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Bauls of Bengal: BJP, TMC and the not-so-musical pre-election culture wars
Battered by the relentless outsider jibes from the Trinamool camp, the BJP is doing everything they can to prove they understand the tenets of Bengaliness.
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Famous Baul singer Mansur Fakir at his house in Nadia district of West Bengal. (Photo| Alisha Rahaman Sarkar)
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The Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda in one of his poll rallies proclaimed that Under Mamata Banerjee s rule, the rich culture and heritage of West Bengal is under threat. He asserted only the BJP can now protect it.
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Centre has also asked states to look into strict, comprehensive surveillance and stringent containment to curb the spread of the virus.
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Centre has also asked states to look into strict, comprehensive surveillance and stringent containment to curb the spread of the virus.
The Centre has written to States Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and J&K which are witnessing a daily surge in the number of daily COVID-19 cases directing an increase in proportion of RT-PCR tests while ensuring that those testing negative with Rapid Antigen be retested by RT-PCR.
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Baul singer who treated Amit Shah at his residence for lunch ‘peeved’ for not being allowed to speak to Minister PTI
Kolkata: Baul singer Basudeb Das rued Wednesday he could not have a word with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in spite of having the latter at his residence for lunch. Amit Shah left the poor folk artiste’s Santiniketan home shortly after having lunch there Sunday.
Das has been promised financial help by Trinamool Congress Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal. Das said he will attend Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally in the district December 29.
“I had a few things to tell to Amit Shah Ji, who is such a big person. I wanted to tell him about the condition of baul artistes and whether something could be done (to improve it),” Das said.