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In a sweeping and symbolic mandate, BJP on Monday stormed to power in West Bengal, winning 206 seats to secure a more than two-thirds majority and bringing an end to the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule.The scale of the victory, marked by chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in Bhabanipur to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, has firmly positioned…
Mamata Banerjee and PM Modi KOLKATA: Trinamool stoked the fear of Bengal’s identity facing a threat from BJP but found its own identity getting erased. When Mamata Banerjee made much of ‘maachh’, BJP threw both ‘maachh’ and ‘muri’ into the mix. The fear mongering failed miserably for the ruling party. What mattered was the near-empty…
AMRITSAR: Another wave of political reactions is rippling through migrant Bengali communities in Punjab, as many who recently returned to West Bengal to cast their votes have come back sharply divided over the outcome. With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing a commanding number of seats and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) witnessing a setback compared…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday accused the BJP of “crossing all limits” after claiming that one of its party offices in Siliguri was set on fire, sharing a video of the alleged incident on social media. The party said the act reflected a “thirst for destruction.” The allegation comes against the backdrop…
NEW DELHI: BJP’s successful “double engine” configuration in Bengal will rid the Centre of state-level encumbrances it found difficult to navigate in ties with Bangladesh, opening space for more robust cooperation in areas like water management, border, trade, connectivity and security.Aseismic political shift in Bengal brought the Mamata Banerjee era in the state to an…
Aseismic political shift in Bengal brought the Mamata Banerjee era in the state to an end on Monday, robbing the three-time chief minister of a historic fourth term — had Trinamool won, she would have become India’s longest-serving woman CM — and taking down a pillar of INDIA bloc.The stunning defeat, not just for her…
Suvendu helped decimate the party his father helped form KOLKATA: BJP’s massive victory in the West Bengal polls came despite not having a st-ate face. Yet, the spotlight automatically turned to Suvendu Adhikari, Mamata Banerjee‘s lieutenant-turned-bete noire who boarded a flight to Delhi as saffron celebrations broke out across the state.Suvendu, who retained Nandigram and…
NEW DELHI: “Banglaye poriborton hoye gechhe (change has happened in Bengal),” said a triumphant PM Narendra Modi, clad in traditional Bengali attire of ‘dhuti-panjabi’, in his victory speech at BJP headquarters here on Monday, hailing the party’s maiden win in state as a new dawn in Bengal.“This is a declaration of the country’s bright future,”…
NEW DELHI: “Counting will begin in the morning of May 4. Ballot box will open at 8 am, first round will be over at 9 and second round at 10. Counting will be over at 1 pm and it will be ta ta, good-bye to didi.” Thus spoke Union home minister Amit Shah at one…
Titans tumble: The defeats may bring the allies closer NEW DELHI: As BJP appeared to get a lock on a state that sends 42 MPs to Lok Sabha, Mandate 2026 confronted INDIA bloc with a question about how to take on a rival with an ever-expanding footprint in the next LS elections.The results in Tamil…
