BJP should not have underestimated Mamata: Chandra Bose
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Anand Singh ( IANS) |
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Sun, May 2 2021 21:12 IST |
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The importance of being Chandra Kumar Bose in Bengal.. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 2 : The BJP should not have underestimated its opponent and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, and the party should have read the heritage, history and culture of West Bengal properly as people of the state are more inclusive, said Chandra Kumar Bose, the grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and grandson of Sarat Chandra Bose, the elder brother of Netaji.
He also said that the BJP should have announced a chief ministerial candidate in West Bengal, besides not imposing its ideology on the people.
DNA Special: Modi wave or Didi once again in West Bengal?
According to the Maha EXIT POLL of four news channels, this time in West Bengal, there is a tough fight between BJP and TMC.
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The last phase of voting in West Bengal concluded on Thursday. On May 2, it will be clear whether there be a Modi wave in West Bengal or will Didi once again win the battle. While different exit polls predict different results, about West Bengal, one thing is clear that there is a close fight between BJP and TMC.
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TTOnline: This election has proved to be a boon for you. You could travel across Bengal.
(Shakes his head smiling)
How many times have you come to Bengal?
I had come for the Ganga Sagar mela once when I was young. But I have travelled across Bengal from 2016, and have managed to visit 38 to 40 per cent of tehsils. I have had this desire to travel and see the country since I was a child. By God’s grace I became the president of the BJP and ended up travelling to about 93 per cent of districts. But not so m
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With state elections taking place in West Bengal and Kerala, this is a good time to ask a question that has always intrigued me: Why has communism not been more successful in India? A large proportion of the Indian population, in both the rural and urban areas, has lived in dire poverty (and still does), while a small minority has resided in unbelievably ostentatious luxury (and still does). This minority spends lavishly and wastefully on celebrations, drives fancy cars, and is totally unmindful of the poor and underprivileged, who surround them.
The contrasts should be intolerable in any civilised society. One would have imagined that such a scenario would have been fertile, breeding ground for Marxist ideology, and violent revolt. I mention Kerala and West Bengal because these are the only two Indian states where the communists had a degree of success and where they still have a substantial following. Kerala was the first state in the world to freely elect a communist
In West Bengal, CPM betting on youth power to deliver
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The CPM has fielded a bunch of fresh and young faces in the West Bengal assembly election, hoping to attract youth to the party that has lost considerable ground since the 2011 defeat to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress.
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The CPM has fielded a bunch of fresh and young faces in the West Bengal assembly election, hoping to attract youth to the party that has lost considerable ground since the 2011 defeat to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress. The party is banking on candidates such as Meenakshi Mukherjee (Nandigram), Srijan Bhattacharya (Singur), Aishe Ghosh (Jamuria) and Dipsita Dhar (Bally) as it builds a new line of young leaders to take it forward. A party leader said nearly 70% of its candidates this time are in the age group of 25-50 years.