âItâs for political benefitâ: Meet the faceless victims of Bengalâs post-poll violence
At least 16 people have been killed in clashes between BJP and Trinamool supporters since the election result was declared on May 2.
Haran Adhikari s widow Swarnalata with her son.
At around 3 pm on May 5, I was talking to the family of a slain Sangh Parivar worker at Protapnagar village in Bengalâs Sonarpur. Haran Adhikari, who was in his 40s, had been hacked to death, allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters, on the evening the party won the assembly election. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the backyard. The family dashed inside â Haranâs wife, brothers, their wives and children â hurriedly locking the two iron grill doors of the house. The children began to cry. Standing there in the courtyard I was trying to make sense of what was happening when the women opened one of the grill doors and pulled me in. Trinamool workers, they suspected, had ret
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Raina, Jamalpur, Galsi: The violence in Kolkata began right after the West Bengal assembly election results were declared on 2 May.
Abhijit Sarkar, a 35-year-old BJP worker and an idol maker in North Kolkata, was among the first victims.
His older brother Biswajit Sarkar told ThePrint that Abhijit was allegedly dragged out of his house in the afternoon by a group of around 30 to 35 people, including women, and past the canine shelter and small veterinary unit that he ran for ailing dogs picked off the streets.
âThe attackers used the cable wires to make a noose around his neck and dragged him through this alley (in front of his house); three of his pet dogs went with him,â Biswajit said. âMy brother and his dogs were beaten to death. They assaulted me as well but their target was Abhijit as he was a known BJP worker.â
Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many more
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 05:51 PM IST
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Women candidates, irrespective of their political affiliation, are basking in electoral glory, with several female nominees emerging triumphant in the high-octane elections, including TMCs Ratna Chatterjee, Shashi Panja and Chandrima Bhattacharya, and BJPs Agnimitra Paul, Chandana Bauri and Tapasi Mondal.
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By the afternoon of May 2, it was loud and clear that women as well as men in West Bengal had not just chosen one daughter - Mamata Banerjee - but several others.
Large hoardings put up by the TMC which screamed Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye(Bengal wants her own daughter) in the run-up to the assembly polls were possibly put with an eye on the decisive 49 per cent female electorate in the state whose votes were being wooed both by Bengals tigress Mamata Banerjee and her rivals in BJP.
Victory due to Mamata magic: Trinamool s film star contestants on poll win
TMCs winning Tollywood brigade includes director Raj Chakraborty, actors Kanchan Mallick, Soham Chakraborty, June Malliah, and Lovely Maitra.
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KOLKATA: Bengali film personalities who contested the assembly election on Trinamool Congress ticket attributed the stellar performance of the party to Mamata magic , while those who were fielded by the BJP urged the ruling party to ensure that political rivals are not attacked.
TMCs winning Tollywood brigade includes director Raj Chakraborty, actors Kanchan Mallick, Soham Chakraborty, June Malliah, and Lovely Maitra.
Actors Papiya Adhikari, Rudranil Ghosh, Parno Mittra, Srabanti Chatterjee, Paayel Sarkar, Tanushree Chakraborty, and Yash Dasgupta of the BJP lost to the TMC.
Didi returns: Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many more
By the afternoon of May 2, it was loud and clear that women as well as men in West Bengal had not just chosen one daughter - Mamata Banerjee - but several others.
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KOLKATA: Large hoardings put up by the TMC which screamed Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye (Bengal wants her own daughter) in the run-up to the assembly polls were possibly installed with an eye on the decisive 49 per cent female electorate in the state, whose votes were being wooed both by Bengal tigress Mamata Banerjee and rival BJP.