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.
Sometimes the truth is hiding in open, only some refuse to acknowledge it for ideological reasons. And these days most charlatans masquerading as journalists are ideological propaganda artists at the core.
The author seems to be providing cover to a specific lady in the garb of “2 woman CMs” . I wonder who that lady is ? I also wonder why the usual talk of anti incumbency after several terms isn’t the usual common sense answer rather than bad PR ? Is the author accepting that journalists are into PR business ? What a rubbish comparison ! Author forgets that this is land of Karma, you shall get what your actions entail. Guess what actions led to usurping of every institution from police to schools in a specific state ? Think, Ms. Bajpai, think !
To call a thoughtless inhuman dictator’s actions as bad PR is wrong on so many levels. Mamata and aatishi cant even be put in the same article.
Disappointing to see this from you.
Seems like the wires have come loose inside Ms. Bajpai’s head.
Ms. Shailaja,
You do great disservice to the people of Bengal by saying that mamata is a victim of poor PR.
She is not. She is the mastermind behind ALL scams, check out Kunal Ghosh’s video statements after he was arrested a few years ago for Narada/sharada.
The RG Kar case is an institutional murder with CM, health minister and police minister Mamata as sign off agency. Ask general public in WB, they will tell you, in case you don’t know.
She can’t have stood with the doctors after her pet goons unleashed this terror. Ask medical lobby in WB.
She can’t stand with qualified teachers whose jobs were stolen and sold to TMC cadre base. Ask the agitating teachers.
Mamata is deeply hated because her mask is off. No amount of PR can change her image now. We know, as should you. After all, you are in the business of possessing intelligence that general public doesn’t.
ThePrint hasnt done a good job of covering R G Kar. The least you can do now is NOT paint Mamata as a victim. She IS the perpetrator, the bully, pathological liar and a cold blooded supari-giver. Call her out for that, if you really wanna do good journalismm