Politics
How Prashant Kishor And Abhishek Banerjee Teamed Up To Boost TMC
In 2019, just after the Lok Sabha elections, I was among a group of journalists waiting outside the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Bhavan in Kolkata. I caught a glimpse of a black car that went inside and its occupant. I had first seen Prashant Kishor back in 2015, when he...
BJP Candidate Blames ‘Sabotage’ for Defeat in Damoh Bypoll, Truth Has Prevailed, Claims Congress
A year after losing power in Madhya Pradesh, the Damoh by-poll win seems to have bolstered the sagging spirits of the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh while the BJP has openly blamed internal sabotage for the loss. BJP’s Rahul Lodhi a Congress party turncoat has been defeated by Congress...
Twitter Erupts Against Oppn Leaders for Not Congratulating BJP for Assam Victory
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won state assembly elections in Assam, party supporters in huge numbers complained on Twitter that none of the opposition leaders congratulated the saffron party. Twitteratis said BJP leaders had called up every winning party chief to extend their good wishes. “As a...
Congress Lost Deposits in Both Bengal Seats Where Rahul Held Rallies, 3rd Front in 85% seats
The decimation of the Third Front in West Bengal reflects in the fact that its candidates lost deposits in 85% of the constituencies it fought and the Congress in both seats where senior party leader Rahul Gandhi held rallies. An analysis of the election results by News18 shows that Third Front...
Historic Mistake to Re-elect ‘Cruel Lady’, Tweets Babul Supriyo, Deletes Post Later
File photo of Union Minister Babul Supriyo. (PTI) Babul Supriyo on Sunday said he cannot say that he respects the people’s verdict in a tweet. After BJP’s defeat in West Bengal, a displeased Babul Supriyo on Sunday said he cannot say that he respects the people’s verdict in a...
Chennai Bats for DMK as Party Gains Stronghold in the Region
The DMK seems to have won over the electorate of Tamil Nadu capital Chennai entirely as the party has bagged all 16 seats under the Chennai metropolitan area. Though the party has held sway over the city’s voters in previous elections too, 2021 has been a clean sweep. In...
How Roping-in of Political Strategist Prashant Kishor Helped Mamata and TMC in the Last Mile
The parliamentary poll results on May 23, 2019 had proved the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee’s worst fear comes true after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made massive gains in West Bengal, winning 18 of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, up from just two in 2014. While...
Hope for 2024 Lok Sabha Polls? Oppn Senses Opportunity as Mamata Retains Bengal Crown
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is all set to form a government for third consecutive term in West Bengal as the party has won with a thumping majority in the elections. Several Opposition leaders from across party lines in the country have congratulated her for the victory and defeating...
BJP Claims Office Torched by TMC Men in Hooghly, Suvendu Heckled in Haldia
A local BJP leader claimed that TMC activists, shortly after the defeat of their party candidate Sujata Mondal, set fire to the saffron camp’s Arambagh office. Sources in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, however, denied the allegation. Meanwhile in Tamil Nadu, the DMK, led by MK Stalin, has a clear...
Bengal in Kitty, Prashant Kishor Keeps Up Suspense Around Future Role
Political strategist Prashant Kishor, who was a detrimental force behind Trinamool Congress’ campaign in West Bengal for the 2021 Assembly Elections, opened up about the party’s landslide victory. The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has till now acquired 144 wins (218 leads) and needs 147 for clear majority. Talking to CNN...
Kamal Haasan Loses to BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South
BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan has won in the Coimbatore (South) constituency defeating MNM party founder and actor Kamal Haasan. According to the sources of News18, Vanathi was leading over Haasan by 1,235 votes. Indian National Congress’ Mayura S Jayakumar was at the third spot in the race. After her victory,...
YCP Retains Tirupati With Huge Margin; TRS Wins Nagarjuna Sagar
The ruling YCP candidate Dr Gurumurthy, roped in by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, has won the Tirupati parliamentary segment in the bypolls. The YCP candidate has won the seat with a huge margin of 2,37,314 votes majority as he polled a total of 6,25,644 votes. Tirupati...
Mohun Bagan Icon Bidesh Bose
Kolkata: Iconic Mohun Bagan midfielder Bidesh Bose may have won his team many laurels but on Sunday winning the Assembly poll as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Uluberia Purba in his political debut will always remain his the “greatest moment”. In a constituency where Muslims comprise nearly 34 per...
Few Opted for NOTA Option in Five Assembly Elections
The ‘none of the above’ or ‘NOTA’ option had very few takers in the five assembly polls, counting of which was held on Sunday. According to data available on the Election Commission website, a total of 1,54,399 or (1.22 per cent) of the total voters exercised the option in...
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Parties Congratulate DMK Leader MK Stalin on Poll Victory
DMK President MK Stalin at a campaign rally in Tuticorin. (File photo: PTI) Stalin, who is set to be the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time, expressed his “heartfelt thanks” to all the people of the state for mandating his party to govern Tamil Nadu...
Congress on Shaky Ground as Its Poll Fortunes Plummet Further, Party to Focus on ‘Course Correction’
The electoral fortunes of the Congress took another dip on Sunday as it failed to make a mark in the assembly polls in four states and Puducherry, the only minor consolation being the victory of its DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu. While the party drew a blank in West...
AIMIM, ISF Come a Cropper as Minorities Back Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal Blockbuster
Parties such as the AIMIM and Abbas Siddiqui’s ISF, which were seen as having the potential to deal a blow to the TMC’s minority support base, failed to make an impression in the West Bengal assembly polls as the minorities threw their weight behind Mamata Banerjee in her high-stakes...
Death of Migrant Labourers Last Year Forced Me to Think of Joining Politics: Manoj Tiwary
After deciding to take the plunge into politics, he was clear that he had to be on Mamata Banerjee’s corner.Having won his first state assembly elections from Shibpur constituency by a margin of more than 6000 votes over nearest rival Rathin Chakraborty of BJP, Tiwary knows his immediate assignment....
