Left Rally In Kolkata

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.

Congress and the Left parties will hold a joint election rally on February 28 at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, informed Congress West Bengal in-charge Jitin Prasada on Thursday.

The students' wings of the CPI(M) and the Congress today "purified" Kolkata's Shahid Minar ground where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on Sunday.

Union minister Amit Shah on Sunday tweaked the slogan of "parivartan" (change) used by Mamata Banerjee to topple the 35-year Left citadel in 2011. "Aar noy (no more) tolabaji, appeasement, infiltration, violence... this is the slogan that will change the government of Bengal," Mr Shah said at a rally in the heart of Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Several policemen and protestors were injured today in clashes at Howrah when police tried to halt a rally taken out by thousands of Left Front activists demanding jobs, cheaper education and factories. Just two days ago, similar clashes had broken out when BJP activists took to the streets to protest high power tariffs in Kolkata and police tried ...

After a lifelong political battle with the Left Front, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today borrowed a phrase from Karl Marx to attack the BJP and even challenged the government to put her in jail. "You (the BJP) cannot drug people with the opium of religion," declared the Chief Minister, who ended the 35-year Left rule in Bengal.

BJP chief Amit Shah's first roadshow in Kolkata ended with violence, arson and a police lathicharge on Tuesday as the rallyists clashed with students holding "Amit Shah Go Back" posters. Mr Shah called it an attempt to "strangulate democracy". Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the violence was triggered by goons the BJP brought from outside Benga...

Nearly two weeks after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised a massive opposition unity rally in Kolkata, the Left Front organised a "people's brigade" meeting today at the same venue in the city, marking the launch of the Left's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections due by May.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced the formation of a "publicity campaign committee" for her party's mega anti-BJP rally to be held in Kolkata on January 19 and said several top opposition leaders from across the country have already confirmed their presence in the rally.

A number of Left Front legislators including its legislature party leader Sujan Chakraborty were detained from outside the State Secretariat on Monday even before the start of the opposition group's rally.

Amid talks of forging an alliance, leaders of the Left Front and the Congress today walked shoulder to shoulder alongside other political workers in a rally in Kolkata protesting against the 'atrocities' perpetrated on Jawaharlal Nehru University students by the Narendra Modi government.

With assembly elections up ahead, Amit Shah made Bengal his first stop after being re-elected the BJP president and launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.

Trinamool Congress today claimed the CPI(M)'s rally, at the start of the five-day plenum, at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata was "devoid of crowd".

A march held by Left organisations in Kolkata today turned violent as the police lathicharged the protesters who in turn engaged in brick-batting, resulting in injuries to policemen and Left leaders, including Left Front Chairman Biman Bose.

Senior Left leader Prakash Karat today hit out at Narendra Modi, saying electing the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming general elections "would mean encouraging capitalism and communalism in the country."

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.

Congress and the Left parties will hold a joint election rally on February 28 at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, informed Congress West Bengal in-charge Jitin Prasada on Thursday.

The students' wings of the CPI(M) and the Congress today "purified" Kolkata's Shahid Minar ground where Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a rally on Sunday.

Union minister Amit Shah on Sunday tweaked the slogan of "parivartan" (change) used by Mamata Banerjee to topple the 35-year Left citadel in 2011. "Aar noy (no more) tolabaji, appeasement, infiltration, violence... this is the slogan that will change the government of Bengal," Mr Shah said at a rally in the heart of Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Several policemen and protestors were injured today in clashes at Howrah when police tried to halt a rally taken out by thousands of Left Front activists demanding jobs, cheaper education and factories. Just two days ago, similar clashes had broken out when BJP activists took to the streets to protest high power tariffs in Kolkata and police tried ...

After a lifelong political battle with the Left Front, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today borrowed a phrase from Karl Marx to attack the BJP and even challenged the government to put her in jail. "You (the BJP) cannot drug people with the opium of religion," declared the Chief Minister, who ended the 35-year Left rule in Bengal.

BJP chief Amit Shah's first roadshow in Kolkata ended with violence, arson and a police lathicharge on Tuesday as the rallyists clashed with students holding "Amit Shah Go Back" posters. Mr Shah called it an attempt to "strangulate democracy". Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the violence was triggered by goons the BJP brought from outside Benga...

Nearly two weeks after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised a massive opposition unity rally in Kolkata, the Left Front organised a "people's brigade" meeting today at the same venue in the city, marking the launch of the Left's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections due by May.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced the formation of a "publicity campaign committee" for her party's mega anti-BJP rally to be held in Kolkata on January 19 and said several top opposition leaders from across the country have already confirmed their presence in the rally.

A number of Left Front legislators including its legislature party leader Sujan Chakraborty were detained from outside the State Secretariat on Monday even before the start of the opposition group's rally.

Amid talks of forging an alliance, leaders of the Left Front and the Congress today walked shoulder to shoulder alongside other political workers in a rally in Kolkata protesting against the 'atrocities' perpetrated on Jawaharlal Nehru University students by the Narendra Modi government.

With assembly elections up ahead, Amit Shah made Bengal his first stop after being re-elected the BJP president and launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.

Trinamool Congress today claimed the CPI(M)'s rally, at the start of the five-day plenum, at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata was "devoid of crowd".

A march held by Left organisations in Kolkata today turned violent as the police lathicharged the protesters who in turn engaged in brick-batting, resulting in injuries to policemen and Left leaders, including Left Front Chairman Biman Bose.

Senior Left leader Prakash Karat today hit out at Narendra Modi, saying electing the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming general elections "would mean encouraging capitalism and communalism in the country."