Praful Bidwai - Tag - West BengalThis is the official home page of Praful Bidwai.2019-07-16T21:40:53+02:00urn:md5:ca99418856c258681c60a148f375f6dfDotclearBengal local poll results don’t bode well for the BJP, Lefturn:md5:c5242296758c42dd6a2098d28a25f82d2015-05-01T01:32:00+02:00adminElectionsLeftWest Bengal<p><em>The Trinamool Congress has pulled off a massive victory in West Bengal’s municipal elections by winning 71 of 92 civic bodies (up from 38 won in 2010). Its Kolkata win was even more crushing: 114 of 144 wards (95 in 2010). The entire opposition accuses TMC of rigging the elections—a charge that carries some credibility given the scale of TMC’s victory, huge winning margins of some candidates (e.g. 15,000-30,000 votes), and the party’s known reliance on muscle-power.</em></p> <p>by Praful Bidwai
The Trinamool Congress has pulled off a massive victory in West Bengal’s municipal elections by winning 71 of 92 civic bodies (up from 38 won in 2010). Its Kolkata win was even more crushing: 114 of 144 wards (95 in 2010). The entire opposition accuses TMC of rigging the elections—a charge that carries some credibility given the... <em><a href="http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2015/05/01/Bengal-local-poll-results-don%E2%80%99t-bode-well-for-the-BJP%2C-Left">Read</em> Bengal local poll results don’t bode well for the BJP, Left</a></p>Trinamool’s Victory Run In The Cities: Dire warning for the Lefturn:md5:48cf3558844213cedcf187782393b04b2013-11-29T15:41:00+01:00adminElectionsLeftWest Bengal<p>''The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has emerged triumphant in the just-held municipal elections in West Bengal, and reduced the Left Front to insignificance. The TMC’s victory run, from the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the 2011 Assembly elections and rural panchayat polls last July, has established it as Bengal’s pre-eminent party, ahead of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM).
''</p> <p>29 November 2013
By Praful Bidwai
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has emerged triumphant in the just-held municipal elections in West Bengal, and reduced the Left Front to insignificance. The TMC’s victory run, from the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the 2011 Assembly elections and rural panchayat polls last July, has established it as... <em><a href="http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2013/11/29/Trinamool%E2%80%99s-Victory-Run-In-The-Cities%3A-Dire-warning-for-the-Left">Read</em> Trinamool’s Victory Run In The Cities: Dire warning for the Left</a></p>Saradha scam: a cocktail of media, business and politicsurn:md5:d69d5e23e3bcb4254c316b5525fb9a472013-05-02T13:45:00+02:00adminWest Bengal<p>To the supporters of the Trinamool Congress led by the irascible West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the Saradha scam is an acute embarrassment which comes just before her government completes two years in office. To its opponents, it is the TMC’s richly deserved nemesis, and a political opportunity to put the ruling party on the mat on the eve of the state’s panchayat elections.</p> <p>Daily News and Analysis, 2 May 2013
by Praful Bidwai
To the supporters of the Trinamool Congress led by the irascible West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the Saradha scam is an acute embarrassment which comes just before her government completes two years in office. To its opponents, it is the TMC’s richly deserved nemesis, and a... <em><a href="http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2013/05/02/Saradha-scam%3A-a-cocktail-of-media%2C-business-and-politics">Read</em> Saradha scam: a cocktail of media, business and politics</a></p>Violence in W Bengalurn:md5:6ef336a92fdd14bccd5bdc50f793b99b2013-04-22T12:57:00+02:00adminPoliticsViolenceWest Bengal<p>rinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee must be India’s most abrasive and volatile political personality. She goes hysterical at the slightest sign of dissidence. But she exceeded even herself with the tantrum she threw when confronted by a protest in Delhi by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists against her trivialisation of the custodial death of Students’ Federation of India leader Sudipta Gupta in Kolkata as a “petty” matter.</p> <p>The News International (Pakistan) - April 22, 2013
by Praful Bidwai
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee must be India’s most abrasive and volatile political personality. She goes hysterical at the slightest sign of dissidence. But she exceeded even herself with the tantrum she threw when confronted by a protest in Delhi by... <em><a href="http://www.prafulbidwai.org/index.php?post/2013/04/22/Violence-in-W-Bengal">Read</em> Violence in W Bengal</a></p>