West Bengal is an Indian state in the eastern part of the country, and the only one in India with an incumbent woman Chief Minister — Mamata Banerjee.
The region, which was the political heart of the Bengal Presidency during British Rule, was divided into East and West Bengal in 1947. Bengal was a hotbed of the Indian Independence movement and has remained one of the country’s great artistic and intellectual centres, being home to Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee as well as freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and Oscar winner Satyajit Ray.
Geographically, the state is happily situated with the Himalayas in the north and the Sundarbans in the south. It shares a roughly 2,200-sqkm border with Bangladesh (East Bengal at the time of Partition).
For the first 30 years, the Congress ruled Bengal, but made way for Left domination for the next 34 years. In 2011, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress — a breakaway from the Congress — came to power.
A word of caution for Ms. Dey – time will soon tell if Ms. Mamata weathered the storm or is steering the ship which failed to see the rival ships in the rough seas. Maybe her sense of horizon has been muddied by the storm and she may well bask in the glory of these wins at her own peril.
This is in reply to Mr. Somnath Dhar’s comments.
Bengali Hindus are being butchered by Bengali Muslims in your neighbouring country of Bangladesh. Several hundred have been killed since the anti-Hasina protests began. Hope you are aware of it.
You are “committed to keep Ambani Adani funded BJP RSS thugs out of Bengal” but am sure you have nothing to say about the Islamo-fascist hooligans and criminals terrorizing Hindus, Christians and Buddhists in neighbouring Bangladesh. Even in West Bengal, large swathes of the territory is under the “management” of such Islamo-fascist criminals. There are places which are off limits for the Bengal Police.
Hindu Bengalis had the misfortune of having their state partitioned in 1947. If your supreme leader Ms. Mamata Banerjee does not course correct, quite soon enough, even West Bengal will see mass exodus of Hindus, fleeing from Islamists. As it is, large scale Hindu exodus is being observed in the border districts of West Bengal due to intimidation and violence orchestrated by Islamists. The Census data of 2025 is sure to point out the stark demographic change in the border districts of Bengal.
Wake up before it’s too late.
Else you will end up being the victim of “khela hobay”.
We Bengali Hindus, Bengali Muslims and Bengali Christians of Bengal is comitted to keep Ambani Adani funded BJP RSS fascist thugs led by Gujarat riots criminals Modi and Amit Shah out of Bengal to maintain to main Bengali culture and literature and to preserve the peace and integrity of Bengal.
Congratulations to Madam Momota Bannerjee.
Khela hobay jindabaad.
Congratulations to Ms. Sreyashi Dey!
Your leader, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, has won comprehensively. Her hooligans and thugs rule over Bengal.
Ms. Sreyashi Dey’s happiness and glee is palpable. One can feel the words oozing happiness and contentment.
All along, she batted on behalf of the TMC govt. Her reporting on the RG Kar issue is a textbook example of “committed” journalism. It’s precisely because of pliant journalists like her that Mamata Banerjee is able to get away with her murderous acts and deeds.
Nevertheless, congratulations to Ms. Dey!