Receding storm
Sir — In the month of April and May, nor’westers — kalbaishakhis in local parlance — bring relief from the stifling and sultry Calcutta summer. When d...
The maiden victory of Trinamul from Asansol was expected in the backdrop of the overall political scenario in the state as it has witnessed a steady decline of the BJP’s vote share since the 202...
Babul Supriyo, the Trinamul nominee for the bypoll to the Ballygunge Assembly segment, was hardly visible on polling day on Tuesday, amid murmurs that the ruling party kept the BJP turncoa...
Low voter turnout marked Tuesday’s bypolls for the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly segment but the day passed off without any major violence.
Voter turnout in A...
By Abhijeet Chatterjee, Arkamoy Datta Majumdar
in Calcutta, Asansol
Back-to-back losses against the Trinamul Congress in the bypolls held on September 30 and October 30 have triggered murmurs in the Bengal unit of the BJP that at least 10 to 15 leaders, including some...
Since the Assembly poll results on May 2, the BJP leadership has only spoken about post-poll violence, instead of engaging in soul-searching.
The trend continued even after the bypoll results a...
By Arkamoy Datta Majumdar, Snehamoy Chakraborty
in Calcutta
“Our organisational capabilities have dwindled... On poll day, we could not field agents in most of the 417 booths,” said a BJP source.
As the results came up on Tuesday, district a...
With the emphatic win Trinamul’s official tally in the house is 218, while BJP's has come down to 75 with five of these MLAs having switched sides to the ruling Trinamul.
“Why we coul...
While Khardaha and Gosaba went to Trinamul in the Assembly elections, Santipur and Dinhata were won by the BJP. Two of the party MPs who had contested and won the Assemblies later resigned t...
Arjyadeep Sinha, son of deceased Trinamul leader Kajal Sinha, alleged he was roughed up by the security personnel of Khardah’s BJP candidate Joy Saha in front of a polling booth on Saturday.
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