Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok Hindus had no one to turn to.
After Nishkant Dubey blamed the Supreme Court for "civil war" in the country, Dilip Ghosh directly attacked the top court for the 22 April Kashmir terror attack.
When a protester asked, ‘Mamata ji, anyone for Hindus?’ at Kellogg College, Bengal watchers were reminded of the BJP’s core campaign strategy for 2026—Hindu angst against minority appeasement.
BJP plan seems to be to cut up West Bengal in a way that splinters Mamata Banerjee's so-called Muslim vote bank and helps it win an election. Good news is, Bengal BJP is a divided house.
BJP MP Saumitra Khan says CM 'wants to turn Bengal into Greater Bangladesh', adds that his party 'will not allow Rohingyas in the country till we are alive'.
BJP can see how voter consolidation behind 'Lakshmir Bhandar' can be pivotal to the 2024 election outcome in West Bengal, but the party has tied itself in knots.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
Kolkata: Shuttling between Sandeshkhali and Balurghat, the Lok Sabha constituency from where he became a first-time MP in 2019 and from where he will...
Implementation of CAA was a key demand of Matua-Namasudras, who form around 40% of electorate in Ranaghat (SC) and Bongaon (SC) Lok Sabha constituencies, both community strongholds.
Post impressive performance in 2021 assembly polls, it has all gone downhill for Bengal BJP. It saw sharp decline in vote share in July panchayat polls, and has now lost Dhupguri to TMC.
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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