UPDATED: May 10, 2021 09:40 IST
Hattrick CM Mamata during the election campaign, at a rally in Jalpaiguri
IT was dusk on May 2 by the time news came that Mamata Banerjee had created history yet again. With a hat-trick of victories, and having secured more than 200 seats for the second time, her party, the All-India Trinamool Congress (TMC), had surpassed all expectations. The enduring image of this election will be of the wheelchair-bound Mamata, a wounded tigress who fought alone against the entire might of the BJP, including the prime minister. Anti-incumbency, allegations of corruption and minority appeasement, sexist tauntsMamata braved them all, and in the end her party was the only one left standing, winning 213 of the 292 seats (elections to two seats have been deferred). By bringing the relentless BJP juggernaut to a halt, her status in Bengal has been upgraded from Didi to that of a Durga. Mamata has exposed the claims of the Modi-Shah duo’s reputed invincibility as a me
Ram worshipped Devi Durga as she is superior to him: Mamata at poll rally
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Claiming that the BJP will not allow people to chant Jai Siya Ram (Glory to Sita and Ram), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Lord Ram worshipped Goddess Durga as she is much superior to him.
‘Lord Ram used to worship Maa Durga because she is superior to Ram’: CM Mamata Banerjee in rally
Claiming that the BJP will not allow people to chant Jai Siya Ram (Glory to Sita and Ram), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Lord Ram worshipped Goddess Durga as she is much superior to him. Addressing the people of Jhargram and Binpur constituencies at a poll rally here in Jhargram district which has a sizeable Adivasi population, she claimed that the BJP will not allow them to take the name of Marang Buru , whom the Santhals consider as the supreme source of power, but they will have
Hemant Sorenâs divide-and-rule Adivasi politics at Harvard is against Birsa Mundaâs vision
Jharkhand CM Soren may have played into the hands of modern-day missionaries or possibly acted at the behest of the conversion bogey.
Tuhin A. Sinha 4 March, 2021 10:38 am IST Text Size:
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Ever since he assumed office in December 2019, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has ventured into a dangerous and divisive political game. This was recently seen at the 18th Annual India Conference at Harvard University, where he asserted that âAdivasis were never Hindus, and they will never beâ¦â. But this claim is flawed and can be countered with well-established facts.