BJP takes leaf out of Mamata’s book, woos Tollywood ahead of Bengal elections
BJP takes leaf out of Mamata’s book, woos Tollywood ahead of Bengal elections
By getting more people from the film industry into its fold, the BJP is not only trying to break Mamata’s support base in Tollywood but also hopes that their popularity will pay rich electoral dividends for the party in poll-bound Bengal.
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UPDATED: February 18, 2021 01:37 IST
With elections in Bengal round the corner, the fight over Tollywood has spiced up between BJP and TMC (File: PTI)
On March 14, 2007, police firing in West Bengal’s Nandigram killed 14 people according to official reports. Farmers in the area were resisting acquisition of their land for industry. Successive tales of police highhandedness and violence perpetrated by CPI(M) cadres on protesters turned civil society against the Left Front government.