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As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent past
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As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent pastBy
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Last month, BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy was attacked allegedly by TMC goons. Stone-pelting and open fight followed soon after. While it made national headlines, Bengalis would have slotted it under routine pre-election skirmish. For, Bengal’s encounter with violence runs deep. It has seen worse days.
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BJP workers burn an effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a demonstration after BJP President J P Nadda s convoy was attacked in the state.
Happy new year, Congress. Or is it? As one of the darkest years for mankind slips into history, India’s once-mighty Congress party has little to raise the glass of champagne to Abhijit Majumder December 31, 2020 19:55:39 IST File Image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. ANI
As one of the darkest years for mankind slips into history, India’s once-mighty Congress party has little to raise the glass of champagne to.
It has been decimated in the Bihar elections, extinguishing the hope for its partner RJD. It did terribly in Jammu and Kashmir civic body elections and Hyderabad municipality polls. For the first time in three decades, the presiding Nehru-Gandhi family faces revolt from within.
West Bengal’s poster wars
With the BJP closing in and rebels coming up within the TMC, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going all out to show that she is still in the fight
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UPDATED: December 11, 2020 13:55 IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Dec. 9 (PTI)
Huge TMC hoardings dot the posh locality of Alipore-Belvedere Road in Kolkata. They show a larger-than-life Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister, a moderately-sized Abhishek Banerjee, her nephew and a miniscule-by-comparison Firhad Hakim (Bobby), state urban development minister. The neighbourhood also happens to be where big corporates, top cops and favoured bureaucrats live. It is also the route of the CM’s daily commute from her humble home in Kalighat to her office in Nabanna the state secretariat in Kolkata.