North Poll: Maharaja in the middle of democracy s dance
North Poll: Maharaja in the middle of democracy s dance
Ananta Rai, the self-styled king of the Koch-Rajbongshi, is the man who holds sway over the community in Bengal s Cooch Behar. It is this influence that got Union Home Minister Amit Shah to meet Rai in February this year. Will Rai be able to get the Rajbongshi vote for BJP though? Read on to know more.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Ananta Rai
If you ask anyone in Cooch Behar where is the Rajbari, they will show you the palace that Maharani Gayatri Devi spent her childhood in the early 1900s, and Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel held a cultural mahotsav in February this year. The Rajbari is the pride of Cooch Behar. It is the identity of Cooch Behar. It is the heritage building that is increasingly moving from two-second cameos in Bengal state tourism ads to being the backdrop of the Prime Minister s Zoom windows at international bilateral meets. Bu
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April 09, 2021 01:10 IST
Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throws a soccer ball at an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, on April 7, 2021.
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Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district
Marginalised people from remote areas will exercise their right to franchise as 14 seats in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts of north Bengal go to the polls in the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections. The areas include erstwhile enclaves bordering Bangladesh to a particularly vulnerable primitive tribe Toto living in the hills near Bhutan. In all, the electorate of 44 Assembly segments will vote in the fourth phase on April 10.
Remote, economically backward north Bengal districts to vote in Phase IV
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Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throws a soccer ball at an election campaign rally for the Assembly polls, at Baneswar in Cooch Behar district, on April 7, 2021.
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Of 44 seats, 14 are spread across two districts of north Bengal, 9 in Cooch Behar and 5 in Alipurduar district
Marginalised people from remote areas will exercise their right to franchise as 14 seats in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts of north Bengal go to the polls in the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections. The areas include erstwhile enclaves bordering Bangladesh to a particularly vulnerable primitive tribe Toto living in the hills near Bhutan. In all, the electorate of 44 Assembly segments will vote in the fourth phase
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In Cooch Behar, Rajbongshis’ demand of ‘sena’ and ‘bhasha’ takes centre stage
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TMC is wooing Rajbongshis back to its fold, claiming that the BJP s promise of honouring the ‘Narayani Sena’ is false. It is citing a reply to Cooch Behar district TMC chief Partha Pratim Roy, also a candidate from Sitalkuchi, alleging that the central government had no plans of introducing a “Narayani Regiment” in the army.
The TMC is also targeting the Nasya shek community, which it believes are Hindus from the Rajbongshis who converted to Islam generations ago and form around 9% of the population in the State.