While journalist-author Sagarika Ghose is likely to be the party’s voice in national media, the TMC has sent a signal to the Matuas by fielding Mamata Bala Thakur. The two renominated candidates are newspaper owner Md Nadimul Haque and former Silchar MP Sushmit Dev.
A controversy has erupted over A R Rahman s rendition of a popular patriotic song of legendary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a new Bollywood film, with the litterateur s family and singers expressing outrage over the distortion in rhythm and tunes.