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Left Behind? Left Not In Power In Any State For 1st Time In 50 Years
When the first elections were held in the country in 1951-52, it was the Communist Party of India that had the highest number of seats among Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
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'Enticement, Intimidation By Trinamool': Adhir Chowdhury On Women's Turnout
"The Trinamool has both enticed and intimidated female voters, warning them that if they did not vote for the party, the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' scheme would be discontinued," said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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Nandigram: Centrepiece Of Bengal's Political Battleground
Coming up months after the Singur agitation over land acquisition, the Nandigram protest turned into a violent resistance movement that lasted well over a year-and-a-half, loosening the grip of the seven-term Left Front regime in the state.
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No Alliance, Congress To Go Solo In All 294 Seats Of Bengal
The Congress announced that it will contest independently in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled this year, without going for any kind of seat-sharing arrangement
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Bengal Student Bodies' Activists Clash During Strike On University Campuses
Activists of various Leftist student bodies and Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) engaged in clashes across West Bengal on Monday during a strike called by CPI(M)'s student wing SFI on university campuses in the state.
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Left, BJP, Creating Unrest: Mamata Banerjee On Midnight Attack At Hospital
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Left Front and the BJP have conspired to launch the mob attack on the doctors at RG Kar Medical College who were protesting against the rape-murder of their colleague.
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"I Didn't Chase Out Tatas, CPM Did": Mamata Banerjee's Surprising Claim
Holding CPM responsible for the anti-land acquisition protests in Singur, that forced Tata Motors out of the state, the Bengal Chief Minister said there is no dearth of land in Bengal and so there is no need to acquire land forcefully
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CPI(M) Fields Srijib Biswas Against Mamata Banerjee For Bhabanipur Bypoll
The Left Front on Wednesday announced that CPI(M) leader Srijib Biswas will be its candidate for the bypoll to Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting as the Trinamool Congress nominee.
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Contest Only Between Trinamool, BJP, Says Dilip Ghosh Ahead Of Bengal Bypolls
As the political parties including the Left Front announced their candidates for the Bengal by-polls, Dilip Ghosh today said that the contest is between TMC and BJP, and that the CPI(M) or Congress announcing their candidatures are not a factor.
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"Don't Want To See Them As Zero": Mamata Banerjee On Left In Bengal
The Left Front -- all but wiped out in Bengal's political landscape in the current elections -- had sympathy on Monday from a most unexpected quarter.
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Will Not Hold Any Major Rally Amid Rise In COVID-19 Cases: Bengal Minister
Days after the Left Front stated that it would not hold any large-scale public meetings in Bengal amid the steep hike in COVID-19 cases, state minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said on Sunday that he, too, would desist from organising any major rally.
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No Development In 10-Years, Mamata Banerjee Took Bengal Back To 19th Century: Rajnath Singh
Accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "taking back Bengal to the 19th century, with no development work undertaken in the past 10 years", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the TMC dispensation, just like its predecessor, the Left Front, has wronged the people of the state.
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Want To Finish Seat Sharing With Left Soon: Congress's Adhir Chowdhury
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said there was no direct negotiation with Indian Secular Front (ISF) yet and they want to finish seat-sharing matter with Left at the soonest.
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Left-Congress Flex Massive Crowd At Kolkata Rally, Slam Trinamool, BJP
After a decade of losing power, the Left Front, in alliance with the Congress and the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday projected itself as a "third alternative force" in the emerging Trinamool Congress versus BJP political binary in West Bengal, but chinks were evident in the nascent alliance.
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Indian Secular Front, Other Parties To Join Bengal Alliance: Congress
The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui and several other parties will be part of the Left Front-Congress alliance for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday.
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Left Behind? Left Not In Power In Any State For 1st Time In 50 Years
When the first elections were held in the country in 1951-52, it was the Communist Party of India that had the highest number of seats among Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
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'Enticement, Intimidation By Trinamool': Adhir Chowdhury On Women's Turnout
"The Trinamool has both enticed and intimidated female voters, warning them that if they did not vote for the party, the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' scheme would be discontinued," said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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Nandigram: Centrepiece Of Bengal's Political Battleground
Coming up months after the Singur agitation over land acquisition, the Nandigram protest turned into a violent resistance movement that lasted well over a year-and-a-half, loosening the grip of the seven-term Left Front regime in the state.
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No Alliance, Congress To Go Solo In All 294 Seats Of Bengal
The Congress announced that it will contest independently in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled this year, without going for any kind of seat-sharing arrangement
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Bengal Student Bodies' Activists Clash During Strike On University Campuses
Activists of various Leftist student bodies and Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) engaged in clashes across West Bengal on Monday during a strike called by CPI(M)'s student wing SFI on university campuses in the state.
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Left, BJP, Creating Unrest: Mamata Banerjee On Midnight Attack At Hospital
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Left Front and the BJP have conspired to launch the mob attack on the doctors at RG Kar Medical College who were protesting against the rape-murder of their colleague.
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"I Didn't Chase Out Tatas, CPM Did": Mamata Banerjee's Surprising Claim
Holding CPM responsible for the anti-land acquisition protests in Singur, that forced Tata Motors out of the state, the Bengal Chief Minister said there is no dearth of land in Bengal and so there is no need to acquire land forcefully
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CPI(M) Fields Srijib Biswas Against Mamata Banerjee For Bhabanipur Bypoll
The Left Front on Wednesday announced that CPI(M) leader Srijib Biswas will be its candidate for the bypoll to Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting as the Trinamool Congress nominee.
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Contest Only Between Trinamool, BJP, Says Dilip Ghosh Ahead Of Bengal Bypolls
As the political parties including the Left Front announced their candidates for the Bengal by-polls, Dilip Ghosh today said that the contest is between TMC and BJP, and that the CPI(M) or Congress announcing their candidatures are not a factor.
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"Don't Want To See Them As Zero": Mamata Banerjee On Left In Bengal
The Left Front -- all but wiped out in Bengal's political landscape in the current elections -- had sympathy on Monday from a most unexpected quarter.
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Will Not Hold Any Major Rally Amid Rise In COVID-19 Cases: Bengal Minister
Days after the Left Front stated that it would not hold any large-scale public meetings in Bengal amid the steep hike in COVID-19 cases, state minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said on Sunday that he, too, would desist from organising any major rally.
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No Development In 10-Years, Mamata Banerjee Took Bengal Back To 19th Century: Rajnath Singh
Accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "taking back Bengal to the 19th century, with no development work undertaken in the past 10 years", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the TMC dispensation, just like its predecessor, the Left Front, has wronged the people of the state.
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Want To Finish Seat Sharing With Left Soon: Congress's Adhir Chowdhury
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said there was no direct negotiation with Indian Secular Front (ISF) yet and they want to finish seat-sharing matter with Left at the soonest.
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Left-Congress Flex Massive Crowd At Kolkata Rally, Slam Trinamool, BJP
After a decade of losing power, the Left Front, in alliance with the Congress and the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Sunday projected itself as a "third alternative force" in the emerging Trinamool Congress versus BJP political binary in West Bengal, but chinks were evident in the nascent alliance.
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Indian Secular Front, Other Parties To Join Bengal Alliance: Congress
The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui and several other parties will be part of the Left Front-Congress alliance for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday.
