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Analysis: Friends, Frenemies, Friends Again? Congress-Trinamool Relationship Comes Full Circle
On January 1, 1998, the Trinamool Congress was founded in opposition to the Congress because, according to Mamata Banerjee at the time, the party could not fight the Left alliance. 28 years later, she finds herself in an existential crisis.
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Mamata Banerjee's Rejinagar Pick 'Back In Fight' Hours After Backing Out
Earlier on Friday, Nandigram candidate from Mamata Banerjee's faction Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
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Contest To Chaos: Rebels And Rivals Script Twists In Nandigram Bypoll Battle
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the candidate's arrest an act of "political revenge" and accused the BJP of trying to eliminate the electoral contest.
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Trinamool Symbol War Moves To Supreme Court As Mamata Banerjee Challenges Poll Body Freeze
The EC's interim order of September 17 told both factions to choose different names and symbols for the bypolls being held on October 6.
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Analysis: As 2 Flowers In Trinamool Symbol Split, Questions About Party's Future
Mamata Banerjee drew the Trinamool Congress symbol herself.
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Mamata Banerjee Drew Her Party's Symbol By Hand. It's Now Tied To An Indira Gandhi Case
The Election Commission's method for settling such disputes became central in the seminal Congress split of 1969, when Indira Gandhi fought the old guard. The poll body weighed three tests then.
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Assam Trinamool Pick Pulls Out Of Nagaon Bypoll Over Party Name, Symbol Freeze
The Poll Body has decided to freeze the 'All India Trinamool Congress' name and its 'flowers and grass' symbol for the October 6 by-polls, scheduled in Assam among other states.
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Congress' Nandigram Pick Arrested After Mamata Banerjee Announces Support
The arrest came after Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference at her Kalighat residence on Friday that her faction would support the Congress candidate in Nandigram.
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Mamata Banerjee Loses Trinamool Symbol, Name, And Now Nandigram Candidate
Sources said the candidate, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, met Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday.
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Football vs Envelope: Mamata Banerjee's Party, Rebels Get New Name, Symbol
The group led by Arup Roy has been allotted the name "Democratic Trinamool Congress" and the "Envelope" symbol, while the faction led by Mamata Banerjee has been allotted the name "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the "Football Player" symbol.
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Rival Trinamool Factions Submit New Names, Symbols For Bengal Bypolls
To place both the rival groups on an even keel and to protect their rights and interests, the poll body on Thursday, in an interim order, directed the competing groups not to use the party name and "Flowers and Grass symbol" during the Bengal bypolls.
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"Collusion, Theft": Rahul Gandhi Slams Poll Panel Over Trinamool Symbol Freeze
Throwing his weight behind the embattled Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, the Leader of Opposition said that it's not her fight alone.
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In Fight For Trinamool Name And Symbol, Poll Body's Freeze Ahead Of Bypolls
Neither of the two factions, one led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, can use AITC and 'flowers and grass' in the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls to be held on October 6.
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"I'm Nowhere Done": Abhishek Banerjee's Cryptic Message From US
Abhishek Banerjee put up a picture of his face, cut in half: a curved thin eyebrow curves over a wide-open eye. A reddish tint below the eye ends just above his nostril. And a shadow beard covers his face.
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A Teacher Who Lost Her Job: Meet Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram Bypoll Pick
The Trinamool Congress' choice of a low-profile candidate is surprising given the emotional and political significance of Nandigram for Mamata Banerjee
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Analysis: Friends, Frenemies, Friends Again? Congress-Trinamool Relationship Comes Full Circle
On January 1, 1998, the Trinamool Congress was founded in opposition to the Congress because, according to Mamata Banerjee at the time, the party could not fight the Left alliance. 28 years later, she finds herself in an existential crisis.
-
Mamata Banerjee's Rejinagar Pick 'Back In Fight' Hours After Backing Out
Earlier on Friday, Nandigram candidate from Mamata Banerjee's faction Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
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Contest To Chaos: Rebels And Rivals Script Twists In Nandigram Bypoll Battle
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the candidate's arrest an act of "political revenge" and accused the BJP of trying to eliminate the electoral contest.
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Trinamool Symbol War Moves To Supreme Court As Mamata Banerjee Challenges Poll Body Freeze
The EC's interim order of September 17 told both factions to choose different names and symbols for the bypolls being held on October 6.
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Analysis: As 2 Flowers In Trinamool Symbol Split, Questions About Party's Future
Mamata Banerjee drew the Trinamool Congress symbol herself.
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Mamata Banerjee Drew Her Party's Symbol By Hand. It's Now Tied To An Indira Gandhi Case
The Election Commission's method for settling such disputes became central in the seminal Congress split of 1969, when Indira Gandhi fought the old guard. The poll body weighed three tests then.
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Assam Trinamool Pick Pulls Out Of Nagaon Bypoll Over Party Name, Symbol Freeze
The Poll Body has decided to freeze the 'All India Trinamool Congress' name and its 'flowers and grass' symbol for the October 6 by-polls, scheduled in Assam among other states.
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Congress' Nandigram Pick Arrested After Mamata Banerjee Announces Support
The arrest came after Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference at her Kalighat residence on Friday that her faction would support the Congress candidate in Nandigram.
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Mamata Banerjee Loses Trinamool Symbol, Name, And Now Nandigram Candidate
Sources said the candidate, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, met Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday.
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Football vs Envelope: Mamata Banerjee's Party, Rebels Get New Name, Symbol
The group led by Arup Roy has been allotted the name "Democratic Trinamool Congress" and the "Envelope" symbol, while the faction led by Mamata Banerjee has been allotted the name "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the "Football Player" symbol.
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Rival Trinamool Factions Submit New Names, Symbols For Bengal Bypolls
To place both the rival groups on an even keel and to protect their rights and interests, the poll body on Thursday, in an interim order, directed the competing groups not to use the party name and "Flowers and Grass symbol" during the Bengal bypolls.
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"Collusion, Theft": Rahul Gandhi Slams Poll Panel Over Trinamool Symbol Freeze
Throwing his weight behind the embattled Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, the Leader of Opposition said that it's not her fight alone.
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In Fight For Trinamool Name And Symbol, Poll Body's Freeze Ahead Of Bypolls
Neither of the two factions, one led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, can use AITC and 'flowers and grass' in the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls to be held on October 6.
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"I'm Nowhere Done": Abhishek Banerjee's Cryptic Message From US
Abhishek Banerjee put up a picture of his face, cut in half: a curved thin eyebrow curves over a wide-open eye. A reddish tint below the eye ends just above his nostril. And a shadow beard covers his face.
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A Teacher Who Lost Her Job: Meet Mamata Banerjee's Nandigram Bypoll Pick
The Trinamool Congress' choice of a low-profile candidate is surprising given the emotional and political significance of Nandigram for Mamata Banerjee
