Bengal: BJP Names 4 MPs, 2 Former TMC Ministers, Film Stars In Second List
Announcing Babul Supriyo from Tollygunje, is a significant decision considering that Mamata Banerjee had earlier hinted at contesting from Tollygunje. File photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-03-14T16:58:45+05:30 Bengal: BJP Names 4 MPs, 2 Former TMC Ministers, Film Stars In Second List outlookindia.com 2021-03-14T17:03:23+05:30
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named a total of 63 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections that are to be conducted in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. The constituencies will be going to the elections in the third and fourth phases.
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The BJP on Sunday came out with the names of 63 candidates for the third and fourth phases of assembly polls in West Bengal, nominating four MPs including Union minister Babul Supriyo and several new faces, triggering protests and resignations in various parts of the state. In a surprise move, the party nominated Trinamool Congress turncoat and octogenarian sitting MLA of Singur, Rabindranath Bhattacharya. Of late, the BJP has not been nominating such elderly persons as poll candidates. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, party general secretary Arun Singh and Union ministers Supriyo and Debasree Chaudhuri released the names of 63 candidates for West Bengal assembly polls.
In a Calcutta Gripped With Naxal Violence and Police Brutality, People Lost Sons, Brothers and Friends
For most of the early 1970s, students from prestigious colleges moved to the far left fired by ideological fervour.
A still from Mrinal Sen s film Calcutta 71 that captures life in the city during the time of the Naxal uprising.
Politics11/Mar/2021
The year 1971 was marked with several âbig victoriesâ â in politics, cricket and in war â all of which had long term implications for India. The national mood was buoyant, even if the country continued to struggle with endemic problems.
Fifty years later, we look back at those times and evoke some of that mood.Â