In episode 643 of #CuttheClutter, Shekhar Gupta says the reason why Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have been targeting Bengal is because they want a big footprint in the east.
Amit Shah's Friday rally in Midnapore will see more resignations from Trinamool Congress as many senior leaders are set to join BJP, a top party leader said.
During his two-day visit to West Bengal, Nadda criticised the 'dynastic politics' of the TMC and other parties, and asserted that for the BJP 'party is family'.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor met Adhikari days after he resigned from the state cabinet and claimed that all issues have been resolved.
Politics in Bengal has for years been marred with allegations of violence. In recent days, BJP has intensified its attack on Trinamool for alleged violence against its members.
BJP general secretary BL Santosh and other leaders held meetings with Bengal unit to get campaign for 2021 polls rolling. Booth-level activities & women voters key focus points.
The performance of Owaisi’s AIMIM in Bihar — it won 5 of 20 seats — has intensified speculation about the Hyderabad MP’s plans for next year’s Bengal polls.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
As a bengali and a voter of bengal i will vote for TMC just to stop outsiders away from bengal.. Any political party which controlled by outside bengal is destructive for both bengal and bengalis as a whole. And no other political party is able to do so other than TMC. This time too TMC will going to come back in power with more than 200 hundred seats…
The whole premise that Left vote transferred lock stock n barrel to BJP thus the 40.36% BJP vote in 2019 LS election, is wrong.
The analysis needs to be seen VS constituency wise and region wise, rather than seeing it on State level.
BJP gained a lot of TMC vote say in Mednipur, Bankura, Purulia, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and North Bengal.
Also TMC gained votes from Left n Congress in South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Basirhat.
There was flow and settling of votes in across board, only party which wasn’t loosing votes to any other party was BJP.
TMC got over 95% of Muslim votes except in Murshidabad and Maldah South, where Congress got over 40-50% of Muslim votes plus of course the non Muslim votes.
Out of the 43.3% vote polled by TMC close to 25-27% belongs to the minority community. Also in Kolkata n it’s suburbs like urban seats Dumdum, Uttarpara, South 24 Parganas TMC was very strong.
The BJP n the TMC seem to have neatly divided Bengal in regional political terms.
I supported Didi first time for change and 2nd time a chance for development and reducing violence in state. The development is negative and violence and bullying by Didi’d party has crossed what worst we have experienced during last left rule. So change is needed and Didi need to go now.
TMC’s vote share will reduce as result of defections, so Mamta’s vote share will remain intact only in Hindu minority regions but will hv definite impact in non-Muslim regions.
Mamata might loose this election in a surprising manner, just like the left previously. BJP has now replaced the congress as the ‘anti-incumbency’ alternative.
As a bengali and a voter of bengal i will vote for TMC just to stop outsiders away from bengal.. Any political party which controlled by outside bengal is destructive for both bengal and bengalis as a whole. And no other political party is able to do so other than TMC. This time too TMC will going to come back in power with more than 200 hundred seats…
The whole premise that Left vote transferred lock stock n barrel to BJP thus the 40.36% BJP vote in 2019 LS election, is wrong.
The analysis needs to be seen VS constituency wise and region wise, rather than seeing it on State level.
BJP gained a lot of TMC vote say in Mednipur, Bankura, Purulia, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and North Bengal.
Also TMC gained votes from Left n Congress in South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Basirhat.
There was flow and settling of votes in across board, only party which wasn’t loosing votes to any other party was BJP.
TMC got over 95% of Muslim votes except in Murshidabad and Maldah South, where Congress got over 40-50% of Muslim votes plus of course the non Muslim votes.
Out of the 43.3% vote polled by TMC close to 25-27% belongs to the minority community. Also in Kolkata n it’s suburbs like urban seats Dumdum, Uttarpara, South 24 Parganas TMC was very strong.
The BJP n the TMC seem to have neatly divided Bengal in regional political terms.
I supported Didi first time for change and 2nd time a chance for development and reducing violence in state. The development is negative and violence and bullying by Didi’d party has crossed what worst we have experienced during last left rule. So change is needed and Didi need to go now.
Lotus to bloom in Bengal
Folks leaving TMC is an indication of how the wind is blowing.
TMC’s vote share will reduce as result of defections, so Mamta’s vote share will remain intact only in Hindu minority regions but will hv definite impact in non-Muslim regions.
Mamata might loose this election in a surprising manner, just like the left previously. BJP has now replaced the congress as the ‘anti-incumbency’ alternative.