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Shaky vote bank: File picture of Mamata Banerjee at an Id rally in Kolkata(Photo: Debajyoti Chakraborty/Getty Images)
It was the end of May 2019. The BJP s aggressive campaign against Mamata Banerjee s appeasement politics bore fruit as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) lost 12 seats in the parliamentary election to wind up with a reduced tally of just 22 of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Hardly had the West Bengal chief minister got time to adjust to the new reality of the BJP becoming her chief challenger than a seemingly innocuous question at a post-results press conference on whether she ll attend Iftaar parties threw her into a temper. I appease Muslims, no? she said. I ll go there a hundred times. Je goru doodh dei tar lathi-o khete hoi (I am willing to be kicked by a cow that gives milk). Nothing, she made it clear, would stop her from changing her stance towards a community that had fetched her rich political dividend. Of
Acting president of AIMM joins TMC
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Published: Sunday, January 10, 2021, 8:34 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 10: Sk Abdul Kalam, the acting West Bengal unit president of AIMIM, joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday along with several other members of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party, months ahead of the assembly elections.
Joining the TMC at its headquarters in Kolkata, Kalam said there has been an atmosphere of peace and tranquility in West Bengal for several years and he switched sides to keep the poisonous air at bay. We have seen that West Bengal used to be an oasis of peace. But of late, the air has become poisonous and this has to be set right. That is why I decided to join the Trinamool Congress, he told reporters.
Key Leader Of Asaduddin Owaisi s Party Joins Trinamool
The AIMIM leader and his followers joined the TMC in presence of senior party leader and state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.
PTI 09 January 2021 outlookindia.com 2021-01-09T16:40:37+05:30
Sk Abdul Kalam, the acting president of Asaduddin Owaisi s AIMIM for the West Bengal unit, joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday along with several other members of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM. This move comes months ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2021.
Kalam joined the TMC at its headquarters in Kolkata. Stating his reasons for joining the TMC, Kalam said there has been an atmosphere of peace and tranquility in West Bengal for several years and he switched sides to keep the poisonous air at bay.
AIMIM s West Bengal unit chief joins TMC
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Switched sides to keep the ‘poisonous air’ at bay, says Abdul Kalam
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West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. File photo
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Switched sides to keep the ‘poisonous air’ at bay, says Abdul Kalam S.K Abdul Kalam, the acting West Bengal unit president of AIMIM, joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday along with several other members of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party, months ahead of the assembly elections.
Joining the TMC at its headquarters in Kolkata, Mr. Kalam said there has been an atmosphere of peace and tranquility in West Bengal for several years and he switched sides to keep the poisonous air at bay.