Kolkata: If the exit polls are to be believed, the Left front is likely to witness its worst performance in history in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, facing a near wipeout in West Bengal — a bastion it fiercely guarded for more than four decades. A severe leadership crisis, cadres shifting camps and a …
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Can a Veteran TMC Leader Shed the Outsider Tag & Break Down the Left’s Last Garrison in Bengal?
The last remnants of the Left in the land of red soil Bankura, once a fortress of the CPI(M) faces two formidable foes in the TMC with its formidable organizational strength and a surging BJP. The CPI(M) and the BJP can play spoilsport for each other here and end up dividing opposition votes, much to …
Ma, Mati, Modi: Bengal Shaped Hindutva. Now, Hindutva is Shaping Bengal
A little over three years ago, a student uploaded an ‘objectionable’ post on Facebook against Prophet Muhammad at Illambazar in Birbhum. Soon, an angry mob ransacked a police station and a 30-year-old man died after being shot in the head by a ‘stray bullet’. The BJP state president called for the beheading of ‘anti-nationals’ and …
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Will a Community Agitating for its Tribal Status Determine the Faith of a Former Maoist Bastion in Bengal?
A key factor for the electoral fate of Jhargram – which was at the heart of Left wing extremism in West Bengal for decades – will be the potential split of the Kurmi community, an agrarian OBC community that has long been demanding that they be given ST status. While exit polls largely predicted that …
TMC Meets EC Against BJP Demand for Deployment of Central Forces in West Bengal
New Delhi Questioning the BJP demand for deployment of central forces in West Bengal till the Model Code of Conduct is in place, a miffed Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked the Election Commission “if Emergency has been declared” in the state, sources said. A delegation of opposition leaders met the EC and demanded verification of …
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