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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicTMC-BJP

Topic: TMC-BJP

If TMC slips by even one seat in 2024, Mamata Banerjee’s 2026 shot becomes that much harder

BJP has successfully executed 'Operation Lotus' in Goa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. Mamata Banerjee must repair internal friction and fight harder to prevent this fate for TMC.

Left Front is using SRK’s Jawan & AI in Bengal campaign. It still can’t beat TMC-BJP binary

Leaders such as Srijan Bhattacharya, Saira Shah Halim and Dipsita Dhar are trying to revive the Left Front’s fortunes in West Bengal. It may be too early to forget the past.

Poached leaders and anti-Modi rhetoric won’t be enough for TMC’s national goal in 2024

Trinamool Congress may have emerged as the favoured political party for leaders in search of one, but TMC and Mamata Banerjee still have a long way to go.

BJP is now a formidable opposition in Bengal, will keep a check on Mamata’s politics

For the first time in the history of West Bengal, the Left and the Congress will have no representation in the state assembly.

Trinamool didn’t see it coming but ‘suffocated’ Dinesh Trivedi had many reasons to quit

Trinamool Congress disputes Dinesh Trivedi’s claims of being ‘suffocated’, says he never approached party to sort out any differences. BJP says welcome to join us. 

Modi rally, infra projects, month-long yatra — BJP sets in motion its grand Bengal plan

PM Modi is set to inaugurate road and petroleum projects worth Rs 4,742 crore in Haldia in East Midnapore, a TMC stronghold.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

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.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

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.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.