By Arnab Sen Sarma Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently lashed out at the Modi government on the dismal state of the economy and rising unemployment in the country. “PM’s hall of shame- Minimum GDP, Maximum Unemployment”, he wrote on Twitter and shared a graph plotting the rise of unemployment among the youth since 2014. Although he seems concerned about issues affecting the
Apr 15, 2021, 10:26 IST
By Uday Basu
The fifth phase Assembly polling on April 17 will be held in the backdrop of firing by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar during polling in the fourth phase killing four persons and an explosive interview to a cross-section of the media by the Trinamool Congress poll strategist Prashant Kishor. A new propaganda war has now started between the ruling Trinamool and its principal challenger the BJP. It is a battle of perceptions that is going to influence this phase in which the fate of 45 seats spread across north and south Bengal will be decided.
West Bengal Polls: Trinamool’s Sagging Morale Apr 05, 2021, 17:30 IST
By Uday Basu
The third phase polling in West Bengal on April 6 will be a litmus test for the ruling Trinamool Congress. The 31 constituencies where the election will be held in this phase are spread across the three districts of South 24 Parganas (16 seats), Hooghly (seven seats) and Howrah (eight seats) where the Trinamool could hold its fort even when the BJP made heavy inroads into its bastions bagging 18 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
In the 2016 Assembly poll, the Trinamool’s dominance in these seats was unquestionable and it won 30 seats and the Congress managed to bag only the Amta constituency.