'Had there been industry, things would've been different,' says a 45-yr-old who took part in 2008 anti-land acquisition protests that forced Tata Motors to move proposed Nano factory to Gujarat.
Sandeshkhali takes us back 17 years to Nandigram when women full of rage marched with raised lathis. And Mamata Banerjee has echoed the CPI-M’s responses to its decisive blunders at Singur, Nandigram, and Lalgarh.
Mamata Banerjee left her Bhowanipore seat to contest against aide-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram, but lost. She has to become an MLA within 6 months to retain CM post.
Mamata Banerjee wants a recount, says ‘there has been a mischief played by the ECI in Nandigram’. The Election Commission is yet to officially declare the result for Nandigram.
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan says he doesn’t see any reason for Mamata Banerjee to return to power again because there is strong undercurrent against her among voters.
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.
The population of Nandigram, one of 16 assembly constituencies in East Midnapore, is 34 per cent Muslim. The figure is below 20 per cent in the remaining constituencies.
Preliminary police findings submitted to EC last week also said the Nandigram incident that left CM Mamata Banerjee injured was an accident, and not an attack. EC to decide today.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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