Jai Shri Ram vs Jai Maa Durga: BJP, Trinamool invoke the Gods as Bengal polls near
Jai Shri Ram vs Jai Maa Durga: BJP, Trinamool invoke the Gods as Bengal polls near
The BJP, as well as the TMC, have resulted to invoking the Gods with slogans such as Jai Shri Ram and Jai Maa Durga, to up their political gains ahead of West Bengal polls.
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UPDATED: February 16, 2021 05:00 IST
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh at the India Today Conclave East in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo: Yasir Iqbal/IndiaToday)
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has provided the Trinamool Congress an opportunity on a platter with his remarks on Goddess Durga. At the India Today Conclave East in Kolkata on February 12, Ghosh had questioned the lineage of Goddess Durga while eulogising Lord Ram as an “adarsh purush” and “maryada puroshottam”.
Farms, fields and factories : CPI-M chief Yechury says Left is rising not diminishing Farms, fields and factories : CPI-M chief Yechury says Left is rising not diminishing
India Today Conclave East 2021: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said the new farm laws will increase food insecurity and give way to hoarding.
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UPDATED: February 12, 2021 17:32 IST
CPI(M) at the India Today Conclave East 2021 in Kolkata on Friday (Photo Credits: Yasir Iqbal/India Today)
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CPI-M still has solid policy differences with the Congress, CPI(M) leader Yechury said
Sitaram Yechury: Intimidation is crassest form of politics
Dismissing the criticism that electoral loss of the Left in India amounts to a loss of support on the ground among the masses, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the party s ideology was growing and attracting the youth across the country.
India Today Conclave East Day 2 Highlights
19:25 PM IST: Updates to this blog have ended.
19:23 PM IST: Host: Any rgerets at all about leaving a less complicated life?
Babul Supriyo: Not at all. Mumbai doesn t need me now. We have fantastic singers. I did not leave singing to join politics. I do my riyaaz in the car. I have stopped putting it on social media because then people think that because you are singing, you are not doing your work. But music is a battery that charges me.
19:22 PM IST: Host: Campaign is climaxing. Few more weeks to go for the elections. Home minister was asked quite a few times about the choice of CM. Are you also in the running? Would you like to also be the CM of Bengal?
India Today East Conclave 2021 Day 1: The fourth edition of the India Today Conclave East kicked off today with top politicians, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, debating and discussing burning issues in the backdrop of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. On Day 2 of India Today Conclave East 2021 on Friday, be ready for an enthralling experience as top politicians, thinkers, economists, analysts and artists share their insights, views and comments on a wide range of key issues.