About 25 years ago, I was discussing caste politics in Bengal with an eminent social scientist based in Kolkata. He said, assertively, that there is no caste in Bengal. I did not confront him but started thinking about the various […]
Addressing the public, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi lashed out at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Congress party for calling him the ‘BJP’s B team’ Written By Navashree Nandini “After we announced to contest Bengal polls, the band-baaja party which […]
Mohammad Majid Hossain, the party’s observer for Bengal, indicated that it would contest in all Assembly seats where SCs and STs decide the poll results By Soumya De Sarkar The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) held its first public meeting […]
Addressing the party’s maiden meeting in Malda district this afternoon, Mazid Hussein said that the TMC “only talks about Muslims” and “takes their votes,” but that it “actually stabs them from behind.” BY AVIJIT ROY A leader of the All […]
For Asaduddin Owaisi, a Bar-at-Law and four-time member of the Lok Sabha from Hyderabad, the ensuing West Bengal Assembly election may turn out to be a game changer. His All India Majlis Ittehadul-e-Muslimeen (AIMIM) will, in all probability, contest in […]
Bose’s grandnephews to talk about the threat of communalism, Mamata Banerjee to celebrate it as ‘Desh Nayak Diwas’ rejects BJP’s ‘Parakram Divas’ Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary “Forget not that the grossest crime is to compromise with injustice and […]
In a key development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, influential Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui will announce his political party on January 21. Written By Akhil Oka In a key development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, […]
As Bengal heads for an assembly election, there is growing speculation about the Muslim voting pattern. The dominant political sense is that the combined weight of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Abbas Siddiqui, the influential pirzada of Furfura Sharif shrine […]
Mamata Banerjee also took a jibe at BJP leaders eating food with Dalit families while visiting West Bengal, saying she would ask her party workers to pay money to those hosting them. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday […]
The rise of new political contenders threatens Mamata Banerjee’s once assured vote bank. How does the West Bengal chief minister propose to retain it? By Romita Datta It was the end of May 2019. The BJP’s aggressive campaign against Mamata […]
