Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
TopicWest Bengal BJP

Topic: West Bengal BJP

Bengal assembly passes law making CM chancellor of universities. ‘Politicising post’, says BJP

Sreyashi Dey -
Bill says governor's role 'should be confined to constitutional provisions only'. Passed amid protests by BJP legislators, who say governor won't give assent.

BJP brass blames Covid for losing 2021 Bengal, wants workers to ‘move on’ from post-poll violence

Sreyashi Dey -
Senior BJP leaders from Delhi have been visiting Bengal to boost its state unit in recent days. After Amit Shah’s visit in May, Nadda concluded a two-day trip to state this week.

A hijab story from Bengal: Murshidabad school attacked after insisting on uniform colours

+TFP Sreyashi Dey -
Bahutali High School was attacked on 12 February after rumours of headscarf ban. Some came from neighbouring Birbhum district, say police. 18 people arrested so far.

3rd deadline missed, Bengal BJP leaders to knock on PM Modi’s door to protest CAA delay

Sreyashi Dey -
CAA was passed by Parliament in 2019, but central government yet to form rules for its implementation. On 9 January, it missed the third deadline extension.

Bengal BJP leaders meet Modi, call for speedy CAA rollout so ‘those eligible can benefit’

Neelam Pandey -
The delegation of party leaders also invited the PM to visit West Bengal and lambasted the state government.

It’s BJP vs BJP in Bengal as Tathagata Roy threatens ‘explosive expose’ on Kailash Vijayvargiya

Madhuparna Das -
Roy Monday tweeted a picture of Vijayvargiya alongside a pug with a line in Bengali that read: 'Vodafone is in Bengal again'. BJP leaders call his criticism 'disappointing'.

BJP drags Bangladesh, Kashmir, Taliban into Bengal bypolls, TMC says communalisation won’t work

Madhuparna Das -
Four West Bengal constituencies — Shantipur in Nadia district, Dinhata in Coochbehar district, Khardah in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South 24 Praganas — will vote on 30 October.

3 BJP MLAs taken into custody for violating lockdown norms in Siliguri, released later

PTI -
Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Burman and Sikha Chattopadhyay were protesting against the alleged lack of measures on part of state govt to check rising Covid deaths in north Bengal.

Mamata loses nail-biter in Bengal’s Nandigram to Suvendu, says EC played ‘mischief’

Madhuparna Das -
Mamata Banerjee lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by 1,956 votes. She said she would go to the court as the ‘people have witnessed the horror of the ECI’ in Bengal.

Mamata lost, Mamata won, Suvendu lost, Suvendu won — it’s all very confusing in Nandigram

Madhuparna Das -
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.
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India has interests on both sides of US-China divide. Cold War holds clues for path ahead

Lt General Prakash Menon -
India’s strategic balance is weighted towards the West and its economic balance is towards China. But it needs more to build a multipolar world order.
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What India—Hindus and Muslims—missed in Supreme Court’s ‘lecture’ on Nupur Sharma

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‘To live is to kill’ — a Malabar pit viper and gliding frog affirm nature’s basic law

Economy

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Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

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The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

Army puts out tender for 30k ‘night sights’ so its US-made assault rifles can aim better in dark

Raghav Bikhchandani -
While an open tender has been issued for procurement of the optical instruments, Bengaluru-based firm Tonbo Imaging, whose services the Army has previously used, is a frontrunner.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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