Didi led the way. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was one of the first to greet the news. The news that the Supreme Court had today stayed a Gujarat lower court order sentencing Rahul Gandhi to two years imprisonment in a criminal defamation case.
The alliance at the Centre, point out the political experts, is bound to create problems in the state, where the Congress-CPIM combine has not just been fighting Trinamool tooth and nail but has refused to see eye to eye on any issue in the state.
If one drives down Gariahat Road, which after a point turns into Raja S.C. Mullick Road, one would pass, to the left, a rather unassuming building. But looks can be deceiving because, Dinabandhu Andrews College also boasts a prominent faculty.
Not among Trinamool’s most visible public faces, Prof. Islam’s nomination did come as a surprise to a few, who were not privy to discussions taking place within the party for weeks.
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