Saffron surge in North Bengal but the last village is Trinamool in Toto
Saffron surge in North Bengal but the last village is Trinamool in Toto
On the Indo-Bhutan border in North Bengal lies Totopara, home to the Totos, one of the oldest and near-extinct tribes in India. Totopara is a place in Bengal where the BJP s aggressive election campaign is yet to reach.
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UPDATED: March 2, 2021 18:15 IST
On the northern tip of Bengal lies Totopara, home to Totos, one of the country s oldest tribes. The BJP is yet to reach this part of North Bengal. Photos: Ananya Bhattacharya
In North Bengal s Cooch Behar in mid-February, your eyes got only saffron to see. The town was designated important in the Bengal-election lexicon when Home Minister Amit Shah dropped in to kick off the fourth phase of the Poriborton Yatra from here. There was a cultural event lined up. Every nook and cranny of this district was awash in BJP flags. Massive cutouts of the BJP keyplayers, from local MPs t
West Bengal elections 2021: Rajnath Singh to visit West Bengal today to hold road show
BJP leader Arjun Singh alleged that the BJP s Poriborton Yatra was cancelled after the city police denied permissions at the behest of CM Banerjee.
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Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 06:11 AM IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to visit Balurghat in West Bengal for a public meeting on Friday (February 26). Tomorrow, 26th February, I shall be in Balurghat, West Bengal for a public meeting. It will be followed by a Road Show, Rajnath Singh wrote in a tweet on February 25.
On Thursday (February 25) West Bengal BJP Vice President Arjun Singh alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party s (BJP) Poriborton Yatra was cancelled after the city police denied permission for holding the rally on the instructions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
From TMC to BJP and AAP, Pawri meme finds resonance in politics pawri memes
The viral Pakistani influencer s Pawri ho rahi hai video still floods our social media timelines. But now, it appears to have gone beyond from social media to the world of politics.
After Trinamool Congress (TMC) poked fun at rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by using the Pawri meme on Twitter, it found resonance at a BJP rally in Anandpuri, West Bengal.
Nadda said, Ye Bengal ki prabuddh janta hai, ye hum sab hai, aur Bengal mein parivartan ki tayyari ho rahi hai (These are the enlightened people of Bengal, this is us and Bengal is getting ready for a change).
‘Pawri’ gets political: JP Nadda refers to Pakistan’s viral meme in poll-bound Bengal BJP inspired from Pakistani? asked a user.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Published: 26th February 2021 5:35 pm IST (Twitter/ JP Nadda)
Kolkata: After the film, television and sports personalities entertained the netizens with their own versions, Pakistan’s viral video ‘Pawri Ho Rahi Hai’ has finally reached the political battleground. And much to the netizens’ surprise, it is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda who gave a political twist to the ‘Pawri’ sensation.
On Thursday, Nadda was addressing BJP’s ‘Poriborton Yatra’ in Barrackpore district of poll-bound West Bengal, where he said: “Yeh Bengal ki pramodit janta hai, yeh hum sab hai, aur Bengal main parivartan ki tayyari ho rahi hai (This is excited people of Bengal, this is us, and in Bengal, people are getting ready for a change).”
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