired.
To be fair, consider any police force in the country. How closely it follows political guidance in sensitive cases. How many Julio Ribeiros does one see nowadays.