Reality check: Nearly one-third of BJP MLAs in Bengal defected from other parties
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Kolkata, May 7 : The Bharatiya Janata Party won 77 of the 292 seats in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, way below the expectations of the party that was eying to wrest power from the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state.
But there is more that might bother the saffron brigade, which used all its resources in the run-up to the high-octane elections in its bid to breach the Trinamool citadel in Bengal.
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.
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.
Parties scout for weak individuals: CPIM leader Soumitra Chakraborty on Left workers joining BJP
Parties scout for weak individuals: CPIM leader Soumitra Chakraborty on Left workers joining BJP
Soumitra Chakraborty, a CPIM leader, in an interview with India Today TV looks at the question of political poaching and party loyalty in West Bengal and why many workers are joining the BJP.
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Soumitra Chakraborty admitted that there has been an exodus of mid-level and lower-level workers, but maintained that CPIM still has huge cadre strength on the ground.
India Today TV spoke to Soumitra Chakraborty, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) leader in Kolkata s Rajabazar-Beleghata area, who has been associated with the party for over 41 years and tried to understand what makes the Left cadre stay with the party at a time when so many leaders are leaving for greener pastures.
West Bengal Assembly election: Voting begins for second phase
By ANI| Posted by Sameer | Published: 1st April 2021 7:11 am IST ANI
Kolkata: Voting for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly election began at 7 am on Thursday.
In phase-II, a total of 30 Assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur are heading in to vote.
171 candidates
Out of the 171 candidates in the fray, 152 are men and the remaining are women. It means only 11 per cent of the candidates are women.
Among these candidates, two are undoubtedly the most prominent figures, that is, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former ministerial colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December last year. Nandigram is all set to witness the most high-profile contest with Banerjee and Adhikari taking on each other.