Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP's Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee and senior leader Rahul Sinha were among those detained during the Nabanna Abhiyan protest march.
At a time when ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday celebrated ‘Khela Hobe Dibas’, the BJP also took out rallies across the state demanding immediate arrest of other alleged corrupt TMC leaders.
And the youth responded.
The song became an instant hit among them, drawing thousands to the brigade ground from across the state in this scorching summer.
Politburo member Mohammed Salim, who also heads the social media team, said it was a bunch of young party cadres who came up with the idea and they went ahead with it. Our clarion call was a hit, that s why Modi s rally was a miss, he quipped.
The Left has come a long way from
Tomar naam aamar naam Vietnam in the 60s to
Tumpa sona in 2021 a switch that many say is reflected in their party as well.
But the political order in the state is now rapidly changing.
First, the Left front, which was almost the identity of the state is now almost dead politically. It is now leaning on the Congress for survival. Two, the dramatic rise of the BJP, which was considered unthinkable even five years ago. In the Legislative Assembly with 294 constituencies, Trinamool won 209 in the 2011 elections. BJP was a distant number 2 with only 27 seats. But since then, things have changed with BJP s rising popularity on one hand and weakening hold of the Trinamool.
Third, entry of Muslim leaders with their own parties have altered the contours of the political structure.
Bengal polls, no more a regional affair: Will have national & international implications
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Mahua Venkatesh ( IANS) |
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Fri, Feb 19 2021 14:51 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 19 : The upcoming elections in West Bengal are making heads turn, not only in India but also across the borders. Several factors explain the unprecedented curiosity and interest, within and outside, that the electoral contest scheduled for May is generating.
The elections are seen as a barometer of the national mood, which has been heavily impacted by the farmers agitation. In the backdrop of animus, will the BJP that is heavily contesting be unceremoniously rejected in a bastion controlled first by the Left and subsequently by the mercurial Mamata Baneerjee s Trinamool? Or, instead, is a paradigm shift in the offing, with the BJP, storming into the citadel of p