Mamata Banerjee is the eighth Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and the first woman to hold this office. She founded the Trinamool Congress in 1998 after splitting from the Indian National Congress and has represented the Bhabanipur constituency in the state assembly since 2011.
When Mamata Banerjee first joined the Congress (I) in the 1970s, she rose to be the General Secretary of the State Mahila Congress (I) from 1976 to 1980. She has previously served as an MP for Kolkata South in the Lok Sabha and was the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Youth Affairs and Sports, and Women and Child Development under the P.V. Narasimha Rao government.
One of the defining moments in Mamata Banerjee’s political career was her involvement in the Singur and Nandigram movements. These movements — centered around land acquisition issues, particularly the acquisition of agricultural land for industrial projects — saw her rise as a leader and advocate for the rights of farmers and local communities in Bengal’s Singur and Nandigram districts. She received widespread support, eventually leading to the downfall of the 34-year-old Left Front government in West Bengal and her ascent to power.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that what Raga and a band of motley opposition leaders really crave for is a bad defeat or blow to India from Pakistan or China, to enable them to denigrate Modi and his Government, and use that to win some more votes to get to rule the country. They do not seem to care what they are saying; or the impact of what they are saying, just as long as it can confuse, fool, or turn the minds of even a few voters against the BJP/Modi government, and SOMEHOW pitchfork THEM into the PM’s chair. ( they have no idea WHO will actually get to sit in it should that happen, but never mind, anyway)
Modi sarkar shaheedoun ki shahdat ka apman kr rhe hn abhi tak kuch nhi kia na sugical strike na kuch aur
meri sarkar se guzarish hai kam az kam unn bachoun ka socho jinhoun ne apne papa ko khoya hai mai slaam krta hun un buhadar jawans ko jinhoun ne apni kurbani de hai pulwama hamle mai
The opposition parties should come out of the shock and start asking BJP the one pertinent question: how did the “intelligence failure” happen
A) so close to the elections
B) so close to Afzal Guru’s death anniversary???
The second point alone should have made the intelligence agencies extra alert. It won’t be surprising if some political orientation is discovered in the people responsible for this intelligence failure.
It seems difficult now to change the mould so close to the election. However, a conscious effort needs to be made thereafter to restore some of the earlier conventions and norms that served India’s public life well over the decades. At least national security and foreign policy could be made the subject of bipartisan consensus.