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Sandip Chakraborty
West Bengal: Appointment of Turncoat Mukul Roy as PAC Head Raises Many Eyebrows
10 Jul 2021
Opposition raises questions about parliamentary ethics and convention, as the former BJP vice-president rejoined TMC after the recently held Assembly elections.
PTI
Bengal Elections: Coal Belt's Jamuria to see Three-Way Fight as Left’s Aishe Ghosh Takes on TMC, BJP
23 Apr 2021
The JNUSU president, who has been brought up in the coal belt of Bardhaman, is looking at retaining the seat held by her party, CPI(M).
Sandip Chakraborty
Bengal Elections: Left’s Young Brigade Giving Tough Fight to Opponents in Steel and Colliery Belt
21 Apr 2021
The Left front candidates have focused on the issues of the steel and colliery workers in the region, who form the major portion of voters, while BJP’s campaign is reportedly focused on polarisation…
Sandip Chakraborty
Bengal Elections: Why EC’s Referee Conduct Leaves Much to be Desired
19 Apr 2021
The Election Commission of India has given much cause for criticism in the long drawn-out polling exercise in Bengal. The next three phases are crucial.
Newsclick Report
No More Big Rallies Due to Covid, Will Do Door-to-Door Campaign: CPI(M) amid Bengal Polls
15 Apr 2021
The CPI(M) has announced that it will cease to hold big rallies and instead do door-to-door campaigns and hold small meetings with Covid-19 protocols in place for the remaining four phases of…
Sandip Chakraborty
Bengal Elections: Red Deluge in Siliguri as Youth Pour Out in Support of CPI(M)’s Ashok Bhattacharya
14 Apr 2021
Addressing a press conference, the veteran leader condemned the EC’s partial treatment towards CM Banerjee, while letting go of BJP leaders’ hate speech.
PTI
Bengal Elections: Mamata Trying to Divide People by Seeking Votes on Communal Lines, Says Abbas Siddiqi
09 Apr 2021
The CM is saying 30% per cent vote should not be divided, which means BJP should aim for 70% votes. Doesn't she need the 70% votes? asks the ISF chief, who is part of the Sanjugta Morcha.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Bengal Elections: Muslim ‘Influencers’ Split on Siddiqui Factor but Realise ‘2021 is not 2016’
07 Apr 2021
Kolkata: Politically and socially-conscious sections of West Bengal’s Muslim electorate have had the benefit of getting some counselling by members of the Muslim intelligentsia and of civil society
Sandip Chakraborty
CPI(M) Candidates Disallowed from Speaking at Nandigram Roadshow
31 Mar 2021
Sanyukta Morcha candidate Meenakshi Mukherjee was disallowed from speaking at her roadshow in Hazra Kata village.
Sandip Chakraborty
Bengal Elections: In Attacking Suvendu on Nandigram Firing, has Mamata Exposed Her Own Role?
30 Mar 2021
The TMC supremo linked father-son due Sishir-Suvendu with the Nandigram police firing on March 14, 2007, alleging that some civilians dressed as police had also fired.