As Abbas Siddiqui Fights for a Secular Front , Mamata Still Retains a Large Muslim Following
While Abbas Siddiqui s political entry has excited some young Muslims, many believe they should stick with the TMC because of the work Mamata has already done.
Slogans in support of the ISF and against rival parties, Ghaizpur, Bhangar. Photo: Radhika Bordia
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Ghazipur village (South 24 Parganas, West Bengal): People in his village, Ghazipur, in South 24 Parganas are constantly seeking out Baddrudin Mullahâs opinion on various issues, including politics. His stature comes from the 14 years he spent studying Arabic at the high school
WEST BENGAL: Between the binary of a
ladaku neta (the war-like Mamata Banerjee) and the PM’s fort-destroyer act, complete with taunts and slogans, there’s another figure who’s also in the contest quite strangely, in his absence. He is Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
The 77-year-old former West Bengal CM’s failing health especially respiratory trouble in this Covid season has kept him away from the public stage. All that has come from him by way of intervention in this election season is a statement. He shot a single arrow, talking of “the unravelling of the Singur-Nandigram conspiracy”, and the irony of “the conspirators now fighting each other” in the silence of the graveyard.
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Congress Abhishek Singhvi Cries Foul As Adhikari Gets delayed Notice for hate Speech
After the Election Commission issued notice to Suvendu Adhikari 9 days after plaint was filed; Cong s Abhishek Singhvi slammed EC & called it discriminatory
A day after the Election Commission (EC) issues a notice to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct during the West Bengal election campaign, Indian National Congress (INC) National Spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi on April 9 slammed the EC. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Abhishek Singhvi accused the EC of practising discrimination against Congress and CM Mamata Banerjee as it served Adhikari notice after 9 days delay.
Naushad Siddique at Bhangar on the last day of campaigning on April 8, 2021.
Site of land conflict, the constituency on the outskirts of Kolkata will prove key to the future of the Opposition alliance.
Two of the three hawkers selling hard-boiled sweets and iced water tubes at the Indian Secular Front (ISF) rally at the Bhojerhat football ground in Bhangar on the last day of campaigning had decided on their choice for MLA the Samyukta Morcha candidate, Naushad Siddique.
But their colleague remained undecided. A beneficiary of the Trinamool Congress’s welfare schemes for his daughters, he said, “I got ₹50,000 for my daughter under Kanyashree [a scheme of financial aid for girls who have studied till Class XII] and Rupashree [for a girl child’s marriage] but we were denied Amphan relief.”
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