Kolkata: As former fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul took oath as the lone woman minister in the first BJP govt in West Bengal on Saturday, an emotional moment unfolded quietly in the crowd as her parents watched from afar with tears in their eyes.“The venue was so crowded that we could not even get near the…
Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday exhorted all non-BJP parties in Bengal, including Left and ultra-Left, to join hands with TMC against the saffron party. Mamata said she was “personally willing” to talk to all interested parties to come up with a joint platform to defeat BJP, which was elected…
Jhargram/Kolkata: The crisp rustle of puffed rice, the sharp scent of mustard oil and green chillies, and the familiar clang of steel containers became as much a part of Bengal’s political transition on Saturday as the oath-taking ceremony itself.From Jhargram to Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, humble jhalmuri sellers unexpectedly emerged as some of the…
For many in the state’s Muslim community, the moment carried a sense of political rupture. The reaction was neither dramatic nor defiant. It was watchful. KOLKATA: On May 9, restaurants and tea stalls across parts of Kolkata’s Metiabruz remained glued to television screens broadcasting the swearing-in of Suvendu Adhikari as West Bengal’s first BJP chief…
Political strategist and predictor Vimal Singh on Bengal results and the road aheadYou called the Bengal and Assam elections right. While Assam’s result was more or less certain, Bengal on-ground situation was very fluid. As a political strategist, what did you see? Actually the situation was very different as compared to 2021. This time, voters…
CONTAI: “ Yes, we are his guardians but only at home. Outside, the people of Bengal are his guardians, now,” Sisir Adhikari, Suvendu Adhikari’s father, himself a former junior Union minister, told reporters on Saturday after watching his son being sworn in as Bengal’s ninth chief minister. “As a family, we are praying he performs…
KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked supporters to stop raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at Jorasanko Thakurbari, saying that as CM he now “belongs to everyone”.“Eta political kochkochir somoy na (this is not the time for political bickering),” Adhikari said at the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore, which he visited minutes after being…
KOLKATA: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after Adhikari took oath as CM at a ceremony at Brigade Parade Grounds.The state also appointed IAS…
Kolkata: The first Bengal BJP cabinet, sworn in on Saturday, includes a Brahmin from coastal Midnapore, an OBC and a Santhal from Jangalmahal, a woman from the industrial belt, a Rajbongshi from north Bengal and a Matua from the south Bengal belt bordering Bangladesh. These appointments represent regions where the BJP performed well in the…
Kolkata: The Brigade Parade Ground, long seen as the stage for Bengal’s shifting political tides — from the Left’s sea of red to the Trinamool Congress’s green dominance — turned decisively saffron on Saturday as the BJP formed its first govt in Bengal after its sweeping assembly election victory.The sprawling Maidan hosted a massive oath-taking…
