Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections: Gorkhaland and tea workers’ wages in focus amidst BJP-Trinamool tussle

Darjeeling has a unique political culture with many hill-based parties that switch their support between the Trinamool and the BJP. As Darjeeling prepares for the second round of Lok Sabha elections on April 26, Gorkhaland’s statehood and tea garden workers’ minimum wage issues remain the key concerns. Manipur-born BJP candidate Raju Bista is contesting again. … Read more

Third eye: Not for media personnel, Bengali actor’s personal touch, Going after Sanjay Raut

Not for media personnel A select few BJP office-bearers are active in the old party office on Ashoka Road which is functioning as a war room. A team of BJP functionaries have shifted base to the old office. Key campaign strategies – based on feedback from social media, newspaper reports and programmes on news channels … Read more

Mamata Banerjee: Salute Arun Goel for not succumbing to BJP: Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel and saluted him for not succumbing to BJP pressure while addressing a mega public rally at Brigade Parade Ground on Sunday where she kicked off the Lok Sabha campaign. “One election commissioner has resigned on Saturday. We salute him for his … Read more

Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra hits roadblock; Mamata Banerjee attacks Congress

The ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday could not complete the Murshidabad’s Kandi and Birbhum part fully in West Bengal due to the class 10 board examination. Later on, the yatra entered Jharkhand after crossing parts of Birbhum’s Murarai. The Congress leadership, however, emphasised on INDIA bloc’s fight against … Read more

West Bengal State Secretary Mohammed Salim lashes out at Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee

Ahead of Lok Sabha 2024 polls, giving a clarion call to “Save Bengal” from Trinamool Congress, West Bengal State Secretary Mohammed Salim lashed out at Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee for her “alleged proximity” with BJP and attempts to save her own family. Salim said on Sunday that Banerjee only cares about her family members and … Read more