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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14 years on, Nandigram, cradle of Bengal s anti-land acquisition stir, craves for industrial growth
Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal s political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub there
went kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work.
Battle lines have been redrawn in Nandigram, a place that shook the foundations of the mighty 34-year-old Left Front regime in the state and propelled the TMC to power in 2011, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to take on her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari in this assembly segment on April 1.
14 years on, Nandigram, cradle of Bengal s anti-land acquisition stir, craves for industrial growth
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Last Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 02:06 PM IST
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Although the discrete constituency stands polarised along political and communal lines, parties and locals, notwithstanding the differences, believe that setting up of industry would be welcomed with open arms unlike 2007, when it had faced stiff opposition.
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The BJP, which is leaving no stone unturned to defeat Banerjee, has, on its part, promised to set up industries in the area to ensure unemployed youths get jobs.
Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal s political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub there went kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work.