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Sandip Chakraborty
How Racial Politics is Being Fomented Amid Economic Inequalities in North Bengal
18 Nov 2020
The Gorkhaland issue may raise its head once again as BJP and TMC back separate factions. But Left-backed people’s movements are firm on highlighting livelihood issues.
PTI
Will AIMIM’s Entry into Bengal Unsettle TMC’s Sway Over Muslims?
13 Nov 2020
After Owaisi’s party bagged 5 seats in Bihar, some Muslim leaders feel equations are likely to change in Bengal.
Ayaskant Das
Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Game Changer’ Coal Mining Project to Face Resistance
13 Nov 2020
The coal block is a unique instance where the top soil is rich in minor minerals and a number of locals are employed in their extraction.
PTI
Rallies in Darjeeling For and Against Bimal Gurung's Return to Hills
26 Oct 2020
Detractors of the former GJM chief, who has been demanding a separate Gorkhaland, fear ‘return of violence’. He recently quit the NDA and joined hands with TMC.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Worried About BJP Push, Mamata Allows Durga Puja but Doctors Wary During Pandemic
16 Oct 2020
The 2019 Lok Sabha poll results seem to have jolted the TMC leader, whose political compulsions appear to be taking precedence over public health concerns.
PTI/NewsClick Report
12 Opp Parties Give Notice of No-confidence Against RS Deputy Chairman as Farm Bills Passed
20 Sep 2020
The parties that have submitted the notice include the Congress, All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, CPI, CPI-M, Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal…
Rabindra Nath Sinha
WB Assembly Polls: BJP Faction-ridden, CM Defensive About Pandemic Handling, Concrete Shape Eludes Left-Cong Tie-up
19 Sep 2020
With no end to the pandemic in sight, there is a significant possibility of political parties being forced to depend more on virtual meetings than actual rallies.
Newsclick Team
Bengal's People Have Led Fightback Against Pandemic, Polarisation: Surjya Kanta Mishra
23 Jul 2020
Surjya Kanta Mishra, State Secretary of the CPI(M) in West Bengal, talks about the State and Central governments' bungled response to the pandemic and Cyclone Amphan
Rabindra Nath Sinha
Corruption Emerging as Key Issue Against TMC, Citizenship as Poll Plank Has Limitations in Bengal
21 Jul 2020
The TMC supremo is aware that in 2021, she will have to contend with financially powerful BJP and a Left Front-Congress combine, which at a later stage, may be joined by other smaller democratic and…
Aritra Bhattacharya
Cyclone Amphan: TMC Leaders Denying Relief to Those from Other Political Parties, Allege Relief Workers and Villagers
10 Jun 2020
Locals from the area also said that the party in power in West Bengal was trying its best to claim credit for relief work, and hoarding material brought by civil society groups.