by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 24, 2021 01:22 PM
West Bengal elections 2021
Snapshot
Created in 2011 by the Delimitation Commission, Chanchal has elected the Congressâ Asif Mehbub for the last two terms (2011 and 2016).
But Muslim alienation â owing to step-motherly treatment of the area by Trinamool and its selection of a Hindu candidate, is happening alongside a Hindu consolidation, which may work in favour of the BJP.
If one goes by conventional political wisdom, the BJP has no chance of winning Chanchal, an overwhelmingly rural Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in the Muslim-majority Malda district of Bengal.
Nearly 66 per cent of the 2.37 lakh strong electorate of Chanchal are Muslims, and most of them are of Bangladeshi origin.
Turncoats turn the tables on old-timers in West Bengal assembly elections
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 01:42 PM IST
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The TMC, in its list of 291 candidates, has fielded around 16 turncoats who were either elected representatives of other parties or had joined the TMC over the last few years.
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The ruling TMC and the opposition BJP in Bengal might be pulling out all the stops to go for each other s jugular in the assembly polls, but the rivals share something in common when it comes to their choice of candidates in several high-profile seats - turncoats over tried-and-tested leaders. Once a reviled practice in the state, both the parties seem to have endorsed a record number of turncoats this time triggering a wave of discontentment among their loyalists.
Parties prefer turncoats over old-timers in Bengal
Parties prefer turncoats over old-timers in Bengal
Last Updated: Wed, Mar 17th, 2021, 14:59:20hrs
New Delhi: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Bengal might be pulling out all the stops to go for each other s jugular in the assembly polls, but the rivals share something in common when it comes to their choice of candidates in several high-profile seats turncoats over tried-and-tested leaders.
Once a reviled practice in the state, both the parties seem to have endorsed a record number of turncoats this time triggering a wave of discontentment among their loyalists.
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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Friday launched a scheme to provide interim relief for farmers who lost livestock to wild animals in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.
The project, launched jointly with Thalavadi Adivasi Munnetra Sangam (Tams), aims to prevent farmers from launching retaliatory attack on wild animals, a statement from WWF India said. “Tribals and other forest dwelling communities living in the hill villages of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) are dependent on livestock for their livelihood. Sometimes, livestock get killed by wild animals such as tigers and leopards. The state Government has a compensation scheme in place for the livestock owners. But the compensation reaches the owners after considerable time due to time taken for the government procedure. Tams, with the help of WWF India, aims to bridge the gap between livestock death and government compensation delivery with the interim relief. The project is expected to put an end to instances of farmers p